Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist

Job description is pending Royal College approval

This is a substantive post for which 10 PA's are available.

This post would provide consultant psychiatric input to the team for the 10 PAs (6 PA's GMAIC, 4 PA's Crisis service) across the week. Out of hours, the consultant input comes from the medical on call rota. The post holder will join a dynamic and supportive Directorate and CAMHS Consultant peer group.

This is a new post, and the successful candidate will develop the role with the acute care team and liaise with the community CAMHS and inpatient services collaboratively.

Role

Summary:

The consultant psychiatrist will provide medical oversight within which they will provide clinical consultation to the Crisis team and GMAIC for assessment, management and treatment of the young people who present with mental health disorder.

They will join the team and contribute to face to face assessments for complex, uncertain and significant risk presentations including YP requiring assessment under the framework of the mental health act and inform clinical judgments on appropriateness and suitability for admission to inpatient services. Where this not deemed to be clinically required or appropriate, they will provide guidance and make alternate recommendations including on the use of crisis services and offer follow up.

They will provide supervision to NMP within Crisis and GMAIC service.

The role will encompass collective working and strengthened relationships with community CAMHS and inpatients in Pennine and CAMHS services across Greater Manchester.

They will collectively work with adult mental services for transition of YP reaching 18 and require ongoing care.

They will liaise with Inpatient services, attend escalation meetings and provide second opinion to neighboring GMAIC teams when required.

A pivotal role is the need for excellent communication and liaison with key professionals providing an interface between community and inpatient services.

We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester
- Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.

Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We're really proud of our#Pennine Care People and do everything we can to make sure we're a great place to work.

All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.

Key clinical Responsibilities of the Post:

PRINCIPAL DUTIES OF THE POST

Clinical

• To take clinical responsibility for young people who are open to the crisis service and GMAIC and require medical input.
• To lead the clinical team in acute care service, providing emergency, urgent and elective multi-disciplinary assessment and treatment for young people who present with emotional and mental health crisis.
• Working with the multidisciplinary team, provide comprehensive psychosocial multiaxial diagnostic assessment; formulation and management; assessment of psychiatric and psychological comorbidity; care of comorbid physical health needs; psychoeducation; psychopharmacological interventions and management.

To provide consultation to referrals from community CAMHS services and other mental health services, paediatric ward, liaison…