Children with Disabilities Consultant

1 week ago


Plymouth, Plymouth, United Kingdom Livewell Southwest Full time
Consultant CAMHS - Neurodevelopment & Severe Learning Disabilities (SLD)
We are looking for an outstanding psychiatrist to join our CAMHS team. This post is for a Consultant in the CAMHS Neurodevelopmental team, including Severe Learning Disabilities.

Enjoying the varied nature of CAMHS, you will be enthusiastic, professional and committed to providing the very best care for patients under your care.

You will provide sound medical advice and leadership with ease to the PMDT and occasionally to the neurodevelopment team.

As a consultant in the service you will naturally be at the forefront of decision making with regards to service provision, development and delivery.

You will possess the skills and knowledge to supervise the foundation, GP and psychiatry trainees assigned to the department with ease.

The Neurodevelopmental team and the SLD team used to be separate teams but they have amalgamated in one within the last year to facilitate optimal skill mix amongst the team members The work of the postholder will be to support the multi-disciplinary neurodevelopmental team, including the SLD population by providing psychiatric assessments and treatments but also case consultation and supervision to other members of the team and containment of risk.

This is a community-based post with a central base at Mount Gould Hospital. The follow up work may include family meetings, network meetings and child protection meetings, for example.
There will be a total consultant caseload of approximately 50-60 cases to manage largely comprising those children and adolescents with neurodevelopmental conditions (i

e:
ADHD, ASD or Tourettes) or severe learning disabilities conditions and co-morbid mental health disorders needing medication management.

Livewell Southwest is an independent, award-winning social enterprise providing integrated health & social care services for people across Plymouth, South Hams & West Devon, as well as some specialist services for people living in parts of Devon & Cornwall.

With teams in community hospitals, GP practices, sports centres, health & wellbeing hubs.
Transforming services to make them sustainable, ensuring that we value, support & empower each other.

We are committed to involving the people we care for, families & carers in everything that we do, working towards co-production where we can.

Helping us to deliver the right care for people, in the right place & at the right time.

By putting people at the centre of what we do, we ensure to support people to lead, healthy independent lives & be the very best at helping people to live well.

Valuing our employees making an investment in their development a priority. Various development pathways and ongoing regular training packages for all staff
Existing members of the NHS Pension Scheme can continue their membership when they join the organisation.
Please see attached Job Description - Consultant CAMHS - Neurodevelopment Severe Learning Disabilities
Participation in Continual Professional Development.

Inclusion on the Specialist Register in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the time of taking up the Post (Specialist Registrars applying in advance must be within six months of their CCT at the point of being interviewed).

Extensive experience in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry essential.

Higher academic Qualification (MSc, PhD or other relevant higher qualifications).

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