Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist Community CAMHS East

Job overview

Are you looking to develop your career within Child and Adolescent Psychiatry?

Perhaps, you’re seeking a new challenge?

We are looking for a Consultant or a CAMHS doctor in training within 6 months of their Certificate of Completion of Training date, to join our Somerset CAMHS Consultant group. You will be working up to 10 sessions in our county wide Community Eating Disorders Service.

Flexible working is available and working hours can be discussed.

We are proud to say that Somerset Community CAMHS services have been accredited a ‘CQC – OUTSTANDING’ service. Somerset Foundation Trust is the first trust to have Integrated Acute Medical and Surgical Specialities, Mental Health, Community and Primary care services.

Our values are outstanding care, listening & leading and working together.

Main duties of the job

You will be providing medical leadership and working alongside a supportive multi-disciplinary teams and the community and acute hospital setting, providing psychiatry input for children and young people who are experiencing complex mental health presentations.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Accountability for the direct delivery of clinical care, by providing a visible, accessible, authoritative and professional clinical leadership to the CAMHS community team in the East of the county, ensuring high standards of clinical practice.
• Provide specific professional and expert clinical opinion and advice on a range of problems, including those young people with complex needs to professionals working within the CAMHS sector.
• With other senior members of the community team, responsible for ensuring referrals are risk assessed and allocated to the most appropriate clinician in a timely manner.
• With other senior members of the community team, be responsible for ensuring there is effective communication both within the team and with referring and receiving teams, including the RAFT team.
• To promote effective multi-disciplinary team working.
• To work co-operatively with colleagues and to respect and value their contribution to patient care.
• To maintain close relationships with GPs / primary care.
• To work closely with colleagues in Education and Children’s Social Care as well as Somerset Drug and Alcohol Service (SDAS), Early Intervention in Psychosis (STEP), Talking Therapies and Adult Mental Health services.
• To be available to patients, families and carers, to provide information and support.

Please see the attached job description for more in depth information.