SPECIALTY DOCTOR

CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY

INPATIENT AND HOME TREATMENT PATHWAY

3 X POSTS

Job Details

Salary

50,373- 78,759 PER ANNUM

Job type - Permanent

Full-time: 10 Programmed Activities

Job Location: Kent and Medway Adolescent Hospital, Staplehurst, Kent, TN12 0ER

Qualifications: 

• Registration with the GMC with a licence to practice
• Section 12 certification, or a commitment to work towards this.
• Mastery in the management of a broad range of mental 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

Main duties of the job

Work collaboratively with consultants in providing clinical leadership to the clinical team

To be successful in your application, you will need: 

• Full GMC licence to practice
• Section 12 certification, or a commitment to work towards this
• To be innovative, motivated, and passionate about child & adolescent psychiatry
• Have essential understanding of current developments in psychiatry
• A team working ethos 

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 Networks including 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 for 3 Specialty Doctor positions in the Adolescent Tier 4 CAMHS service based at Kent and Medway Adolescent Hospital in Staplehurst, Kent, TN12 0ER.

You will join a dedicated group of substantive Consultants and SAS doctors within the service and will have the opportunity to influence future direction, treatment, and models of design in the area in which you work.

The posts offers full-time 10 programmed Activities post with 8.5 Direct Clinical Contact activities and 1.5 Supporting Professional Activities. You will have the opportunity to participate in the resident on-call rota for KMAH.

Why Kent?

Kent is a county in Southeast England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the northwest.

Job description
Job responsibilities

You are expected to: 

• Work as part of multidisciplinary teams in both inpatients and the Home Treatment Pathways
• Provide senior medical support to the team, and direct input on clinical cases
• Provide guidance and supervision to the team
• Work directly with young people and their families and liaise as appropriate with community CYPMHS consultants and specialty doctors
• Lead on emergency Mental Health Act assessments of CAMHS cases in the Section 136 suite on the KMAH site, during working hours and out of hours as required.
• Have clinical responsibility for three planned crisis beds at KMAH, which will allow short 72-hour admissions, as well as providing medical leadership
• Support the Crisis and Home Treatment teams on the Enhanced Treatment Pathways.
• Work alongside two full time Consultants and two other full time Specialty Doctors in the service and will share supervision requirements for junior doctors in the team.
• Develop links already established with the local acute trusts A&E departments and paediatric services
• Have the opportunity to participate in the resident on-call rota for KMAH 

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential 

• Registration with the GMC with a licence to practice.

Clinical
Essential 

• Mastery in the management of a broad range of mental 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 

BMJRef: BMJ-116495/395-MED204-23B