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Job summary

Main area
CAMHS Psychiatry
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 40 hours per week
Job ref
285-2984B-MED
Employer
Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Canalside
Town
Walsall
Salary
dependant on experience
Closing
11/06/2024 23:59

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CAMHS Consultant Psychiatrist

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

Job overview

Consultant Psychiatrist, Full time, Permanent, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Walsall.

You are invited to join a friendly and motivated Medical team within the Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. Your post will be based at the Canalside, Abbotts street, Walsall WS3 3AZ

The post will cover community assessment, treatment and psychiatric care for Children and Young people with mental illness in Walsall borough.  There are on call commitments to this post. You will be clinically responsible for patients within your catchment area. You will be part of an established MDT that includes Psychologists, junior doctors, nurses, Allied Health Professionals and support staff.

Main duties of the job

Provide and support the development of specialist psychiatric services to Children and Young people with mental illness, to help safeguard the wellbeing of vulnerable Children and Young people, to comply with confidentiality policies and to record activity accurately and comprehensively.

Assess and treat children and young people in out-patients setting with a mental illness and behaviour disorders in line with NICE guidance, best practice and Trust policies.

Work closely with Multidisciplinary team to deliver holistic care and provide clinical leadership within the team.

Support the care of Children and Young people with mental illness by developing strong partnership with other agencies and services, including education, social care, primary care and voluntary agencies. Contribute to clinical leadership within the Trust wide Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, including participating in the governance structures.

Working for our organisation

Employees, workers, and / or contractors will be expected to uphold the values of the Trust and exhibit the expected Trust behaviours aligned to the Trust’s values. Individuals have a responsibility to ensure that they display the Trust values and behaviours in carrying out their job and that individuals feel able to challenge (or raise a challenge) when other colleagues’ behaviours breach the spirit of Trust values.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Employees, workers, and / or contractors will be expected to uphold the values of the Trust and exhibit the expected Trust behaviours aligned to the Trust’s values. Individuals have a responsibility to ensure that they display the Trust values and behaviours in carrying out their job and that individuals feel able to challenge (or raise a challenge) when other colleagues’ behaviours breach the spirit of Trust values.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • MRCPsych
Desirable criteria
  • MRCPsych

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Dr Sita Ratna
Job title
Clinical Director
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0121 6128959
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