Consultant Child & Adolescent Liaison Psychiatrist

Job responsibilities

For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.

Please note, due to anticipated high volumes of applications, this vacancy may close earlier than the listed closing date. You are advised not to delay submitting your completed application

You will share responsibilities for the assessment and day to day psychiatric care of the in-patients and day-patients admitted to the paediatric department at UCLH, providing supervision and support to the CTs, STs and Mental Health Nursing team. Close teamwork with nursing and MDT colleagues is a specific feature of the role; there is the opportunity to work jointly with paediatricians, paediatric nurses, psychologists, psychotherapists, child safeguarding social-workers and nurses and play specialists / activity coordinators to deliver effective care and treatment for children and young people.

You will assess referrals on admission through the Paediatric Emergency Department, complete mental state examinations and risk assessments, liaise with community child and adolescent mental health services to develop safe discharge plans, and oversee completion of discharge summaries. You will support and oversee making referrals to community CAMHS teams, CAMHS Crisis Teams and Tier 4 in-patient psychiatric units as required, and will need to be familiar with navigating the wider system. You will also play a role in thinking about Child Safeguarding, alongside the UCLH Child Safeguarding team, working closely with social workers and dedicated safeguarding nurses.

There is a strong academic ethos in the Department, with expectations that you will contribute to Medical Student and Postgraduate / Multidisciplinary education and training. You will also have opportunities to undertake and supervise Quality Improvement projects and take up Leadership tasks within the Department.

All applicants must be eligible for full GMC registration, and either have CCT in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, or equivalent, or be within 3 months of completing Higher Specialist training. The successful candidate must have MRCPsych or equivalent, Section 12 Mental Health Act approval and ideally Approved Clinician training.

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Professional Qualifications

Essential

• oEligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment and hold a current licence to practise
• oWithin 6 months of attaining CCT in a Psychiatric Specialty or equivalent / relevant Specialist Training
• oMRCPsych or equivalent.
• oChild & Adolescent Liaison Psychiatry knowledge
• oSection 12 approval under Mental Health Act 1983 (2005).

Desirable

• oApproved Clinician under Mental Health Act 1983 (2005)
• oQualification in education
• Training the trainers" educational training or equivalent.

Experience

Essential

• Broad experience of work with children, young people, parents and families in community CAMHS and specialist services.
• Experience of managing acute mental health crises in community and hospital settings.
• At least 6 years full time work or equivalent training in a recognised psychiatry training scheme.
• Experience of teaching medical students and multi-disciplinary teams.
• Experience of undertaking Quality Improvement Projects.
• Experience of working with children & young people with physical illnesses and disabilities.

Desirable

• Experience of working in Liaison psychiatry in an acute hospital setting.
• Experience of leading and/or managing teaching programme.
• Experience of leading a service development project

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Ability to work effectively as a team member.
• Effective verbal and written (including record keeping) communication skills.
• Fluent in English.
• Ability to prioritise and organise clinical and supporting activities.
• Ability to recognise when to ask for assistance with patient safety and safeguarding in mind.
• Excellent clinical knowledge and skills, including psychopharmacology, risk assessment and management.
• Confidence and effectiveness in clinical decision making at consultant level.
• Experience in a range of teaching techniques.
• Evidence of leadership ability and commitment to clinical governance.
• Range of Quality Improvement / audit projects in the past three years.
• Range of Quality Improvement / audit projects in the past three years.

Desirable

• Special interest in working with acute mental health crises. within a paediatric liaison setting
• Experience in simulation training and learning.
• Postgraduate teaching degree or diploma.
• Completion of simulation training (faculty development program).
• Research experience.

Communication

Essential

• Ability to communicate with clarity and intelligently in written and spoken English
• Ability to build rapport, listen, persuade/ negotiate.
• Ability to engage a diverse group of learners from different disciplines.

Desirable

• High level communication skills e.g. mediation training.

Personal and People Development

Essential

• Ability to take responsibility, lead, make decisions and exert appropriate authority.
• Ability to see patients as people, ability to empathize and work co-operatively with others.
• A 'can do' approach to working with colleagues.

Responsibilities towards promoting Equality Diversity and Inclusion

Essential

• Demonstratable understanding of the Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion and/or Knowledge of the NHS obligations under the Equality Act 2010 and the Public Sector Equality Duties

Ensure the risk of infection to self, colleagues, patients, relatives and visitors is minimised by:

Essential

• Being familiar with, and adhering to Trust policies and guidance on infection prevention and control.
• Completing all required training and education (both via e-learning and face to face) on infection prevention and control.
• Including infection prevention and control as an integral part of your continuous personal/professional development and included in your annual appraisal
• Taking personal responsibility so far as is reasonably practicable, in helping ensure that effective prevention and control of health care associated infections is embedded into everyday practice and applied consistently.

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).