Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist

Job overview

The appointment is for a Consultant Psychiatrist in Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services in Gloucestershire. This post is one of 7 consultant posts serving Gloucestershire. The post will support Specialist CAMHS clinics across the county.

CAMHS in Gloucestershire has two main bases - in Gloucester and in Cheltenham. We also have satellite clinic rooms in Stroud, Forest of Dean and Cirencester.

The post holder will have cases at Evergreen House, Cheltenham and cover localities of City of Cheltenham, Tewkesbury, Cirencester, Stroud and Cotswold according to GP post code.

Well supported extensive Multidisciplinary Teams providing direct evidenced based interventions in Schools (Trailblazer Young Minds Matter) through to our effective Outreach Team (Intensive Home Treatment).

Our Peer Group is compassionate, supportive and practices a culture that encourages a duty of candour.

Job description

To provide Psychiatric oversight with the MDT to young people.

To support the MDT, provide clinical leadership and review the quality of the care we provide.

More details are provided in the in depth job description attached.

This role is offered on a permanent basis. The hours are full-time, 10 sessions per week.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description for further details. Please be aware this vacancy may close earlier than stated depending on volumes.

The Trust is required to work in line with the Governments UK Visa and Immigration Rules and Regulations. For more information about sponsorship for certain roles, please visit - https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas

About the organisation

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
• 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
• 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

• CCT or 6 months away from CCT to specialist register
• CAMHS specialism
• Full GMC Registration or eligibility to be included on the register and holding a current licence to practise at the time of appointment.

Desirable

• Relevant Higher Degree e.g. MD, PHD, Msc or other additional clinical qualifications

Experience

Essential

• Significant CAMHS experience
• Experience of Multidisciplinary team working

Supporting documents

• Job Description CAMHS Acorn House.pdf (PDF, 400 KB)