OverviewThe Trust is organised into three Divisions: Jameson, Goodall and Diggory. Goodall Division is responsible for the delivery of Mental Health and community Learning Disability services in Hillingdon, as well as CNWL's specialist rehabilitation provision and CAMHS provision in NW London. We also deliver community physical health services in a number of boroughs in NW London, including Hillingdon, Harrow, Ealing and neighbouring areas of the North Central London system. Our staff play a fundamental role in our delivery of excellent outcomes and excellent patient experience, and it is our aim to create a happy and healthy working environment where you can thrive and succeed.
Work with MDT colleagues to develop the Enhanced Treatment sub-team, offer consultation, collaborate with colleagues from local authorities and education, assess and manage children, young people and their families as appropriate.
Provide a generic service for non-urgent presentations of children and adolescents requiring psychiatric assessments and treatment, including direct clinical involvement and supervision and oversight of cases held by fellow clinicians.
Provide a service to acutely mentally ill children and adolescents in crisis, including comprehensive assessment and evidence-based interventions as required across a range of theoretical models and treatments.
Offer consultation to other members of the multidisciplinary team regarding the management of urgent assessments and risk.
The post holder is expected to assess about 15-20 new assessments per year, and offer 10-12 face-to-face contacts per week.
The caseload is expected to be about 30-40 cases in the CAMHS Enhanced Treatment team, most of whom will be prescribed medication and present with high clinical complexity. They will be expected to consult with other team members and join them for clinical reviews as appropriate.
Accessing Tier 4 provision as clinically appropriate and reviewing the management and care of the young person during inpatient admission to ensure the most effective use of resources.
Clinical leadership and management
Participation in the development of new models of service to improve delivery and outcome, taking into account the views of commissioners and evidence of best practice.
Provision of clinical leadership in the Brent Enhanced Treatment team.
Participation in the development of clinical protocols as required.
Contribution to the Brent CAMHS senior management group.
The substantive post holder will contribute to leadership activities within the CAMHS-ED service line.
Teaching, training and supervision
Participation in training and supervision of junior doctors, medical students, and other members of the multidisciplinary team as required. There is one CT and one FY2 doctor attached to Brent CAMHS who are currently supervised by the other consultants.
There are opportunities to participate in teaching and training activities with CT1-3 (the MRCPsych course) and SpRs, doctors, local GPs, social workers, health visitors and other partners in the community.
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Brent CAMHS and context
Brent CAMHS is an award-winning psychiatry team with multiple sub-teams with specialist skills: Emotional Disorders Team (EDT), Neurodevelopmental Team (NDT), Learning Disability (LD) and Enhanced Treatment Team (ETT). The post is 5 PAs in the Enhanced Treatment team. The Enhanced Treatment team contains assessment and treatment pathways for children and young people with severe attachment difficulties, emerging personality disorders and repeated self-harm, and usually a high degree of complexity and comorbidity. CNWL is a nationally leading NHS Foundation Trust providing Mental Health, Community Health and Child Health Services across London and the South East of England. Over the last few years our catchment area has grown significantly, making the Trust's population more diverse than ever. The area spans the communities of London, Milton Keynes and wider geographical areas of Buckinghamshire, Surrey, Kent and Hampshire. There are areas of great affluence as well as deprivation, and there are over 100 first-languages spoken in these communities. We were authorised as a Foundation Trust on 1 May 2007.
Application
We are currently looking for a Part Time Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist to work within the Brent CAMHS Enhanced Treatment Team (ETT) within CNWL. This is an exciting opportunity for an energetic, innovative and dedicated child and adolescent psychiatrist with a special interest in complexity and trauma, and keen to work with a supportive, dynamic and passionate substantive consultant group and MDT clinicians. There are opportunities for teaching and training, and strong links with Imperial College London to develop research interests. This post attracts relocation package for up to 8K (subject to eligibility), a generous annual leave entitlement, study leave, the NHS pension scheme, and range of staff discounts including discount on purchase and lease of new cars.
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