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Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.
Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible.
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Consultant Psychiatrist Community Forensic CAMHS
Accepting applications until: 20-Jul-2025 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 20-Jul-2025 23:59
Key details
Location
- Site
- Maple House, The Slade
- Address
- Horspath Driftway
- Town
- Oxford
- Postcode
- OX3 7JH
- Major / Minor Region
- Oxfordshire
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- 12 months (Fixed Term)
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
Salary
- Salary
- £105,504 - £139,882 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant)
Specialty
- Main area
- CAMHS
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.
We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible.
Job overview
The Trust is seeking a consultant psychiatrist to provide clinical support and inform ongoing implementation and practice in relation to the work of the Thames Valley FCAMHS team. The consultant psychiatrist will work closely in these matters with the clinical team lead, an experienced senior psychologist and the team manager. This will be in line with both the clinical and non-clinical functions outlined in the national service specification.
The FCAMHS team offers a range of services and interventions to a specific geographical area, the ’Thames Valley’(Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Berkshire). The team provides specialist child and adolescent forensic mental health expertise at a variety of levels and to a variety of agencies, institutions and networks working with young people under 18 years old.
The community FCAMHS team is principally a tertiary referral service for locality CAMHS teams (including CAMHS/YOT link workers) and associated agencies. The team wishes to be accessible to all agencies (e.g. social services, youth offending teams (YOTs), prisons, courts, solicitors, education etc) which may have contact with young people with mental health difficulties who either present serious risk of harm to others or are involved with the criminal justice system. For this reason, initial contacts about possible referrals are welcomed from all agencies.
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The multidisciplinary team functions on several levels in all environments:
• As a resource for information
• As a means of formal consultation
• As a service providing specialist assessments and interventions
• As a training resource for front-line workers
• As a means of informing and developing strategic links between mental health services and the criminal justice system.
Other functions within the regional FCAMHS role include:
• Close liaison with related specialist services within CAMHS (harmful sexual behaviour, victims of sexual harm, Youth Justice Liaison and Diversion)
• Liaison with locality CAMHS and YOTs and all agencies working to support young people
• Liaison and advice to Criminal Courts and the criminal justice system including prisons and other secure settings
• Linkage with national in-patient services
• Linkage with services elsewhere involved in mental health provision to young people from the Thames Valley in secure or specialist educational or other settings
• Informing policy and forming strong links with national organisations responsible for strategic development
• Providing professional training for individuals wishing to obtain the necessary experience to work in this area of expertise
• Clinical lead role within lead provider function for South Central FCAMHS
Working for our organisation
Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application please read the “candidate guide to making an application” and ensure your supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses any essential criteria.
As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “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 with continuous service
• 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
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The consultant psychiatrist will work across the regional community forensic service and when needed with allied services on an advisory level.
The post-holder will be responsible for:
• Provision of specialist child and adolescent forensic mental health expertise in advising, formal consultation and, where necessary, assessment and intervention. The consultant will be responsible in the first instance for a designated catchment area forming a proportion of the overall region covered by the community forensic component of the team’s remit. In addition, he/she will take some referrals from other parts of the team’s catchment when required.
• Provision of psychiatric liaison to identified teams in children’s social care (as outlined above)
• The diagnosis, management and treatment of children and adolescents who need consultant psychiatric intervention
• Provision of support 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
• Active involvement with the families of young people referred to the service
• Active liaison with a wide range of professionals and agencies working with children and young people especially those involved in juvenile criminal justice (within the FCAMHS role) and those involved with children’s services (in the ‘edge of care’ liaison role)
• Acceptance of medical responsibility for patients on his/her own caseload and the caseloads of medical staff under his/her supervision. Medical responsibility in many instances will be shared with consultants working in local tier 3 teams.
• 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.
• Provision of clinical leadership within CAMHS and collaboration in systems of supervision and care management. Support and advice to the FCAMHS clinical team lead and team- manager. 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.
• Provision of a prompt response to all referrals and a rapid response to perceived emergencies. When necessary, this will include responsibility for Mental Health Act assessment of patients
• Working in partnership with local multidisciplinary teams and other agencies to ensure clinical management of patients in relation to the care programme approach (CPA). This will include risk assessment and management, the assessment of the needs of carers, and the development of services to meet the needs of patients and families for which the teams are responsible
• Urgent and emergency 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.
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Medical Degree
- Fully registered with the General Medical Council
- Eligible for inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register (or Specialist Registrar within 6 months of gaining CCT at time of interview).
- Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists or equivalent qualification (in accordance with Royal College of Psychiatrists guidelines)
- Eligible for Section 12 Approval (Mental Health Act)/ Approved Clinician or willing to apply for such approval once in post.
Desirable criteria
- A higher degree such as MD or PhD
- Additional clinical qualifications
- In good standing with GMC with respect to warnings and conditions on practice.
- In good standing with RCPsych with respect to CPD.
KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
- Experience of clinical work in CAMHS or Forensic at SpR, SAS/Specialist grade or consultant level within the last 3 years
- Excellent working knowledge and experience of the application of the Mental Health Act
- Appreciation and understanding of ethnic minority issues and a commitment to developing culturally sensitive practices
- Understanding of social factors relevant to psychiatry
Desirable criteria
- Experience of service development and introducing new services in mental health
- Experience of working at consultant level
ORGANISATIONAL SKILLS/ ABILITIES
Essential criteria
- Leadership skills
- Commitment to fostering a culture in the team that is respectful, fair, supportive and compassionate and role modelling these behaviours.
- Ability to manage complex workloads and support others to do that
- Consultation skills to services, teams and individuals
- Commitment to working in multidisciplinary setting
- Commitment to working with service users on service development
Desirable criteria
- Formal leadership and management training
- Experience of team /service leadership
- Experience of organisational development work
- Project management ability
CLINICAL SKILLS AND SUPERVISION
Essential criteria
- Excellent clinical skills in relevant psychiatric specialty
- Ability to work in multi-disciplinary team and provide clinical leadership to the team
- Ability to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
- Expertise in risk assessment
- Confident in therapeutic risk taking
- Commitment to clinical governance
Desirable criteria
- Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post
- Experience in supervising resident doctors and SAS doctors
- Experience in supervising non-medical colleagues e.g. NMP
Teaching
Essential criteria
- Experience in teaching resident doctors
- Good teaching and communication skills
- Experience of teaching medical undergraduates and postgraduates
- Experience of teaching non-medical mental health professionals
Desirable criteria
- Medical education qualification
RESEARCH AND AUDIT
Essential criteria
- Experience of research work and/or ability to interpret research findings and apply them to clinical practice.
- Audit or other quality improvement experience
Desirable criteria
- Publications in peer-reviewed journals in relevant academic fields
- Experience of grant-funded project work
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Laura Feitosa
- Job title
- Associate Medical Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07724 094 898
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