Consultant Psychiatrist - Liaison CAMHS

Are you a forward-thinking Consultant Psychiatrist within Child and Adolescent Psychiatry looking to join a newly established clinical leadership group within BaNES, Swindon and Wiltshire (BSW)?

As an innovative and collaborative leader, you will be passionate about enhancing and transforming the BSW CAMHS liaison service ultimately looking to reduce avoidable admissions and facilitate the least restrictive interventions for young people.

This service will look to offer a more comprehensive liaison offer, considering medically unexplained symptoms, functional pain, safeguarding contexts and advocating for them to receive the right interventions and services.

You'll be responding to emergency presentations including Mental Health Act assessments and to consult and support colleagues in managing cases of perceived high-risk and complex presentations working as part of the MDT. Flexibility is required to cover three District General Hospital’s (DGHs): the Royal United Hospital in Bath, Great Western Hospital in Swindon and Salisbury District Hospital.

We offer rewarding career development with protected SPA time as part of your job plan, encouraging you to take leadership courses to enhance your skills. We also offer a relocation allowance of up to £8,000 for external applicants (subject to eligibility criteria). If you're looking for a rewarding role where you can make a difference to the lives of young people, join our CAMHS liaison service.

You will be integral in the leadership team to develop this service to offer a more comprehensive liaison offer across BSW which will need to consider medically unexplained symptoms, functional pain and symptoms, safeguarding contexts, liaising with networks around young people and advocating for them so they receive the right interventions and services for them. This will also include developing close links and working alongside BSW Crisis and Home treatment Service (CaHTs) which accepts referrals for young people in crisis and requiring intensive home treatment and Marlborough House Adolescent Inpatient Unit in Swindon to reduce avoidable admissions and facilitate least restrictive interventions for young people

You will be medically responsible for the management and treatment of children, adolescents and families on their caseload and other medical staff under your supervision. Following the guidance around New Ways of Working you'll be offering leadership and advice to MDT members but will not be medically responsible for all the patients seen by the team. You'll be required to be available to respond to emergency presentations including Mental Health Act assessments and to consult to and support team members and wider colleagues in managing cases of perceived high-risk presentations. Consultation to other teams and services is also required to support with formulation and care planning for young people that fall within a CAMHS Liaison remit.

“Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”

Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”

We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 33 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 35 days after seven years seniority
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Kindy Mahal Job title: Consultant Psychiatrist CAMHS LD (Wilts/BaNES) Email address: ***email_hidden*** Telephone number: 07887 610918