Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist

+ To provide clinical psychiatric input to the 0-18 Team + To record clinical activity accurately and comprehensively, within the Electronic Patient Record + To contribute to the out of hours on-call rota + To manage, appraise and give professional supervision to junior medical staff as agreed between consultant colleagues and the medical director and in accordance with the Trust's personnel policies and procedures. This may include assessing competences under the Modernising Medical Careers framework. + To ensure that junior medical staff working with the post holder operate within the parameters of the New Deal and are Working Time Directive compliant. + To participate in service and business planning activity for the locality and, as appropriate, for the whole mental health service. + To participate in annual appraisal for consultants. + To attend and participate in the academic programme of the Trust, including lectures and seminars as part of the internal CPD programme. + To maintain professional registration with the General Medical Council, Mental Health Act Section 12(2) approval, and to abide by professional codes of conduct. + To participate annually in a job plan review with the clinical manager, which will include consultation with a relevant manager in order to ensure that the post is developed to take into account changes in service configuration and delivery associated with modernisation.Working for our organisation CWP provides health and care services for local people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care - including the provision of three GP surgeries. Our aim is to help people to be the best they can be, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We were recently rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission with a Good rating overall. We offer a variety of roles at all levels, so whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your skills and experience in a new role, CWP is the right employer for you. CWP are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences. To support this, we offer up to three weeks induction, dependent on role, with our Prepare to Care programme for all new starters. This aims to give you all the knowledge and guidance to help you grow and flourish with CWP. We welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services., Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values. CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust's Values and Behaviours in their everyday life. Therefore, if you are invited to interview, you will be undertaking a Values Based Interview/Assessment, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it. Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trust's Values and Behaviours which are 'the 6 Cs' Communication, Competence, Courage, Care, Compassion and Commitment. The supporting information section in your application should therefore reflect your understanding of the Trust's Values and associated behaviours. You will be expected to provide us with examples from work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviour. An applicant guide to help and support you through your recruitment journey can be accessed at the bottom of this page. Further help and support for completing your application can be accessed via our website https://www.cwp.nhs.uk/completing-application-guidance. If you need any further guidance to help you complete your application, contact our recruitment team via email - [email protected] or by calling . If you have a disability that meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the 'essential' criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer 'YES' to the question: 'Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?' Please inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes. CWP is proud to be an accredited Veteran Aware organisation helping to provide and share best practice in NHS care for our armed forces community. As a veteran aware organisation, CWP is committed to delivering on the principles of the Armed Force Covenant and has a 'Silver' award with the MOD Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (DERS). The trust offers a Guaranteed Interview Scheme to any armed forces community applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post and encourages applications from armed forces reservists or cadet force adult volunteers. Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £13 per year applies. New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

• We offer a relocation package of up to £8,000
The relocation package is for anyone who would need to relocate in order to take up employment with Cheshire and Wirral Partnership. Terms and conditions apply Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust are looking to recruit two Consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist to join our Wirral CYPMHS Team within the Birch Centre, Birkenhead. The successful candidates will join the 0-18 partnership team. The CYP care group within CWP has redesigned community CAMHS services in 2022, to allow greater flexibility for the workforce and to improve patient flow through the system. The core features of this redesign included the implementation of a new model of care that separates out Access components (which includes new services including the Mental Health Support Teams in schools) from Partnership work. The Thrive model is a point of reference for this framework. Following redesign the new teams have consolidated into four locality-based services: Wirral, West Cheshire, Central Cheshire and East Cheshire with the Central Cheshire service operating out of two bases. The service offer is comprehensive including, an access team, 0-18 team, Eating disorder team, Learning Disability and autism adhd assessment team, Intensive Support Function and MHST (Mental Health Support Teams), and an urgent Support Team with 24 hour crisis line. There is a strong network of consultant child psychiatry peers within the trust.