Description
We are seeking a Consultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry to join our team at Forest House Adolescent Unit in Radlett, Hertfordshire.
The successful applicant will work alongside a substantive consultant and a medical team composed of Specialty Doctors, GP trainees, Psychiatry Specialty and Core Trainees.
The post holder will complement and support the Senior Leadership Team to achieve the delivery of highest standards of care and contribute to operational management and clinical governance.
The clinics accept referrals from various sources, including General Practitioners, Social Workers, Health Visitors, and Consultant Paediatricians.
The teams are multi-disciplinary, including Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Mental Health Nurses, Child Psychotherapists, Systemic Therapists, and Social Workers.
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.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage, appraise, and give professional supervision to junior medical staff
- Ensure junior medical staff operate within the parameters of the New Deal and are Working Time Directive compliant
- Undertake administrative duties associated with patient care
- Record clinical activity accurately and comprehensively
- Participate in service and business planning activity
- Participate in annual appraisal for consultants
- Attend and participate in the academic programme of the Trust and the team
- Maintain professional registration with the General Medical Council
- Participate annually in a job plan review with the clinical manager
- Comply with the Trust's agreed policies, procedures, standing orders, and financial instructions
Requirements:
- MB BS or equivalent medical qualification
- Higher qualification in the field of psychiatry such as MRCPsych
- Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise
- CCT in Psychiatry; OR Inclusion on the GMC Specialist Register in psychiatry; OR within six months of achieving CCT/CESR
- Section 12/Approved clinician approval
- Experience of the full range of clinical responsibilities expected of a consultant in child and adolescent service
- Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Ability to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
- Broad range of experience in psychiatric practice and in the use of psychological therapies
Desirable:
- Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research, or management
- Relevant higher degree, e.g., MD, PhD, MSc
- Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
- Excellent degree of medical knowledge in relation to child and adolescent service
Benefits:
- Competitive salary: £113,565 to £150,569 a year pro-rata per annum
- Part-time working pattern
- Permanent contract