# Community CAMHS Consultant Psychiatrist - Dartford

**Company**: Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust
**Location**: Dartford
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: permanent
**Salary**: £113,565 to £150,569 a year
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We welcome applications from motivated Consultant Psychiatrists looking to develop their career with the Dartford CAMHS Community team.

The Dartford CAMHS Community team provides a service to children and young people (under the age of 18 years) living in Dartford, Swanley and Gravesham. Dartford has a CYP population of 30,808, Swanley has a CYP population of 2,608, and Gravesham has a CYP population of 27,045. The team is a generic Tier 3 CAMHS team who undertake assessment and treatment of a range of disorders in children and young people including ADHD, ASD, Mood disorders, Psychosis, PTSD, Anxiety disorders, emerging personality disorders and challenging behaviour.

Successful applicants will ideally have MRCPsych or equivalent and be on, or within six months of inclusion on, the Specialist Register. You will be fully registered with the GMC, and have Approved Clinician status and S12 approval under the Mental Health Act (or have eligibility for it and be able achieve this on appointment).

**Main duties of the job**

- Act as an autonomous, registered practitioner who is legally and professionally accountable for own unsupervised actions guided by the professional code of conduct and Trust guidelines and protocols.

- Be responsible, and accountable, for service delivery to clients/patients.

- Assess and develop care plans to meet the complex needs of patients with a variety of conditions.

- Initiate referrals to other health professional specialist services and agencies.

- Provide patients and relatives with information and education thus ensuring they have meaningful choices that promote dignity, independence, and quality of life.

- Ensure practice is supported by research, evidence-based practice, literature, and peer review.

**Benefits**

- A Recruitment Bonus of £15,000

- Financial support for relocation of up to £8,000

- Easy access to in-house research team and academic opportunity through Kent's own Medical school

- Generous annual leave and study leave entitlement and access to the fantastic NHS pension scheme

- Holiday of a Lifetime Scheme

- Flexible working

- Excellent Learning and Development opportunities

- Free access to an independent counselling service

- Blue Light Card

- Car lease scheme

- A variety of staff network forums

## Skills

### Required
- MRCPsych
- GMC registration
- Approved Clinician status
- S12 approval
- Child and adolescent psychiatry

### Nice to have
- Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management
- Additional clinical qualifications

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