Overview

Would you like to work for a Trust which has been awarded Global Digital Exemplar Status and be part of our work on the development of mental health related Apps for young people? We are recruiting for a full-time Consultant Psychiatrist to join us at our Marlborough Community CAMHS service based at Savernake Hospital in Wiltshire. With your expertise in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, you'll join our multi-disciplinary team (MDT) who receive referrals via the Wiltshire SPA (Single point of Access) from GPs, Paediatricians and Education and Social Services. This is a key position within our Marlborough Getting More Help Team where you will take an active leadership role. You will have medical responsibility for the diagnosis, management and treatment of children, adolescents and families on your caseload and that of other medical staff under your supervision.

We offer rewarding career development with protected SPA time as part of your job plan, encouraging you to take leadership courses to enhance your skills. We also offer a relocation allowance of up to £8,000 for external applicants (subject to eligibility criteria).

Could this be the next step in your career? Come and join one of the UK's leading mental health Trusts and be part of our mission in developing innovative health technologies and diagnostics to improve patient care in community settings.

Main duties of the job

• Provide clinical leadership and medical input to the team.
• Responsible for patients seen by themselves, together with those patients seen by medical staff directly supervised by them.
• With other consultants in the team, have responsibility for the clinical governance of the team as clinical leads for the team.
• Assess emergencies referred to the team within a day of referral. When necessary, this includes responsibility for Mental Health Act assessments. The Consultant is not expected to make initial assessments, except in certain circumstances. The Consultant psychiatrists will work in partnership within the MDT for the clinical management of patients, including risk assessment, needs of carers, and development of services for patients and families for whom the team is responsible.
• There is a weekly clinical team meeting which the Consultant is expected to join and be part of the clinical MDT.
• Clinical leaders in their teams, ensuring systems of clinical governance to provide high quality, safe care. Encourage a Restorative Just and Learning Culture, participate in safety huddles and investigations, and identify improvements in practice where appropriate.

About us

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people's homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team. Our values are: Caring, safe and excellent.

At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

• 33 days annual leave per annum/pro-rata increasing to 35 days after seven years seniority
• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team

Job description

Job responsibilities

About our CAMHS Services in BaNES, Swindon and Wiltshire (BSW)

Trust has been providing CAMHS services in BaNES, Swindon and Wiltshire. This covers a large rural area, with Swindon being the largest town. This area of service delivery is organised around community team bases: Swindon, Marlborough (for East Wiltshire), Melksham (for West Wiltshire), Salisbury (for South Wiltshire) and Keynsham for Bath and North-East Somerset (BaNES). CAMHS has good links with partner agencies. The BSW CAMHS service provides a hospital liaison service to the three district general hospitals in the patch: Salisbury District Hospital, Salisbury, Great Western Hospital, Swindon and Royal United Hospitals (RUH), Bath and provides training to staff on the paediatric ward. There is a Single Point of Access (SPA) for Wiltshire where referrals are screened and can be offered access telephone calls and signposting if they are more appropriate for another service. BSW also operates a dedicated eating disorder service (TEDS), with specialist teams in each of the CAMHS bases. Referrals of children and young people with suspected eating disorders are sent directly to this service. There is a CAMHS Crisis and Home Treatment service (CAHTS) embedded in the CAMHS teams with an overarching clinical leadership and operational management senior leadership team.