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Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist - AMHT Bedford
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Job Description
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- Fully registered with the General Medical Council
- On the GMC Specialist Register or within 6 months of CCT, on approved higher training scheme
- Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists or equivalent qualification (in accordance with Royal College of Psychiatrists guidelines
- Approval under Section 12(2) of Mental Health Act 1983
- Approved Clinician status
- Experience of clinical work in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry at SpR, SASG or consultant level within the last 3 years
- Excellent working knowledge and experience of the application of the Mental Health Act
- Appreciation and understanding of transcultural and gender issues in psychiatry and a commitment to developing culturally sensitive practices
- Understanding of social factors relevant to child & adolescent psychiatry
- Ability to build effective relationships with patients, families, colleagues and other professionals
- Higher training in a specific psychotherapeutic treatment or modality e.g. Family Therapy, CBT, individual or group psychotherapy.
- Leadership Skills
- Ability to work as a part of multidisciplinary, multi-model team
- Creative in the design and implementation of treatment programmes
- Ability to manage complex workloads and support others to do that
- Consultation skills to services, teams and individuals
- Commitment to working with service users on service development
- Formal leadership and management training
- Experience of team /service leadership
- Experience of service development and introducing new services in mental health
- Experience of organisational development work
- Ability to work in multi-disciplinary team and provide leadership for the team
- Expertise in risk assessment
- Commitment to clinical governance
- Experience in supervising trainee doctors and SAS doctors
- Good teaching and communication skills
- Experience of research work
- Audit experience
- Fully registered with the General Medical Council
- On the GMC Specialist Register or within 6 months of CCT, on approved higher training scheme
- Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists or equivalent qualification (in accordance with Royal College of Psychiatrists guidelines
- Approval under Section 12(2) of Mental Health Act 1983
- Approved Clinician status
- Experience of clinical work in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry at SpR, SASG or consultant level within the last 3 years
- Excellent working knowledge and experience of the application of the Mental Health Act
- Appreciation and understanding of transcultural and gender issues in psychiatry and a commitment to developing culturally sensitive practices
- Understanding of social factors relevant to child & adolescent psychiatry
- Ability to build effective relationships with patients, families, colleagues and other professionals
- Higher training in a specific psychotherapeutic treatment or modality e.g. Family Therapy, CBT, individual or group psychotherapy.
- Leadership Skills
- Ability to work as a part of multidisciplinary, multi-model team
- Creative in the design and implementation of treatment programmes
- Ability to manage complex workloads and support others to do that
- Consultation skills to services, teams and individuals
- Commitment to working with service users on service development
- Formal leadership and management training
- Experience of team /service leadership
- Experience of service development and introducing new services in mental health
- Experience of organisational development work
- Ability to work in multi-disciplinary team and provide leadership for the team
- Expertise in risk assessment
- Commitment to clinical governance
- Experience in supervising trainee doctors and SAS doctors
- Good teaching and communication skills
- Experience of research work
- Audit experience
Job summary
A Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist is required for our CAMHS Adolescent Mental Health Team based in Bedford.This is a 1.0 wte, 10 sessions post.
Bedford CAMHS are part of the ELFT Specialist Services directorate, providing assessment and treatment of young people with mental health disorders up to the age of 18 years.
All ELFT CAMH Services comprise a number of multidisciplinary teams based upon care pathways including:
- Adolescent Mental Health Team
- Emotional & Behavioural Team(s)
- Neurodevelopmental Team (Learning Disability and Autism +/- ADHD)
- LAC / Targeted Team
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will be expected to offer contributions to the wider clinical leadership, the multi-disciplinary team, to provide psychiatric assessment and treatment where clinically appropriate and case management of high risk presentations.
The Trust is a progressive mental health and community services trust with very strong clinical leadership at all levels of the organisation.
We encourage and will support applicants to undertake formal training in Quality Improvement methodology and take a lead on QI development within their respective services.
About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Date posted
07 April 2025
Pay scheme
Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade
Consultant
Salary
£105,504 to £139,882 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
363-MRSSBEDS7036149
Job locations
North Beds CAMHS
9 rush Court
Bedford
MK40 3JT
Job descriptionJob description
Job responsibilities
For a more detailed description of the main responsibilities please see attached JD & PS
Following a recent CQC inspection the Trust was awarded an outstanding rating.
We have a focus on improving the experience of patients, carers and our staff. For the last two years we have been developing a special quality improvement programme that provides our clinical staff, patients and carers with skills to transform our services. We believe that our staff are the organisation's greatest asset and are the best agents for change
Job responsibilities
For a more detailed description of the main responsibilities please see attached JD & PS
Following a recent CQC inspection the Trust was awarded an outstanding rating.
We have a focus on improving the experience of patients, carers and our staff. For the last two years we have been developing a special quality improvement programme that provides our clinical staff, patients and carers with skills to transform our services. We believe that our staff are the organisation's greatest asset and are the best agents for change
Person SpecificationPerson Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
Desirable
Organisational Skills & Abilities
Essential
Desirable
Clinical Skills & Supervision
Essential
Desirable
Teaching
Essential
Research & Audit
Essential
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
Desirable
Organisational Skills & Abilities
Essential
Desirable
Clinical Skills & Supervision
Essential
Desirable
Teaching
Essential
Research & Audit
Essential
Additional informationDisclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
East London NHS Foundation Trust
Address
North Beds CAMHS
9 rush Court
Bedford
MK40 3JT
Employer's website
https://www.elft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
East London NHS Foundation Trust
Address
North Beds CAMHS
9 rush Court
Bedford
MK40 3JT
Employer's website
https://www.elft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
About the company
National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.