Locum CAMHS Consultant - Neurodevelopmental Conditions

Locum Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist with Special Interest in Neurodevelopmental Conditions

10 Programmed Activities per week.

Southwark CAMHS Neurodevelopmental Service/ Early Help team

CAMHS Clinical Academic Group (CAG)

We are seeking a Locum Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, to cover maternity leave, to join the Southwark Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service for 6 months, renewable.

The post holder will join an established Multidisciplinary Team and support in the leadership and delivery of an effective borough adolescent Service in accordance with national guidance and guidelines, and in collaboration with other members of the multi-disciplinary team, and other relevant services in the statutory, private, and voluntary sectors.

This Locum Consultant post offers an opportunity to join Southwark CAMHS and the CAMHS Clinical Academic Group of South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, the most comprehensive mental health service for children and young people in the country., This post includes direct clinical activity and Supporting professional activities, during which the post holder will contribute to service development, clinical governance and quality improvement, in addition to completing continuous professional development and pursuing other professional activities.

The main responsibilities of the post include:

Assessment and management of children and young people, and to provide psychiatric input for both routine and emergency clinical care.

To carry out mental health & risk assessments on children & young people, including with regards to the use of the MHA, as appropriate, and to support the multi-disciplinary team in managing these situations effectively.

To assume responsibility for own case list and case management of children and families, in partnership with the MDT

To use pharmacological interventions, as appropriate, in partnership with children and their families and networks of care.

Supervision of junior medical staff as required.

The Trust is a leading mental health service provider working in partnership with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience as part of the King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre.