ConsultantPsychiatry

Consultant Children and Adolescent Psychiatrist

NELFT North East London Foundation Trust

Chadwell Heath

Salary

£113,565 – £150,569

Posted

2 weeks ago

About the role

JOB TITLE:Consultant Children and Adolescent Psychiatrist CONTRACT:10 Programmed Activities (10 PAs) This post is for a CAMHS Consultant Psychiatrist position in the Redbridge CAMHS Community Team, based at the Redbridge Child Development Centre, Grovelands, Grove Road, Chadwell Heath, Essex, RM6 4XH.

This is a replacement full-time post of 10 Programmed Activities (PAs) with 7.5 Direct Clinical Contact activities (DCC) and 2.5 Supporting Professional Activities (SPAs).

The purpose of this job description is to outline the level of responsibility and accountability of this post. This will ensure that all work undertaken by our staff is clearly identified and carried out under clear lines of accountability.

The expectation of the post holder is to support their team, department and organisation to follow the Trusts Values in their day-to-day work.

We are kind We are respectful We work with our communities

Rationale for post:

A lot of transformation has taken place already and continues to take place within Redbridges Community CAMHS Services. This post will soon be vacant, and we wish to recruit substantively to this post as soon as possible.

Consultant Children and Adolescent Psychiatrist

NELFT North East London Foundation Trust

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This is a substantive, full-time post - 10 Programmed Activities (PAs) post with 8 Direct Clinical Contact activities (DCC) and 2 Supporting Professional Activities (SPAs).

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health and community services for over 4.9 million people living in the London Boroughs of Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham, Havering, and across Essex.

We work to ensure our patients, their friends and family, feel confident that their health needs are well met. With an excellent reputation for research and development, our skilled health professionals are at the cutting edge of evidence-based innovation, opening up the possibilities for better ways of working and delivery of care.

Person specification

Essential

MRCPsych or equivalent. Section 12 Approval or eligibility for it.
Approved Clinician status, or eligibility for it.
Inclusion in, or eligibility for inclusion in the Specialist Register or within 6 months of obtaining CCT
Extensive knowledge of the biological, psychological, and social determinants of mental health disorders and evidence-based treatment interventions.
An understanding of system leadership and evidence of how this has been put into practice.
An awareness of NHS strategic and clinical governance priorities.

Desirable

Postgraduate qualification
Clear thoughts on how to involve service users and carers in service development and quality improvement