About this role
Job summary The successful candidate will work as part of multidisciplinary teams providing care to children and young people with mental health needs, across South East 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 We currently have three CAMHS higher trainee in Essex.. There are opportunities for teaching both in terms of clinical work and curriculum delivery. Although this post does not currently have any attached training post there is due to be expansion to both core and CAMHS higher training numbers in Essex and we would welcome consultants who are educational supervisors or who wish to undertake training and apply to have training post(s) in South East Essex. The postholder will have access to their own designated office space at Skyline Plaza, 45 Victoria Avenue, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS2 68B, where confidential meetings can be held.
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 –Castle Point, Rochford & Southend SET CAMHS (covering Southend)
CONTRACT: 10 (+1) Programmed Activities (11 PAs)
Substantive
Flexible working available – including job share, part-time, remote sessions considered
BASE: Skyline Plaza, 45 Victoria Avenue, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS2 68B
Post and Specialty:
This is a well-established post but has been vacant due to the previous consultant leaving the organisation.
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 an CAMHS Consultant Psychiatrist position in the SET CAMHS Castle Point, Rochford & Southend team, Skyline Plaza, 45 Victoria Avenue, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS2 68B.
Rationale for post:
This is a well-established post but has been vacant due to the previous consultant leaving the organisation. A lot of transformation has taken place already and continues to take place within Essex's Community CAMHS Services. This post is currently vacant, and we wish to recruit substantively to this post as soon as possible.
This is a replacement, substantive, full-time post - 10 Programmed Activities (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.
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 mental health needs, across South East 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.
1.2 Main responsibilities
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.
Clinical Skills:
To act as an autonomous, registered practitioner who is legally and professionally accountable for own unsupervised actions guided by the professional code of conduct and Trust guidelines and protocols. The post holder will have full registration with a licence to practice on the General Medical Council (GMC). Further professional knowledge will have been gained through accredited courses, workshops, study, and in-house training programmes. To be responsible, and accountable, for service delivery to clients/patients. To be able to assess and develop care plans to meet the complex needs of patients with a variety of conditions. This includes chronic, acute, and palliative care within own competencies, recognising own limitations and seeking advice when necessary. This will include continuously evaluating and acting on outcomes. To be able to initiate referrals to other health professional specialist services and agencies. To provide patients and relatives with information and education thus ensuring they have meaningful choices that promote dignity, independence, and quality of life. To ensure practice is supported by research, evidence-based practice, literature, and peer review.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Qualifications 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.
Mastery in the management of a broad range of mental disorders in adults
Experience in managing patients from different cultural backgrounds. Working with interpreters and translators.
Experience Essential
An awareness of NHS strategic and clinical governance priorities. Understanding of change management Extensive knowledge of the biological, psychological, and social determinants of mental health disorders and evidence-based treatment interventions. An understanding of leadership and evidence of how this has been put into practice.
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 Skyline Plaza
Southend on Sea
Essex
SS2 6BB
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.nelft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)