South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Location
Croydon, Greater London | United Kingdom
Job description
A Vacancy at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.
This is a substantive consultant child & adolescent psychiatrist post which has arisen due to a staff vacancy. It offers a unique opportunity to join an established and dynamic team of 5 Consultant Psychiatrists in Croydon CAMHS, within South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. The post holder will be based within the Getting Help Team, which focuses on the provision of specific evidence based interventions including CBT, family therapy, IPT and medical interventions such as antidepressants and stimulant mediations. The post will also include providing sessions to ARC (ADHD Medication Review Clinic). There are five consultant child and adolescent psychiatrists in Croydon CAMHS (a total of 4.9 WTE). We have specialist interests in neurodevelopmental disorders, ADHD, Learning Disabilities and Crisis Care. The successful applicant will also join the SLaM consultant CAMHS on-call rota (see On-call Section of the Job Description). This post includes 7.5 PAs of direct clinical activity with the Getting Help Team, of which 2 PAs of time will be with ARC ADHD Medication Clinic. The post benefits from 2.5PAs of structured professional activities, during which the post holder will contribute to service development, clinical governance and quality improvement, in addition to completing continuous professional development and pursuing other professional activities. The Getting Help Team is a team that launched in April 2018 after a significant restructure of the service that focused on developing a service based on “needs” and utilising an iThrive structure. The whole service is based within the community clinic at Christopher Wren House, 113 High Street, Croydon. The Getting Help Team is a multidisciplinary team which offers specialist outpatient mental health services to children and young people aged 0-18 years who are registered with a Croydon GP and have moderate to severe mental health difficulties. The Getting Help team is an MDT which includes psychiatry, psychology, nursing, family therapy and other disciplines. This post involves consulting to care coordinators, direct clinical contact for diagnostic clarification, risk assessment, medication suitability etc. and follow ups. Attending the MDT meetings to contribute and oversee care planning in line with evidence based practice. Benefits offered by SLAM: We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. There is an extensive range of excellent benefits for you and your family. We want you to feel like you are part of a close-knit team at Slam. It’s important to us that you feel valued and appreciated and that is why we have a comprehensive benefits package on offer. Some of our benefits are highlighted here:Job tags
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