Consultant Psychiatrist, CAMHS - Maudsley Health, United Arab Emirates

Job description

Job responsibilities

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

The post holder will play a lead role in providing clinical expertise and support to the team.

The post holder is expected to provide assessment, treatment and consultation for children and young people under 18 and over who present with mental health disorders.

Participation in training of junior doctors (when in place) and other multidisciplinary staff within the teams and contribution to the identification and provision of training needs of the multidisciplinary team.

Participation in education and training locally and nationally. Participate in research as a principal, partner or facilitator as appropriate to the post holders experience and interests.

Adherence expected to agreed job plan and appraisal procedures.

The post holder will be expected to support the development of the services at the hospital. This will involve working closely with the Managing Director, Clinical Director and with the Department of Health in Abu Dhabi, Education and other providers in the Middle East.

The post holder will be expected to develop strong working relationships with acute services.

A component of this role may be to manage cases collaboratively with visiting clinicians from the UK.

OTHER ELEMENTS OF THE ROLE ARE TO:

Ensure that electronic patients clinical records relating to post holders work are well maintained and meet standards for documentation and communication with referrers and users are met.

Promote good links with partner agencies including services in Abu Dhabi.

Contribute to the development of policies and procedures to support good practice and ensure that appropriate high-quality clinical services are delivered.

Provide a service that promotes diversity; meets the needs of service users from diverse ethnic, cultural and religious traditions, accessible and sensitive to needs relating to disability, gender and sexual orientation.

Collect activity information as requested to meet the demands of performance management and service planning.

Help maintain a clinical database and keep all other records and statistics as necessary and required.

Participate in meetings and other management meetings as appropriate to the post holders responsibilities.

Apply quality standards to all work undertaken in line with Clinical Governance policies.

Act with integrity and honesty at all times.

Assist in or lead research and evaluation where required.

Take part in and lead audit projects when appropriate.

Encourage junior staff and support their efforts in undertaking audit projects.

Adherence to the agreed job plan and appraisal procedures.

Maintain GMC registration, (or equivalent) and Department of Health, Abu Dhabi.

Maintain S12 and AC status.

Maintain compliance with Maudsley Health, Abu Dhabi, Mandatory Training Register requirements.

Person Specification

Education

Essential

• CCT- CAMHS

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

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

Address

United Arab Emirates

London

SE5 8AZ

Employer's website

https://www.slam.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)