Consultant Psychiatrist

Oxford Health; Swindon; On-site; GBP 80,000 - GBP 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Swindon is hiring a Consultant Psychiatrist within CAMHS to lead high-quality care in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services. The role includes clinical leadership, multidisciplinary teamwork, and a commitment to child mental health. Essential criteria include eligibility for GMC Specialist Registrar and expertise in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Benefits include excellent opportunities for career progression and development. This is an essential role for those committed to improving the mental health of young people.

Benefits

Excellent opportunities for career progression

Access to tailored learning and development

33 days annual leave

Competitive pension scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Eligibility for Section 12 Approval and Approved Clinician status.
• Eligible for Inclusion on the GMC Specialist Registrar in a psychiatric speciality.
• Experience in management of children with complex needs.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership and medical input to the team.
• Responsibility for clinical governance as clinical leads for the team.
• Work in partnership with the multidisciplinary team for clinical management.

Skills

Excellent knowledge in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Experience of effective multidisciplinary team working

Ability to work within a collaborative multidisciplinary framework

Skills in communication with patients and colleagues

Education

Eligibility for Section 12 Approval and Approved Clinician status

Inclusion on GMC Specialist Registrar in psychiatric speciality

Job description

Job overview

Are you a Consultant Psychiatrist within CAMHS interested in delivering and developing ground-breaking Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) in historic Wiltshire?

You will be a Consultant within our Swindon CAMHS team. As a Consultant you will be responsible for supporting your manager in ensuring that our service users’ needs are met through the delivery of high-quality care. As a centre of excellence, you will offer a person-centred approach to their independence and well-being. You will have clinical leadership opportunities to develop services across the patch and medical education/ supervision.

Main duties of the job

• Provide clinical leadership and medical input to the team.
• The postholder will take responsibility for those patients seen by himself/herself, together with those patients seen by medical staff directly supervised by them.
• With other consultants in the team, have responsibility for the clinical governance as clinical leads for the team.
• The team will assess all emergencies referred to it within a day of referral. When necessary, this will include responsibility for Mental Health Act assessment of patients. The Consultant is not expected to make initial assessments, except in certain circumstances.
• The Consultant psychiatrists will work in partnership within the multidisciplinary team for the clinical management of patients. This will include risk assessment, the assessment of the needs of carers, and the development of services to meet the needs of patients and families for whom the team is responsible. Consultant Psychiatrists within the Swindon team, have a robust system to arrange cross-cover to ensure there is always a psychiatrist available to the service. There is a weekly clinical team meeting which the Consultant is expected to join and be part of the clinical MDT.

Working for our organisation

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.

Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible.

Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”

Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”

At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 33 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 35 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We have described the job in detail in the attached Job Description and Person Specification, but we would be delighted to answer any questions you might have and to find out more about you.

You can start getting to know by having a look at our recruitment video made by members of the team and children, young people and young adults who have accessed our services:

Document: Consultant Psychiatrist Swindon CAMHS JD (PDF, 462.6KB)

Person specification

Qualifications/Training

Essential criteria

• Eligibility for Section 12 (Mental Health Act 1983) Approval and Approved Clinician status.
• Eligible for Inclusion on the GMC Specialist Registrar in a psychiatric speciality; OR within six months of achieving registration at the time of interview.

Desirable criteria

• Higher degree/diploma or equivalent in relevant field of medical or psychological studies
• Higher specialist training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in approved training post for a minimum of three years and/or previous consultant experience.
• Sub-specialty or other specialist clinical training relevant to post.
• Membership or Fellowship of The Royal College of Psychiatrists

Experience

Essential criteria

• Excellent knowledge in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
• Experience of effective multidisciplinary team working.
• Experience of effective multiagency partnership at work.
• Experience in management of children and young people with complex needs spanning multiple agencies, with emerging personality disorders, conduct and behavioural problems.
• Experience and familiarity with UK health systems and CAMHS services
• Ability to undertake full range of Consultant responsibilities.

Desirable criteria

• Application of evidence-based practice and interest in clinical and policy developments for this care group.
• Development of multidisciplinary teamwork, close collaboration with Primary Care services, and working with a multiagency approach, including education, health and social care.
• High training placement in Adolescent Psychiatry

Skills and Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Ability to work within a collaborative multidisciplinary framework, and to share leadership responsibilities with senior colleagues of other professions. The ability to assume a medical leadership role within the team and to work closely with senior managers to implement trust objectives
• Ability to understand how organisations work most effectively.
• Commitment to multiagency partnership
• Ability to promote effective team working
• The ability to prioritise workload and respond in a timely, flexible manner to requests for consultation from colleagues
• The ability to use electronic records and diaries
• Clinical audit
• Must have excellent skills in communication with patients, relatives/carers, colleagues and staff of other organisations.
• Experience of Undergraduate and postgraduate medical teaching.
• Must be skilled in professional collaboration.
• Experience in supervising basic level psychiatric trainees
• Must have an interest in and commitment to Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
• Honesty and integrity
• Flexibility to cope with service change and demanding clinical challenges

Desirable criteria

• Relevant experience of administrative and management role or senior medical staff.
• Teaching qualification

Other requirements

Essential criteria

• Full registration
• Meet specifications set out in the GMC
• Independently mobile to travel between base and clinic sites

Documents to Download

Documents: Consultant Psychiatrist Swindon CAMHS JD (PDF, 462.6KB)

Recruiter Contact Details

Name: Dr Chandini Abraham

Title: Associate Medical Director

Email: [e-mail]