About this role
Job summary The successful candidate will work as part of multidisciplinary teams providing care to children and young people with eating disorders and other comorbid mental health needs, across Essex. The service is provided by one team with one management structure, but due to the size of the area covered it is spread across two main bases
Main duties of the job The successful candidate will provide senior medical support to the teams, and direct input on clinical cases. The consultant will be expected to provide guidance and supervision to the team, work directly with children and young people (and their families), and liaise as appropriate with other external CAMHS mental health providers, and acute hospitals. You will work alongside other CAMHS Psychiatrists across Essex and a part time, 1 day a week, Consultant Acute Paediatrician (currently being recruited) to support the physical monitoring of patients with Eating Disorders.
There will also be the opportunity for the post holder to further develop links already established with the local acute trusts A&E departments and inpatient wards, in order to continually improve our services.
About us
NELFT NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health and community services for over 4.9 million people living in the London Boroughs of Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham, Havering, and across Essex.
We work to ensure our patients, their friends and family, feel confident that their health needs are well met. With an excellent reputation for research and development, our skilled health professionals are at the cutting edge of evidence-based innovation, opening up the possibilities for better ways of working and delivery of care.
Job description Job responsibilities
JOB TITLE: Consultant Community CAMHS Psychiatrist – Eating Disorder SET CAMHS Team
CONTRACT: 10 (+1) Programmed Activities (11 PAs)
Substantive
Flexible working available – including job share, part-time, remote sessions considered
BASE: Widford Hall, Tattersall Way, Chelmsford, Essex CM2 STD
Post and Specialty:
This is a well-established post but has been vacant due to the previous consultant retiring.
This is funded as eight Programmed Activities (10 PAs) post with 7.5 Direct Clinical Contact activities (DCC) and 2.5 Supporting Professional Activities (SPAs). An additional PA (11th PA) under a fixed-term contract is available as an optional and will be subjected to annual review through job planning and can be used flexibly to carry out extra work, audit, research, or quality improvement projects in line with service priorities.
The post is currently filled by a locum doctor due. It is a substantive post and we would consider requests for flexible working, job share or fixed term if preferred.
The expectation of the post holder is to support their teams, the Directorate and the organisation to follow the Trust’s Values in their day-to-day work.
We are kind We are respectful We work with our communities This post is for a CAMHS Consultant Psychiatrist position in the Southend Essex Thurrock (SET) CAMHS Eating Disorder Team based at Widford Hall, Tattersall Way, Chelmsford, Essex CM2 STD.
Rationale for post:
This is a well-established post but has been vacant due to the previous consultant retiring.
This is funded as eight Programmed Activities (10 PAs) post with 7.5 Direct Clinical Contact activities (DCC) and 2.5 Supporting Professional Activities (SPAs). On-call responsibilities:
The postholder will be part of the Senior Psychiatrist out of hours on-call rota. The community CAMHS Consultants participate in an on-call rota with a current frequency of 1:7, with a 2% of basic salary, Category B on-call supplement. This rota mainly provides telephone advice to the crisis teams, which is the first port of call for children in crises out of hours, covering Southend, Essex and Thurrock. The on-call shifts are from 17:00 - 09:00 Monday to Friday, and all day on weekends and bank holidays. The on call does not include support to psychiatric inpatient units or Section 136 suites, as this is provided by a different organisation in Essex (EPUT).
The successful candidate will work as part of multidisciplinary teams providing care to children and young people with eating disorders and other comorbid mental health needs, across Essex. The service is provided by one team with one management structure, but due to the size of the area covered it is spread across two main bases.
The successful candidate will provide senior medical support to the teams, and direct input on clinical cases. The consultant will be expected to provide guidance and supervision to the team, work directly with children and young people (and their families), and liaise as appropriate with other external CAMHS mental health providers, and acute hospitals. You will work alongside other CAMHS Psychiatrists across Essex and a part time, 1 day a week, Consultant Acute Paediatrician (currently being recruited) to support the physical monitoring of patients with Eating Disorders.
Main responsibilities:
To be responsible for organising and prioritising own and others workload in the day-to-day allocation of work. To deputise when required in the team manager’s absence and delegate appropriately to other medical staff. To have organisational knowledge relating to Trust protocols and procedures and adhere to them. To be responsible for providing accurate records of information required by the Trust for audit purposes. To ensure effective risk management at team level by accident/incident reporting, assessing, and controlling risk and ensuring residual risks are added to the Trust’s risk register.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Inclusion in, or eligibility for inclusion in the Specialist Register for Psychiatry or within 6 months of obtaining CCT Approved Clinician status, or eligibility for it
Experience in managing patients from different cultural backgrounds. Working with interpreters and translators.
Experience Essential
Experience in managing patients from different cultural backgrounds. Working with interpreters and translators. An awareness of NHS strategic and clinical governance priorities. Understanding of change management
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details Employer name NELFT North East London Foundation Trust
Address Thurrock Community Hospital
Grays
Essex
RM16 2PX
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.nelft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)