Locum Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist(Forest House)

An exciting opportunity has become available for a consultant locum post in CYPMHS DBT team for 1 year due to the current consultant taking a year's leave.

The CAMHS DBT service works with young people across Hertfordshire who are struggling with managing emotions and high-risk behaviours, to help them learn new skills and build a life worth living. The clinical pathway is aiming to avoid inpatient admissions and to support the quick transitions of those in an inpatient service back into the community.

The post holder will work alongside a team of skilled DBT practitioners -band 6, 7 and 8A mental health/learning disability nurses, band 8A and 8B psychologists, assistant psychologist and secretarial support.

Main duties of the job

The remit of the DBT Service is to offer Hertfordshire residents referred into the service a consistent evidence-based therapeutic approach, to reduce inpatient admissions and to support the quick transitions of those in an inpatient service back into the community.

This post involves direct assessment of all YP admitted into the programme, formulation of treatment plans in conjunction with the individual therapist and contribution of the multidisciplinary team (MDT), liaison with other agencies (both health and partner organisations) and contribution to the interagency work.

The post holder has the responsible clinician role (RC) for all the YP in the caseload until discharge from the service. In order to support and maintain engagement whilst YP present with high complexities they can remain as RC whilst additional interventions are offered e.g home treatment team intervention or admission under the brief admissions pathway at Forest House Inpatient Adolescent unit.

The post holder will join the individual therapist in in interventions with the required frequency and work closely as a mini team when young people's risk rag rating is increasing.

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an exceptional organisation with big ambitions, our aim it to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disabilities within the UK.

With a workforce of over 4,300 people and an annual income of some £330 million this year, the Trust provides integrated health and social care services through a network of community and inpatient settings, serving diverse communities across Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hertfordshire and Norfolk. As a University NHS Foundation Trust, HPFT continues to develop strong links with the University of Hertfordshire, providing excellent learning and development opportunities, as well as strengthening our clinical research capability.