Consultant Psychiatrist Community Forensic CAMHS
| Posting date: | 18 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £105,504.00 to £139,882.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £105504.00 - £139882.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 20 July 2025 |
| Location: | Oxford, OX3 7JH |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9267-25-0757 |
Summary
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 teams remit. In addition, he/she will take some referrals from other parts of the teams catchment when required. Provision of psychiatric liaison to identified teams in childrens 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 childrens 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.