CAMHS Specialist Grade Doctor: Tier 3 Community Mental Health Professional

3 weeks ago


Wallington, Greater London, United Kingdom South West London and St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust Full time

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Specialist Grade Psychiatrist to join our CAMHS team in Sutton, a leafy suburb of South West London. The postholder will work with a senior CAMHS Consultant and other experienced Mental Health Clinicians within the Service.

This is a full-time, 10PA substantive post. However, part-time working can be negotiated. This is a new post due to the configuration of services.

Main Duties of the Job

This is an exciting opportunity to join a busy, mature service to provide both medical and psychological treatment for individuals and families with severe mental health needs. The postholder will have the opportunity to lead on service development with the Consultant and senior leadership team. The candidate can take up a special interest and/or take an active role in teaching.

The post is within a multidisciplinary team providing a community service and has close links with local authority, education, and the wider borough structure. The postholder will be joining a skilled, motivated, and innovative multidisciplinary team committed to continual learning and development and will be offered excellent CPD opportunities.

About Us

The Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) Directorate of Southwest London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust is a well-established provider of mental health services to the boroughs of Richmond, Sutton, Kingston, Merton, and Wandsworth.

The local Sutton CAMHS team is highly specialist, comprising family therapy, psychology, risk management nurses, and DBT specialists. The team has access to trust-wide services such as the DBT group program, eating disorder service, emergency services covering the 3 acute hospitals served by the Trust, and a Learning Disability Service together with the National CAMHS Deaf Service and a Neurodevelopmental Team.

The Trust is committed to the development of career pathways for Specialty Doctors and applicants can be supported through CESR process if they wish.

Person Specification

Qualifications

  • MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
  • MRCPsych (or equivalent) Paper A and B

Eligibility

  • Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practice at the time of appointment
  • Good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice
  • Approved under S12 or able to achieve with 6 months of appointment
  • Minimum 12 years' experience post-qualification and at least 6 of those in the specialty (psychiatry) with at least 2 years in CAMHS

Clinical Knowledge

  • Excellent clinical skills in the assessment and management of complex mental health conditions in children and adolescents
  • Training and experience in working with systems and agencies to support children and adolescents' mental health
  • Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA
  • Excellent knowledge in the specialty
  • Knowledge and experience in psychopharmacology as applicable to CAMHS

Academic Skills and Lifelong Learning

  • Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills or willing to undertake training to improve this
  • Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
  • Makes decisions based on evidence and experience, including the contribution of others
  • Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership and collaborative working to deliver improvement
  • Participated or demonstrate willingness to participate in continuous professional development
  • Able to use and appraise clinical evidence
  • Has actively participated or demonstrate a willingness to participate in clinical audit and quality improvement programmes


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