Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist

We are pleased to invite a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist to join the Neurodevelopmental Team in Islington CAMHS, following the retirement of the current post holder.
The Neurodevelopment team offer a diagnostic and post diagnostic service to Islington children and young people who present with concerns about possible neurodevelopmental difficulties. There is a strong emphasis on consultation to other parts of the service.
Islington Community CAMHS is a well-established service providing community-based assessments and mental health interventions for Islington children with mental health needs up to the age of 18 years. The team is a large multi-disciplinary team and accepts 1100 new referrals per year.
This is a full-time role but flexible working and less than full- time applications will also be considered. The post holder will join two other Consultant Psychiatrists, a Specialty Doctor and a Core Psychiatry Trainee in Islington CAMHS, and an active Consultant Psychiatry peer group across Whittington Health NHS Trust.
Interview date: 8th January 2025, Please see the full Job Description and the Person Specification for further details about the job role., + Provide psychiatric reviews, including risk assessment, shared decision-making with patients/parents/carers and treatment for children and young people referred to the service.
+ Work in partnership with young people, parents and carers to develop effective, evidence based, management plans with ongoing review of the formulation and of these management plans
+ Provide consultation, advice, supervision and appropriate support to colleagues within CAMHS as well as to professionals in the wider network of the child, young person or family. This is via MDT meetings and psychiatry consultation.
+ Management of complex clinical information from many sources to formulate management of the relative effectiveness of medication, therapeutic approaches for the child / young person and family, and therapeutic / consultation approaches within the child / young person's network.
+ Management of complex information, including knowledge of mental illness, child development, interpersonal/family dynamics, the Children Act 2004, Mental Health and Mental Capacity legislation, to reach decisions in the best interests of children and young people.
+ Support the MDT to coordinate multi-agency packages of care, treatment and support for young people and their families with complex mental health problems.
+ Clinical liaison with clinicians in other community and specialist children's services as well as with specialist inpatient or other residential services.
+ Manage a caseload of approximately 100 CYP, the majority for management of ADHD. We have a shared care policy with local GPs; CYP currently in the ADHD medication clinic are expected to be seen once or twice a year, once stabilized, depending on complexity. The caseload includes about 30 CYP presenting with behaviours that challenge in the context of LD and/or ASC, attending special school, for medication management. For these cases, the post holder will be expected to work closely with the children disability service, school staff, and other professionals (eg the Keyworking service), as appropriate.
+ Neurodevelopmental assessments are carried out by the MDT. The post holder is expected to contribute to diagnostic consultations via weekly MDT meetings to help the team arrive at a diagnosis.
+ Together with colleagues - develop links between the team, primary care, other local services and schools.
+ Be responsive and flexible in seeing children and families for urgent assessment, or signpost to appropriate crisis services, where there is risk of self-harm or suspicion of severe mental illness, when asked to assist by the team, for example, when a child in their caseload presents in mental health crisis.
+ Contribute to the whole service psychiatry consultation (daily virtual drop ins, shared between all psychiatrists). The post holder will be expected to lead 2 weekly drop ins.
+ Contribute to quality improvement through audit of both psychiatric and multidisciplinary team work.
+ Provide cross cover for colleagues on annual leave or study leave.
Professional Leadership
+ To use local knowledge to assist the Clinical Lead in identifying and making provision for the training and development needs of relevant clinical staff
+ To play an active role in developing services under the Transforming care agenda
+ To ensure the highest standards of clinical effectiveness in the clinical area, including the delivery of local and national recommendations including NICE guidelines, College guidelines or national reports.
+ To assist the Clinical Lead in developing and reviewing strategies for quality and safety in line with Trust policy, and be responsible for the delivery of that strategy within the Clinical area, including strategies for Clinical Audit, Clinical Risk Management and Public and Patient Involvement.
+ To support the Clinical Lead in placing Patient Safety at the center of ICSU activity
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details and a sample timetable.
SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND ADULTS
To comply with the Trust's Safeguarding Children and Adults policies, procedures and protocols. All individual members of staff (paid or unpaid) have a duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults This will require you to:
+ Ensure you are familiar with and comply with the London Child Protection Procedures and protocols for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children and young people.
+ Ensure you are familiar and comply with the London Multi Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Pan London Procedures.
+ Ensure you are familiar and comply with local protocols and systems for information sharing.
+ Know the appropriate contact numbers and required reporting lines.
+ Participate in required training and supervision.
+ Comply with required professional boundaries and codes of conduct
Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Your application form -
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4. Employment at Whittington Health is offered subject to successful completion of a 6 month probationary period for all staff with the exception of GMC Registered Doctors.
Other important information -
+ Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Before submitting your application and to avoid disappointment please check that you are eligible under the UKVI points based system.
+ Applications are welcome from people wishing to job share or work flexible patterns. We are committed to equal opportunities.
+ In submitting an application form, you authorise Whittington Health NHS Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process should you be appointed to the post.
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We would welcome applications from individuals who are from underrepresented groups in the organisation