Description
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a 7-month fixed term appointment for an Inpatient Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist. This will initially be based at Tyson East 2 ward at the Bethlem Hospital although the post holder's tenure will cover the transition of the ward to its permanent home at the Maudsley Adolescent Unit at the Pears Maudsley Centre for Children and Young People.
Applicants would need to be able to work on both sites. This is a full-time post although applicants who wished to work part time are still encouraged to apply.
The successful candidate will be S12/AC approved and will provide clinical leadership to the service and take consultant responsibility for patients (both informal and detained) on the ward.
The role is full time (10 sessions) with 7.5 DCC sessions and 2.5 SPA sessions.
Start date is from End of December 2026.
Main duties of the job:
- Clinical and medical leadership for both the MDT and junior medical staff
- Direct assessment of all admissions, formulation of treatment plans in conjunction with the MDT, liaison with other agencies
- Supervision of junior medical staff, chairing of meetings with both clinical and non-clinical agenda
- Facilitating discharge through the CPA process
The consultant role involves:
- Assessment and management of children and young people, and to provide psychiatric input for both routine and emergency clinical care
- Supervision of resident medical staff
- Attending and chairing clinical meetings as timetabled
- Liaising and communicating with the MDT, other professionals, teams and agencies
- Strong clinical leadership
- Provision of advice to other CAMHS teams
- Participation in peer and group supervision meetings
- Participation in training of medical students, psychiatric trainees and multidisciplinary staff
- Adherence to agreed job plan and appraisal procedures set by the Trust
- Maintain GMC registration, maintain a License to Practice and participate in CPD to remain in good standing with the Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Maintain Section 12 and Approved Clinician approval
- Cover for colleagues is prospective
Benefits:
- Generous pay, pensions and leave
- Work life balance
- Career development
- Car lease
- Keyworker housing
- NHS discounts
- Counselling services
- Wellbeing events
- Long service awards
- Cycle to work scheme
- Season ticket loan
- Childcare vouchers
- Staff restaurants