Job summary
To provide mental health assessment, treatment, and case management both directly and through colleague consultation, to referred children and young people aged 5 to 18 years and to their families, according to criteria agreed with local commissioners. The main focus of this work will be CAMHS LD, though there also will be a smaller proportion of cases with the wide range of clinical presentations and disorders in CAMHS.
Main duties of the job
To provide mental health assessment, treatment, and case management both directly and through colleague consultation, to referred children and young people aged 5 to 18 years and to their families, according to criteria agreed with local commissioners. The main focus of this work will be CAMHS LD, though there also will be a smaller proportion of cases with the wide range of clinical presentations and disorders in CAMHS.
About us
We have been working with other local NHS Trusts to create a new organisation, bringing together all community, mental health and learning disability services from across Hampshire and Isle of Wight. Subject to approvals, the aim is for the new Trust to be formed by the end of 2024.
Project Fusion is the name for the programme to create the new combined NHS Foundation Trust. Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust will be bringing the services into a single organisation will result in more consistent care, more equitable access to services irrespective of postcode, and a more sustainable workforce and services. The new organisation will operate locally to ensure services can best meet the needs of different communities.
The new Trust will be comprised of all the services currently provided by Solent NHS Trust and Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust, the community, mental health and learning disability services provided by Isle of Wight NHS Trust and child and adolescent mental health services delivered in parts of Hampshire by Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
Colleagues will transfer to the new organisation under Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) -- known as TUPE on the day the trust is formed. TUPE is a legal process to ensure you transfer out of one organisation and into another, maintaining the terms and conditions of your employment.
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *Recognised basic Medical Degree
- *MRCPsych or recognised equivalent
- *Full GMC Registration with license to practice.
- *Inclusion on the GMC Specialist Register with a CCT in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (or within 6 months of doing so at the time of interview)
- *AC Status under MHA 1983
Desirable
- *Recognised and approved Educational & Clinical Supervisor (or booked on to course)
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
Solent NHS Trust
Address
Western Community Hospital
William Macleod Way
Southampton
Hampshire
SO16 4XE