Consultant Psychiatrist - CAMHS

Would you like to work for a Trust which has been awarded Global Digital Exemplar Status and be part of our work on the development of mental health related Apps for young people?

We are recruiting for a full-time Consultant Psychiatrist to join us at our Bath & NE Somerset (BANES) Community CAMHS Team where you will have an active leadership role and medical responsibility for the diagnosis, management and treatment of children, adolescents and families.

With your expertise in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, you'll join our Getting More Help multi-disciplinary team (MDT) working in close liaison with our Getting Help team which operates as a single point of access for CAMHS, screening referrals from GPs, Paediatricians and Education and Social Services.

We offer rewarding career development with protected SPA time as part of your job plan, encouraging you to take leadership courses to enhance your skills. We also offer a relocation allowance of up to £8,000 for external applicants (subject to eligibility criteria).

Could this be the next step in your career? Come and join one of the UK's leading mental health Trusts and be part of a successful service implementing an exciting and innovative service model for children and young people's mental health.

• Attend regular MDTs and provide clinical leadership and medical input to the team.
• 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 of the team as clinical leads for the team.
• 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.
• Clinical leadership responsibility to ensure excellent systems of clinical governance so that their team provides high quality, safe care to patients. Consultants are expected to encourage a Restorative Just and Learning Culture of Learning, participate in safety huddles and investigations and participate in identifying improvements in practice where appropriate.
• Expected to be eligible for Section 12 approval under the Mental Health Act. The Trust will support obtaining Section 12 approval and Approved Clinician status if required.
• Participate in the BSW Consultant on call rota (currently 1 in 11 with prospective cover, paid at category A banded at 3% on call availability supplement. There is an additional 0.5PA per month (pro rata) paid in recognition of emergency work arising from out of hours).

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
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Our values are:
Caring, safe and excellent
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At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

• 33 days annual leave per annum/pro-rata increasing to 35 days after seven years seniority
• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 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

Job responsibilities

Demographic context:
Bath and North East Somerset Council, is a unitary authority and covers an area of 136 square miles (352 km2), of which two thirds is green belt. It stretches from the outskirts of Bristol, south into the Mendip Hills and…