Job summary
Crisis & Therapeutic Home Treatment Team CAMHS Specialty Doctor in Psychiatry
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Joining #TeamNELFT means you'll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We're CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.
For more information, hear directly from our clinicians in Essex, by accessing this video link: Working for NELFT in our Essex Medical Directorate
We encourage you to view our Trust website and read the news stories, which will give you more information about the breadth of the organisation and our innovative services.
To apply for this role, please visit www.careers.nelft.nhs.uk or www.jobs.nhs.uk and search under job reference number 395-MED250-25.
Main duties of the job
To be successful in your application, you will need:
To demonstrate that your values are in line with that of NELFT's values,
To be innovative, motivated, and passionate about Child and Adolescent mental health care,
Essential understanding of current developments in mental health care,
To be a team player
NELFT Benefits:
Relocation expenses
Career Development and training
Just & Compassionate Culture
Award winning Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion initiatives
Vivup employee benefits platform and salary sacrifice scheme
Salary Finance and Financial Wellbeing support
Employee Assistance Programme
Health & Wellness initiatives
11 Staff Networksincluding parents & carers network, ethnic minorities network, LGBT+ network and Disability network to name a few
Retail Discounts
Flexible working and agile working
Cycle to work scheme
About us
Why NELFT?
NELFT is an award-winning community and mental health Trust, providing healthcare for over 4.9 million people, ensuring our patients, family and friends feel confident that their health needs are met. We are committed to delivering the best care to the communities we serve across North East London, Essex and Kent.
With an excellent reputation for research and development, our skilled healthcare professionals are at the cutting edge of evidence-based innovation, opening up the possibilities for better ways of working and delivery of care. Joining us will provide you with unparalleled access to training opportunities, continuous CPD, peer support groups, and a robust supervision and appraisal system.
We are currently recruiting to a CAMHS Psychiatrist Specialty Doctor position in theSouthend, Essex, and Thurrock (SET) CAMHS Crisis and Therapeutic Home Treatment Team (CTHT), based at Stapleford House, 103 Stapleford Close, Chelmsford, CM2 0QX.
This is a replacement, substantive, full-time post - 10 PAs with 8 DCC and 2 SPA. This post is currently vacant, and we wish to recruit as soon as possible.
You will join a full-time Specialty Doctor within the service working alongside nurses and therapists in the team with the support of the locality Consultants across 6 different teams, and will have the opportunity to influence future direction, treatment, and models of design in the area in which you work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be expected to:
Work as part of multidisciplinary teams providing care to children and young people with mental health needs, across Southend, Essex, and Thurrock (SET)
Provide medical support and guidance to the team
Work directly with young people and their families and liaise as appropriate with other external CAMHS mental health providers and acute hospitals
Support your peers and team leader and be an effective team member whilst allowing them to work with their own initiative.
Work alongside a Consultant in the service.
Commit to collaborative working, actively supporting, and liaising with other health and social professionals, and agencies.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be expected to:
Work as part of multidisciplinary teams providing care to children and young people with mental health needs, across Southend, Essex, and Thurrock (SET)
Provide medical support and guidance to the team
Work directly with young people and their families and liaise as appropriate with other external CAMHS mental health providers and acute hospitals
Support your peers and team leader and be an effective team member whilst allowing them to work with their own initiative.
Work alongside a Consultant in the service.
Commit to collaborative working, actively supporting, and liaising with other health and social professionals, and agencies.
Person Specification
GMC
Essential
- . Full GMC Registration with a license to practice
Section 12
Essential
- . Section 12 certification, or a commitment to work towards this.
Clinical
Essential
- Mastery in the management of a broad range of mental disorders in children, including neurodevelopmental disorders
- At least 4 years of full-time postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained on a part-time basis) of which at least 2 years will be in a specialty training programme in a relevant specialty or as a fixed term specialty trainee or shall have equivalent experience and competencies.
- Experience in managing patients from different cultural backgrounds. Working with interpreters and translators
Knowledge
Essential
- Good knowledge of the biological, psychological and social determinants of mental health disorders and evidence-based management interventions
- Up to date knowledge of recent DH documentation and NICE Guidelines
Person Specification
GMC
Essential
- . Full GMC Registration with a license to practice
Section 12
Essential
- . Section 12 certification, or a commitment to work towards this.
Clinical
Essential
- Mastery in the management of a broad range of mental disorders in children, including neurodevelopmental disorders
- At least 4 years of full-time postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained on a part-time basis) of which at least 2 years will be in a specialty training programme in a relevant specialty or as a fixed term specialty trainee or shall have equivalent experience and competencies.
- Experience in managing patients from different cultural backgrounds. Working with interpreters and translators
Knowledge
Essential
- Good knowledge of the biological, psychological and social determinants of mental health disorders and evidence-based management interventions
- Up to date knowledge of recent DH documentation and NICE Guidelines
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
