Consultant CAMHS Psychiatrist

• Provide specialist psychiatric assessment and management for young people with eating disorders and co-occurring mental health conditions.
• Lead on formulation, care planning, and review within a multidisciplinary team including psychologists, nurses, dietitians, family therapists, occupational therapists, and social workers.
• Oversee pharmacological treatments, physical health monitoring, and mental state management including re-feeding and naso-gastric feeding. Review patients at a frequency according to their clinical need and risks and ensure that families and carers are involved wherever possible in treatment planning. Support the provider collaborative and the multidisciplinary team to assess referrals for admission and plan their care.
• Participate in family-based interventions, working collaboratively with carers to promote recovery and resilience.
• Support early identification of risk and contribute to crisis management plans.
• Liaise effectively with community CAMHS, paediatric, education, and social care services to ensure continuity of care.
• Contribute to early and comprehensive discharge planning to minimise length of stay and promote sustained recovery in the community.

• generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
• staff networks and support group

Essential

• MRCPsych or equivalent
• Fully registered with the GMC with a license to practice at the time of appointment.
• Approved under Section 12 of the Mental Health Act of a psychiatrist
• CCT in Child Psychiatry
• Included on the GMC Specialist Register as a CAMHS psychiatrist OR within 6months of obtaining CCT
• Excellent knowledge in specialty
• Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge.
• Strong ability to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty.
• Able to act as clinical supervisor to resident doctors attached to the team.
• Experience of shared leadership and collaborative working to deliver improvement.
• Has actively been involved leading a quality improvement programme
• Has led clinical audits leading to service change or improved outcomes to patients.
• Trained in Quality Improvement methodology (ideally QSIR, Virginia Mason Institute or equivalent).
• Experience of medical leadership with a background of service improvement and managing change
• Have a flexible approach to working in the interests of the smooth running of the service.
• Willing to undertake DBS Check
• Able to support, motivate and lead other members of the team.

Desirable

• Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
• Willing to participate in on-call rota.
• Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA Have a working knowledge of the Mental Health Act consistent with that required to undertake the duties of an AC / RC for the purposes of the Act.
• Experience of working in an eating disorder service