The Toucan West Midlands CAMHS Provider Collaborative (WMCPC) is seeking to recruit a Consultant Psychiatrist who is committed to working with children and young people with complex mental health needs. This post will provide the medical leadership within a forming team who are transforming access to/from T4 services.
The Consultant will provide a central West Midlands system role delivering several psychiatric assessments for a caseload of complex patients. You will be taking a lead role with a strong team of clinical nurse specialists together you will be providing a coordinated approach to undertaking psychiatric & medical risk management of CYP referred to and step down fromT4. The Consultant will join the IROC team, contributing to the continuous development of the exciting transformation of these services.
The principal duties will include the following:
Consultant Psychiatrist input to the IROC Team .
To assess and treat patients presenting with complex psychological , behaviours and emotional ne e ds and who are being deprived of their liberty for their safety. This may include:
Psychiatric assessment of patients.
Working with in the MDT to develop f ormulation of complex cases with medical and psychiatric needs.
To contribute to r isk assessment and m anagement in liaison with the residential team.
Treating and monitoring of psychiatric aspects of mental illness, including core psychopathology and psychiatric co-morbidities
A further component of the post is to maintain links with Psychiatric and secure inpatient settings to build positive working relationships, to prevent unnecessary hospital admission and safe discharge planning if required with other members of the WMCPC team.
The post holder will be required to be approved under Section 12 (2) of the Mental Health Act (MHA). He / She will be expected to be able to undertake MHA assessments as appropriate .
Working in collaboration with the wider multidisciplinary team and provide clinical and medical leadership with the wider Provider collaborative .
He/she will provide supervision to any junior medical staff allocated to the team.
Contribute to WMCPC research and development.
Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.
Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.
Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.
Parkview Clinic is a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service Mental Health (CAMHS) facility in Moseley, for young people aged 11-18 years who require admission due to significant psychiatric difficulties.
Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the main responsibilities of the role.
