Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist

Roles and responsibilities in the CAAAS Team

To work with the multidisciplinary team to offer specialist autism assessments for complex children and young people, providing psychiatric l assessment and formulation and considering differential diagnosis and co-existing mental health difficulties To provide consultant psychiatric input to ADHD medication initiation, optimisation and review for children and young people up to age 18, in accordance with relevant guidance and local pathways.

To contribute to the development and implementation of safe and effective assessment and medication pathways for ADHD.

To provide clinical supervision and professional advice around the provision of medication to a range of team members, including Speciality Doctors and non-medical prescribers.

To run ADHD medication clinics, supporting the work of Speciality Doctors and non-medical prescribers, and holding a caseload of complex young people who require consultant psychiatric input.

To contribute to MDT discussions and formulation of complex cases.

To provide consultation and advice to colleagues in CAMHS, paediatrics, education and other relevant agencies.

To support the evaluation and quality improvement of service provision and enable research.

To contribute to the development of best practice through links with regional and national neurodevelopmental teams

This role is offered on a permanent basis. The hours are full-time/ part time hours available.

The post has been created to increase consultant psychiatric capacity within the developing Neurodevelopmental service and to provide additional consultant-level support to Core CAMHS. The development reflects the separation of the Neurodevelopmental and Core CAMHS medical roles within the current service configuration.

The Neurodevelopmental component is the principal specialist focus of the post. The Core CAMHS component provides additional consultant capacity to the Core CAMHS service and will include assessment, formulation, treatment advice, medication review, MDT working and clinical leadership for children and young people requiring consultant psychiatric input.

The post-holder will be expected to provide psychiatric input to children and young people referred to CAMHS registered with GPs in Gloucestershire. Psychiatrists work in treatment clinics with multi-disciplinary colleagues to deliver either general CAMHS intervention or more specialist teamwork, such as neurodevelopmental work.

The post holder will also work closely with the Neurodevelopmental MDT, Core CAMHS teams, Community Paediatrics, CAMHS Outreach, CAMHS Mental Health Liaison, Non-Medical Prescribers, Speciality Doctors, trainees and other relevant health, education and social care professionals.

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

Qualifications

Essential: - CCT or 6 months away from CCT to specialist register; - CAHMS specialism; - Knowledge and clinical skills to assess, treat and manage Neurodiverse conditions

Desirable: - MRCPsych GMC Specialist Register in Child Psychiatry or Learning Disability

Experience

Essential: - Significant CAHMS experience; - Experience of Multidisciplinary team working

Desirable: - Specialist working knowledge and skills in objective neurodiverse condition assessments, e.g. ADOS, QB testing and Cognitive assessments