Camhs Associate Specialist

Are you looking for a rewarding opportunity? Join the team at Rhodes Wood Hospital as an Associate Specialist / Speciality Doctor and provide comprehensive medical support across an eating disorder service under the direction of the responsible clinician.

As an associate specialist / speciality doctor will also provide clinical assessment, review and evaluation to young people under the care and treatment of the hospital ensuring that all treatment plans are fully adhered to. You will take a specific focuson physical health, food and fluids and risk management across the ward working closely with the ward manager, consultant and wider MDT.

In this role, you will be working alongside Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists in Rhodes Wood, as well as the wider MDT of which they form an integral part. There is a regular multi-disciplinary Team meeting daily and weekly so that care and treatmentis adequately planned. The team has dedicated administrative support which is based within the hospital.

**Your responsibilities will include**:

- Clinical assessment, formulation and treatment of young people with eating disorders CAMHS
- Ensuring an adequate handover to colleagues including out of hours when on call.
- Seeking collateral history from other professionals and family
- Completing discharge letters/reports forms as required in a timely manner
- Preparing First-tier Tribunal and Hospital Managers' hearing reports under the supervision of consultant
- Work effectively with colleagues to ensure that patients have access to appropriate medical cover at all times
- Providing prospective cover to other specialty doctors when they are on leave Participate in weekly ward rounds & attend multidisciplinary meetings
- Attend Care Programme Approach & Section
- Provide up-to-date clinical information at all meetings
- Ensure that medical decisions are implemented as planned
Audit medical services & ensure compliance with GMC & other professional guidelines
- Uphold policies & procedures and contribute to service governance & development

**To be successful as a Specialty Doctor, you'll need**:

- Full GMC registration
- Experience working in psychiatry within multi-disciplinary teams
- To be in good standing with the Royal College of Psychiatrists
- To have had an appraisal within the last year
- Experience working as a doctor within similar environment
- MRCPsych (desirable)
- Section 12 (2) approval (desirable)
- AC status (desirable)

**What you will get**
- Competitive annual salary
- Indemnity Insurance
- 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays pro rata (at the commencement of employment)
- Free meals on duty and parking
- Wellbeing support and activities
- Career development and training
- A Group Personal Pension Plan (GPPP)
- Life Assurance
- Enhanced Maternity Package

There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts and special offers, car leasing without a credit check and much more.

**About your next employer**

You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities& Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.

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