Consultant in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Psychiatry

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Full timePart time
Location: Lincoln
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Category:
Employer Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Employer type NHS

Site Horizon Centre

Town Lincoln

Salary £105,504 - £139,882 (Salary is dependent on experience)

Salary period Yearly

Closing 23/01/2025 23:59

Consultant in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Psychiatry NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant Job overview Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LPFT) is rated as an outstandingly well-led Trust by the CQC and is committed to innovation and transformation. To bolster our efforts and continue to provide high quality, patient focused services, we are seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist to join the CAMHS Crisis and Enhanced Home Treatment Team (CCETT), as part of our Specialist Services division. We are looking for a doctor who is passionate and committed to the development of child and adolescent psychiatry.

The role is full-time at 10PAs per week, with an additional PA as part of recruitment and retention.

We are interested in hearing from anyone who is interested in a flexible working pattern, which would include job share and part time; there is also scope for hybrid working as agreed with the Clinical Director.

Main duties of the job

To provide comprehensive psychiatric services for children and young people with complex needs.

To hold medical responsibility for the above population.

To provide consultant psychiatric input into the various CCETT pathways.

Post holders will be Approved Clinician under the Mental Health Act 1983 (amended 2007) and be willing to undertake training and assessments when appropriate. The post holder will also be required to maintain Section 12(2) approval under the Mental Health Act.

To be part of the consultant CAMHS on-call rota out of hours and to contribute to the cross cover arrangements as agreed with the CAMHS consultant psychiatrists. Whilst on-call, the post holder will be expected to offer expertise and support where necessary to trainees on-call.

To work independently and autonomously as a specialist offering leadership in CAMHS based services. Supervision and mentoring opportunities are provided within this post if needed.

To work clinically with children, young people and their families/carers and other allied professionals.

To provide a lead role in the assessment of children and young people referred to the service.

To be involved in the assessment and management of urgent and routine referrals.

To participate in devising plans of action using a variety of therapeutic approaches.

To support the implementation of plans of action in partnership with parents/carers.

Working for our organisation Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the principal provider of NHS mental health services, as well as providing some learning disability, autism, and social care services across the county. We were one of the first foundation trusts to be established in the country. The Trust has an annual income of approximately £120m with around 2,800 staff spread across the 40+ locations. The Trust cares for around 53,000 patients a year and has around 200 inpatient beds across the Trust.

The Trust has an active and successful research department. We deliver an impressive portfolio of National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) clinical trials across the county, covering all areas of clinical care. A team of NIHR funded delivery staff supports this work. The Trust has established a strong track record for delivery of industry trials and was highly praised by CQC for our commitment to dementia research. We are a partner organisation of NIHR Clinical Research Network East Midlands (CRN EM) and the Lincoln Institute for Health, University of Lincoln.

As an employee of Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, you can expect to receive an excellent benefits package, giving you access to a range of wellbeing opportunities and discounts on products and services.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities For more information for this role, please see the attached job description and person specification for this role.

What we offer

A generous relocation package in line with our Relocation procedure

10 PA WTE – Job Share, flexi-working and remote working will be considered

£2,000 PA study budget with 30 days study leave over 3 years

Additional recruitment and retention PA (pro rata for part time)

The opportunity to develop the role based on your interests and background.

Vibrant research culture with a wealth of opportunities

90% of our schools are rated good or outstanding by Ofsted – Lincolnshire has an attractive Grammar school system

Lease car scheme/cycle to work scheme

Attendance at a bi-annual Medical Development day

Free on-site car parking and electric car charging points

Person specification Qualifications and Eligibility

MBBS or equivalent medical qualification

Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practice

Included on the GMC Specialist register, or within 6 months of completing

Approved Clinician status, or able to achieve within 3 months of completing

Approved under Section 12(2) or able to achieve within 3 months of completing

MRCPsych or MRCPsych equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists

DBS clearance

Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management

Willingness to engage with further training in child psychiatry.

Additional clinical qualifications.

In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice

Clinical Skills, Knowledge and Experience

Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA

Clinical training and experience required for gaining UK CCT, or other alternative routes, such as CESR Fellowship

Excellent oral and written communication skills in English

Widespread and detailed experience of assessment and management of patients.

Ability to offer expert clinical independent responsibility for clinical care of patients

Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients.

Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service

We are leading the way with mental health transformation projects. Multi-million-pound schemes to transform patient environments and radically redesign community services are currently underway, as part of our commitment to reshaping the future of mental healthcare.

We believe the key to high quality patient care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in the Care Quality Commission rating us as ‘outstanding’ for well led and ‘good’ overall, and 75% of our staff recommending us as a place to work.

We offer options for flexible working and provide development pathways and opportunities. We have a proud partnership with the University of Lincoln and the Lincoln Medical School, which has expanded our academic offerings to nurture talent across the Trust.

We are committed to ensuring our workforce is diverse at all levels. We are currently under-represented particularly at senior leadership level, so we welcome applications from women, people with disabilities, people from black and minority ethnic backgrounds, and those from the LGBT communities.

We support and celebrate diversity. We have active staff network groups for Black Asian Minority Ethnic (BAME) staff, Lesbian Gay Bi Trans (LGBT+) staff, staff with Mental and Physical Lived Experience (MAPLE) and our dedicated staff groups for men and women. We are a Silver Standard Employer with ENEI, were in the top 100 organisations in the country within the Stonewall Index (in 2019), and have been a finalist for the Health Service Journal (HSJ) Mental Health Trust of the Year Award two years in a row.

We offer 24-hour services within our Inpatient, Crisis and SPA teams; if you are successfully appointed to posts in these areas or others that might have specified, you will be required to work unsociable hours and shift patterns.

Employer certification / accreditation badges You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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