ConsultantPsychiatry

CAMHS Consultant Psychiatrist - East Sussex Community (£45k RRP)

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

CQC: Good

Lewes

Salary

£113,565 – £150,569

Posted

2 days ago

About the role

Ouse Valley CAMHS Service (Lewes, Uckfield, Crowborough) have an exciting opportunity for a permanent,Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CAMHS) Consultant Psychiatrist to join their locality team. This is an exciting opportunity to play an integral part in prioritising the delivery of a safe, effective and caring service to those children and young people (0yrs-18yrs). This job attracts aRecruitment and Retention payment of £45,000structured over a three-year period as follows:o£15,000 payable upon successful recruitmento£10,000 payable at 12 months' serviceo£10,000 payable at 24 months' serviceo£10,000 payable at 36 months' service The RRP is pro rata for LTFT position. For full terms and conditions of the RRP, please contact spft.medicalhr@nhs.net To find out more about we can offer you at SPFT, please follow the link to our careers website here To find a list of our current Medical vacancies, please follow this link: https://ow.ly/EFnH50RZXyE

The service we provide is in line with NICE Evidenced Based Treatment for those children and young people. You will provide high quality specialist clinical assessments, including relevant psychiatric and physical investigation to children, young people and their families in a range of settings, and work collaboratively with other members of the team to plan and deliver appropriate individually tailored treatment plans.

CAMHS Consultant Psychiatrist - East Sussex Community (£45k RRP)

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

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You will work as part of a friendly and supportive multidisciplinary team which includes nurses, psychologists, systemic family therapists and child psychotherapists. This post will work alongside other Consultants and Specialty Doctors who work in Sussex CHYPS.

You will also be part of a Trust wide consultant network where there are opportunities to liaise with colleagues in other posts throughout the Trust and develop peer networks. You will also see consultant peers at regular division meetings in the locality and at clinical governance meetings.

At Sussex Partnership we are committed to providing opportunities for flexible working. If you would like to work differently or different hours to as advertised, please get in touch to discuss this in more detail.

Also, if you haven't thought about living and working in East Sussex before then you should consider the following:

Journey from the coast to the countryside in minutes

Enjoy a lifestyle where there are renowned cycle routes and picturesque walks, including the famous South Downs Way

Embrace taking time to discover all the miles of scenic coastline

Easy access to airports

London is also within easy reach

CAMHS services recognise that young people may be affected by challenges to their emotional wellbeing and mental health at all times. With this in mind our responses are required to be dynamic and needs led,. As part of our exciting transformation agenda colleagues may be required to work outside of the 9-5 working pattern .

This would be negotiated on an individual basis and as part of Sussex Partnership NHS trusts wider commitment high quality services, that are both flexible and accessible to all our users whilst supporting colleagues in pursuit of their own work life balance.

Person specification

Essential

MB BS or equivalent medical qualification
Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months.
In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice
Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
Holds and will use valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative.
Excellent knowledge in specialty
Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
Ability to work in and lead team
Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement.
Participated in continuous professional development
Participated in research or service evaluation.
Able to use and appraise clinical evidence.
Has actively participated in clinical audit and quality improvement programmes
Ability to work in a participatory way so that shared decision making and conversations around formulation/diagnosis and ongoing care are a collaborative endeavour with the people who access our service.

Desirable

Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service