Location: Barnstaple, EX31 3UD
Salary: £99532.00 to £131964.00
Date posted: 15th July 2024
Closing date: 15th September 2024
Consultant in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry South Devon and Torbay
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Job Description:
This is an exciting opportunity for a Consultant Child Psychiatrist to join a vibrant multidisciplinary team in Devon, working into a number of pathways. The post will be based in South Devon and Torbay but involve working with the consultant group across Devon providing strong medical leadership.
Child and Family Health Devon has established a number of different mental health pathways including Managing Mood and Emotions, Managing Eating, Urgent Care, Learning Disability and Neurodiversity. There will be opportunities for the candidate to develop and pursue their special interest, supporting medical leadership within these pathways. There will also be opportunities for colleagues with an interest in medical education, the service has strong links with two universities and medical schools.
Devon is a large county with beautiful coastline, moorland and cites. We invite candidates that are wishing to work full time or less than full time also to apply and see what Devon has to offer.
We would love to hear from you if you are an enthusiastic and forward thinking consultant; passionate about making a real difference in the lives of young people and their families and wanting to embrace medical leadership.
Candidates will be joining Devon CAMHS which is a CQC rated Good service and part of a wider Integrated service within Children and Family Health Devon.
Main duties of the job
This is a 10PA community post based in South Devon and Torbay. The service has a strong multidisciplinary ethos and successful applicants will be expected to demonstrate a commitment to working flexibly with colleagues from other disciplines in an integrated way.
The appointee will be expected to provide psychiatric input to the multidisciplinary team, contributing to clinical and team management decisions and providing consultation to others. They will contribute to leading on the establishment of multi-disciplinary assessment clinics, providing high quality specialist mental health assessments of young people referred into the service.
There will be a particularly strong emphasis on leadership, both clinical and in terms of service development working closely with the operational managers and other clinical leads.
The successful candidate will participate in on-call duties and join the regular peer group CPD forum and will be supported to become a clinical supervisor or pursue special interests.
About us
About Devon Partnership Trust
We provide mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe & focused on people's recovery.
We are committed to developing a culture of coproduction, involving patients, families & carers in everything we do
Our values
We not only recruit based on qualifications & experience - we recruit individuals who possess & demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. These include such attributes as showing a commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity & compassion. We can bring those values to life in our everyday tasks by giving a smile; making time for people; challenging ourselves & others, & being open to new ideas.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer & applications are encouraged & welcomed from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. Part time & flexible working applications will be considered & supported, where possible. We particularly encourage applicants with lived experience of mental health conditions, neurodiversity or learning disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Leader.
Contact information:
Medical HR Administrator
Christie Madge
