Consultant Psychiatrist - Marlborough Community CAMHS


Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
Location 

Marlborough SN8 3HL

Employment Hours 

New Jobs

Salary 

£113,565 - £150,569 a year

Job Highlights
  • Provide psychiatric leadership and clinical input for targeted mental health care in a multidisciplinary team for children and young people with severe needs.
  • Ideal candidates will be experienced psychiatrists with strong leadership, communication skills, and a commitment to improving mental health services.
  • This full-time position is based in Marlborough, offering opportunities for service development and 10 programmed activities focused on clinical care and professional growth.
Job Requirements/Description
We are recruiting for a full-time Consultant Psychiatrist to join Marlborough Community CAMHS and work with a well-established multi-disciplinary team at Savernake Hospital in Marlborough.

You'll provide psychiatric clinical input and leadership within a recently redesigned service delivering targeted mental health care to children and young people with severe and enduring mental health needs through our Getting More Help pathway.

You'll work in partnership within the multidisciplinary team for the clinical management of patients. This will include risk assessment, the assessment of the needs of carers, and the development of services to meet the needs of patients and families for whom the team is responsible.

You'll work 10 programmed activities with a job plan typically comprising 75% direct clinical care and 25% supporting professional activities, in line with Royal College of Psychiatrists’ guidance. Opportunities are available to develop interests in service development, quality improvement, and teaching and training within a well-established, supportive multidisciplinary team and consultant peer group.

Join us in shaping brighter futures for children and young people at one of the UK’s leading mental health Trusts; we would be delighted to hear from you.

Provide clinical leadership and medical input to the team

Responsibility for those patients you see yourself, together with those patients seen by medical staff directly supervised by you

With other consultants in the team, have responsibility for the clinical governance of the team as clinical leads for the team

The team will assess all emergencies referred to it within a day of referral. When necessary, this will include responsibility for Mental Health Act assessment of patients. The Consultant is not expected to make initial assessments, except in certain circumstances. The Consultant psychiatrists will work in partnership within the multidisciplinary team for the clinical management of patients in relation to the Trust Key working model. This will include risk assessment, the assessment of the needs of carers, and the development of services to meet the needs of patients and families for whom the team is responsible.

Be a clinical leaders in your team and ensure excellent systems of clinical governance so that their team provides high quality, safe care to patients. Consultants are expected to encourage a Restorative Just and Learning Culture of Learning, participate in safety huddles and investigations and participate in identifying improvements in practice where appropriate.

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, 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”

At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

33 days annual leave per annum/pro-rata increasing to 35 days after seven years seniority
Excellent opportunities for career progression
Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
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 may apply)
Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team

We have described the job in detail in the attached Job Description and Person Specification, but we would be delighted to answer any questions you might have and to find out more about you.

You can start getting to know by having a look at our recruitment video made by members of the team and children, young people and young adults who have accessed our services:

BSW RECRUITMENT - YouTube

We offer rewarding career development with protected SPA time as part of your job plan, encouraging you to take leadership courses to enhance your skills. We also offer a relocation allowance of up to £8,000 for external applicants (subject to eligibility criteria).
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
Location 

Marlborough SN8 3HL

Employment Hours 

New Jobs

Salary 

£113,565 - £150,569 a year

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