Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist

Applications are invited for the post of Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist to assist in providing comprehensive Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) across the rural and urban area of Flintshire and Wrexham. The base will flexible to meet the needs of the service, and discussed and agreed via job planning meetings. It is expected that consultants will develop an area of specialist interest to clinically lead, develop and improve services. Time would be provided as part of their 3rd SPA. Current examples include: intellectual disability; eating disorders; and sleep. The details would be agreed within the remit of job planning and to align with service requirements.We are seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist to assist in providing comprehensive Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services to complement the expertise of other Community Consultants and their teams.This is an opportunity to work within a dynamic and innovative service committed to transforming and delivering services that are evidence based and fit for the population of Flintshire and Wrexham

Duties and Responsibilities o Assessment, formulation and management of significant developmental, behavioural and mental health disorders occurring in children and adolescents 0-18 yearso To offer supervision to colleagues in the teams.o To offer consultation and training to a range of professionals involved in CAMHS work on a mutually arranged basis. o To continue to develop further partnership working with Social Services, Homes for looked after Children and Education, to provide professional advice, support and assessments as necessary.o To join the existing out of hours 1 in 12 on call rota to provide psychiatric cover, consultation and advice to the North Wales Adolescent Service (NWAS) Tier 4 CAMHS Unit, the Paediatric Wards and Adult Mental Health colleagues at the three main hospital sites in North Wales. The on-call rota will include some direct emergency and crisis work at weekends and bank holidays (for example reviewing young people detained under Section 136 of the Mental Health Act). The post holder would also be expected to contribute to providing psychiatric cover for the community during working hours, together with other Consultant colleagueso To develop in conjunction with other colleagues best practice guidelines and where appropriate clinical pathways and protocols to aid the work of the team and ensure high standards of practice.