Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist

Job summary
A consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist is required for the Tower Hamlets Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service. The post is an 8 PA fixed term post (3-6 months).

The post-holder will work across the Emotional and Behavioural team and the CAMHS in Social Care Team at Greatorex Street Community CAMHS, a long-established service for the assessment and treatment of young people up to the age of 18 years, their families and carers living in the borough of Tower Hamlets.

The post-holder will hold a joint Clinical Team Lead position in a well-established joint leadership structure with a co-Clinical Team Lead.

Main duties of the job
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details and information relating to the role.

About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details.

For more information and/or informal discussion, please contact: Dr Chiara Colonnelli, Lead Psychiatrist - View email address on meeveem.com

Person Specification
Education/Qualification/Training
Essential

• Full GMC registration
• MRCPsych parts 1&2 or equivalent
• Eligibility for inclusion on the Specialist Register or CCT in appropriate specialty (or within 6 months)
• Section 12 approved and Approved Clinician status or willing to apply for approval

Desirable

• Higher academic degree

Research
Desirable

• Experience in a research project
• Publication accepted by peer review journals in a relevant academic field

Experience
Essential

• Possesses an extensive range of clinical knowledge and excellent clinical skills.
• Experience of assessment and management of CYP with complex mental health disorders

Communication and Interpersonal Skills
Essential

• Strong leadership and co-ordination skills with ability to direct and organise teams
• Excellent communication skills with a range of different people
• Ability to build effective relationships with patients, families, colleagues and other professionals
• Ability to cope with considerable pressure and adapt to constant change and new demands
• Shows enthusiasm and initiative in pursuing innovation and the highest standards for patients, juniors, colleagues and the organisation

Teaching
Essential

• Experience of teaching in small groups and lecturing
• Commitment to both undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, academic and clinical

Desirable

• Familiarity with problem based learning approaches

Management/Audit
Essential

• Enthusiastic and organised approach to audit and quality assurance
• Ability to operate effectively in a committee

Desirable

• Training in management skills
• Experience of management of a clinical area
• Experience of service development

Other
Essential

• Meets professional health requirements
• Adherence to the highest ethical and professional standards

Knowledge and Skills
Essential

• Concerned to maintain and develop this knowledge
• Displays sound professional judgement
• Exercises sound clinical risk management
• Sees patients within a holistic context
• Creative in the design and implementation of treatment programmes
• Appreciation and understanding of transcultural and gender issues in psychiatry
• Shows an approach based on critical enquiry and evidence-based practice
• Able to balance competing demands and prioritise

Desirable

• Higher training in a specific psychotherapeutic treatment or modality, e.g. Family Therapy, CBT, individual or group psychotherapy

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.