Consultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (Forest)
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Radlett
Salary
£109,725 – £145,478
Training post
No
Trust type
Teaching
Posted
2 weeks ago
About the role
We are seeking a Consultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. CAMHS is part of the Specialist Services Strategic Business Unit in HPFT, managed by the Clinical Director (Dr Shaheen Shora - Fiona McMillian-Shields -non-medical). CAMHS is managed by a Senior Service Line Leader, Gill Bienveniste supported by Professional Leads and CAMHS Community Managers. The clinics accept referrals from a number of sources including General Practitioners, SocialWorkers, Health Visitors and Consultant Paediatricians. Referrals are processed through SPA (the Single Point of Access). The teams are multi-disciplinary including Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Mental Health Nurses, Child Psychotherapists, Systemic Therapists and Social Workers. These teams work on an outpatient model and currently receive approximately 250 referrals per month across Hertfordshire. Forest House is a specialist psychiatric inpatient unit providing care to children and young people 13 to 18. The unit admits children through a planned process of assessment, family consultation and liaison with the local CAMHS Tier 3 team. The Unit has recently been refurbished and extended to 16 beds to include acute admissions and it is an in-patient adolescent unit for East of England NHS. There is also a provision for eating disorder admissions under the supervision of a dedicated Eating Disorder Service. "This JD and PS is currently with the Royal College for approval".