Consultant Psychiatrist in Child and Adolescent Forensic Psychiatry

The post-holder and the Consultant Clinical Psychologist will be responsible for: 1) Provision of specialist child and adolescent forensic mental health expertise in advising, formal consultation, assessment and intervention. The postholder would be expected to participate in two multiagency consultation clinics per week. 2) Providing advice and consultation to partner agencies regarding the diagnosis, management and treatment of children and adolescents who need consultant psychiatric intervention 3) The majority of clinical work will be single consultations regarding a young person. As such there is are minimal follow up cases and a small active caseload for the postholder. 4) Provision of advice to local CAMHS and other agencies regarding appropriate risk assessment and management in high-risk cases involving young people presenting risk of harm to others 5) Active involvement with the families and carers of young people referred to the service 6) Active liaison with a wide range of professionals and agencies working with children and young people especially those involved in juvenile criminal justice. 7) Development of an active leadership role within his/her area of specialist competence in the catchment area for which he/she is responsible. This will involve the development of good relationships with senior professionals in CAMHS and other agencies, identification of gaps in provision for young people and a capacity for service development and innovation. 8) Provision of clinical leadership within the multidisciplinary regional FCAMHS team and to collaborate in systems of supervision and care management. The consultant will offer consultation and joint working with other professionals wherever possible but will also have the capacity to work autonomously when this is required. 9) Provision of a prompt response to all referrals, in conjunction with the wider team. The team receives circa 100 new referrals per year for consultation. 10) Working in partnership with local multidisciplinary teams and other agencies to ensure clinical management of patients in relation to the care programme approach (CPA). 11) Provision of reciprocal cross-cover for consultant psychiatrist for annual leave, unplanned leave and for short term sickness etc, and in the normal working week) 12) Urgent clinical work is undertaken by the whole multi-disciplinary team, including the consultant, during normal working hours. The consultant provides senior medical cover, together with the other consultants for the sector/service. Full details of the Job Description can be found on the attachment, which also details the main responsibilities expected from the post holder. We look forward to receiving your application. Job description Job responsibilities The post-holder and the Consultant Clinical Psychologist will be responsible for: 1) Provision of specialist child and adolescent forensic mental health expertise in advising, formal consultation, assessment and intervention. The postholder would be expected to participate in two multiagency consultation clinics per week. 2) Providing advice and consultation to partner agencies regarding the diagnosis, management and treatment of children and adolescents who need consultant psychiatric intervention 3) The majority of clinical work will be single consultations regarding a young person. As such there is are minimal follow up cases and a small active caseload for the postholder. 4) Provision of advice to local CAMHS and other agencies regarding appropriate risk assessment and management in high-risk cases involving young people presenting risk of harm to others 5) Active involvement with the families and carers of young people referred to the service 6) Active liaison with a wide range of professionals and agencies working with children and young people especially those involved in juvenile criminal justice. 7) Development of an active leadership role within his/her area of specialist competence in the catchment area for which he/she is responsible. This will involve the development of good relationships with senior professionals in CAMHS and other agencies, identification of gaps in provision for young people and a capacity for service development and innovation. 8) Provision of clinical leadership within the multidisciplinary regional FCAMHS team and to collaborate in systems of supervision and care management. The consultant will offer consultation and joint working with other professionals wherever possible but will also have the capacity to work autonomously when this is required. 9) Provision of a prompt response to all referrals, in conjunction with the wider team. The team receives circa 100 new referrals per year for consultation. 10) Working in partnership with local multidisciplinary teams and other agencies to ensure clinical management of patients in relation to the care programme approach (CPA). 11) Provision of reciprocal cross-cover for consultant psychiatrist for annual leave, unplanned leave and for short term sickness etc, and in the normal working week) 12) Urgent clinical work is undertaken by the whole multi-disciplinary team, including the consultant, during normal working hours. The consultant provides senior medical cover, together with the other consultants for the sector/service. Full details of the Job Description can be found on the attachment, which also details the main responsibilities expected from the post holder. We look forward to receiving your application.