LON-SW-C-009-10
Job Description
Job Title:
Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
Responsible to:
Associate Medical Director, CAMH services
Base:
Cotswold House, Sutton Hospital 8 PAs
Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton 2 PAs
1. Introduction
This is a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist post, with clinical responsibilities
in South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust. Clinical and
managerial accountability will be to the Associate Medical Director for CAMHS services
across the Trust, currently Dr Diana Cassell. It is expected that the post-holder will work
for 8 sessions in the specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health services based at
Cotswold House, and 2 sessions at the Royal Marsden, which is situated adjacent to
Sutton Hospital and treats children and young people with cancer.
2. The Trust
Background
South West London and St George’s Mental Health Trust was formed in 1998.
Springfield Hospital in Tooting, the largest site from which the Trust operates, has
provided mental health services since 1841.
The Trust was originally known as the Pathfinder NHS Trust in 1994 and provided
services for Wandsworth and Merton. In subsequent years its strategy was to grow and
to become the main statutory provider of mental health services for South West London.
The Trust took on Putney and Roehampton services in 1998, Sutton Mental Health
Services from St Helier NHS Trust in 1999, and Kingston and Richmond services in
2001 as the former health authorities were disbanded and primary care trusts were
established. Kingston and Richmond services were in financial deficit at the time, and
there were serious concerns about the quality of older people’s services at Tolworth
Hospital. The different histories of services in different boroughs have been reflected in
service models, cultures and partnership arrangements.
Population
The Trust now serves a very diverse population in excess of 1 million people in South
West London, with a range of BME communities and socio economic groups. In general
the population of SW London is more affluent than other sectors of London and many
people in the boroughs served by the Trust are highly educated and assertive in
demanding the services they want. We also know that there are also pockets of
deprivation across South West London and service provision is therefore carefully
attuned to the requirements of the population as a whole.
Vision
The Trust is clear about its purpose, vision and values and has been positively
transforming its services and its relationship with stakeholders in recent years.
The Trust’s vision is “A future in which people with mental health problems have the
same opportunity as other citizens to participate in and contribute to our communities.”
For more information on the Trust please view http://www.swlstg-tr.nhs.uk
Range of Services
South West London & St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust operates over 150 services
from 96 locations in Kingston, Merton, Richmond, Sutton and Wandsworth providing:
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Community mental health services for working age and older adults
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Inpatient beds for the same client group
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Day Hospitals and day services in some Boroughs
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Psychiatric Intensive Care Units
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Psychological Therapies in Primary Care
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Child and Adolescent mental health services (tier 3 and 4)
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Specialist community and inpatient services for people with both a
Learning Disability and a mental health problem
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Specialist community and inpatient addiction services
Partially integrated social care services under separate agreements with the five
Borough councils
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Specialist services which are provided to a wider number of PCTs:
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Forensic services
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Services for Deaf adults and children people, both as inpatients and in the
community
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Eating Disorder services for both adults and Children / adolescents
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Inpatient and community personality and adjustment disorder services
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Mental Health services in Wandsworth Prison
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Perinatal services
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Mental Health inpatient services for people with a learning disability
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Neuropsychiatry
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Post Traumatic Stress disorder services
Future objectives
The Trust is here to serve people with mental health problems in ways which respond to
their requirements and preferences while remaining aspirational and offering them the
opportunity to live their lives to the full. The Trust achieves this by listening to service
users and carers through extensive surveying and dialogue, and through an ongoing
commitment to closer collaboration with partner agencies. The Trust is on an important
journey from the isolated and discrete mental health services of the past to the new
integrated service models of the future; combining mainstream services with deep rooted
community life.
Whilst the Trust provides a range of excellent specialist services on a regional and
national basis, success in the future will depend on the quality and effectiveness of its
services, including specialist services for local people in SW London, whatever their age
or circumstances. This is the focus of the Trust’s business.
For more information on Trust
tr.nhs.uk/about/aims_objectives.asp
objectives
please
view:
http://www.swlstg-
3. Management of the Trust
The Trust is led by a Trust Board, which consists of the following:
Mr John Rafferty
Professor Roger Horton
Ms Elizabeth Owen
Ms Susan Dark
Mr Iain McCusker
Chairman
Non Executive Director
Non Executive Director
Non Executive Director
Non Executive Director
Ms Judy Wilson
Ms Maresa Ness
Mr Mike Naylor
Ms Kim Goddard
Dr Ben Nereli
Chief Executive
Chief Operating Officer
Director of Finance and IMT
Director of Nursing and Governance
Medical Director
Mr Ian Fleming
Interim Director of Human Resources
Management posts within each Borough:
Mr Stuart Thomson
Ms Sue Denby
Mr Mark Clenaghan
Ms Dawn Chamberlain
Wandsworth Service Director
Kingston & Richmond Service Director
Merton & Sutton Service Director
Specialist Services Director
Associate Medical Directors (AMDs)
Dr Mark Potter
Dr Rosemary Ball
Dr Paul Dewsnap
Dr Debbie Stinson
Dr Mari Harty
Dr Diana Cassell
Wandsworth AMD
Richmond and Kingston AMD
Sutton and Merton AMD
AMD for Older people’s Services
AMD for Forensic Services
AMD for CAMHS
Professional Heads:
Ian Petch
Ms Kim Goddard
Ms. Mary Morley
Mr Andy Fuller
Dr Jale Punter
Ms Kim Goddard
4.
Director of Psychology and Psychotherapies
Director of Nursing
Director of Therapies
Chief Pharmacist (acting)
Named Doctor Safeguarding Children
Director of Nursing
Sutton Borough
The management structure within South West London and St George’s Mental Health
NHS Trust has recently been reviewed. The management arrangements are now
devolved to the five Boroughs within the Trust. Each Borough in addition to
management of their local services is responsible for the management of a number of
specialist services operating throughout the Trust. In this respect, Sutton Borough
manages Mental Health Learning Disability Services for Merton, Sutton and
Wandsworth.
The Consultants for the Sutton service are:
ADDICTIONS
Professor Mohamed Abou-Saleh
ADULT
Dr Mark Blackwell
Dr Nora Gribbin
Dr Stuart Adams
PSYCHOTHERAPY
Dr Sean Fernandez
Dr Anthony Ang
LIAISON PSYCHIATRY
Dr Jim Bolton
OLDER PEOPLE
Dr Debbie Stinson
Dr Fiona Stormont
LD
Dr Asim Naeem
LD (Sutton)
Dr Jeremy Bird
LD (Merton)
Dr William Howie
LD (Wandsworth)
Dr Oyepeju Raji
LD (Wandsworth)
Dr Rao Kadambari
LD (Wandsworth)
CAMHS
Dr Birgit Berg
Sutton 1.0 wte
Dr Joel Khor (locum in this post)
Sutton 1.0 wte
Dr Shahana Hussain (locum)
Sutton 0.7 wte
Dr Monica Aziz
Merton 1.0 wte
Dr Lisa Davies
Merton 1.0 wte
Dr Nicky vonFraunhoffer
Merton 0.2wte
5. The Sutton Service
This post is established within the CAMHS Service in South West London and St
George’s Mental Health NHS Trust. The service is managed within the Sutton Borough
Directorate. The London Borough of Sutton is an outer London Borough. The estimated
total population is 177,000. Sutton has an ethnic population which, by 2011, is
estimated will be 8.3%. The ILD identified Sutton as the 284th most deprived borough in
England. This relative prosperity masks two particular areas of deprivation, the
Roundshaw estate in Wallington and the St. Helier Estate in Carshalton.
The post holder will input to the clinical services in the Tier 3 CAMHS South West
London & St George’s Mental Health Trust, and contribute to their ongoing development.
The post holder will also provide psychiatric input to the Umbrella Service. This service
is commissioned by the local authority and entails assessing children and families who
have child protection plan and where the local authority considers either taking out care
proceedings or planning to establish arrangements for children who are looked after by
the local authority.
The core functions of the Tier 3 CAMHS team are:
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To provide a specialist multi-disciplinary, diagnostic, assessment, treatment,
advisory and consultative service in relation to children and young people up the
age of 18 with severe psychiatric disorders, or whose behaviour, emotional state
or development is causing serious concern to themselves and/or those caring for
them.
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The child and young person is the primary focus of the service. However, the
child is usually part of a functioning family unit and so the child’s assessment and
treatment will usually involve other family members.
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Close coordination and liaison with other agencies (GPs, hospital and community
paediatrician, health visitors, social services, education and the courts) is
essential. The resources to meet the children’s needs lie within each of these
services and each service has legitimate concerns in the fulfilment of its duties
towards children. The NHS also has an obligation to provide support to these
services. Support and advice is thus provided to many of the agencies.
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Multi-disciplinary working is the most effective way of utilising resources and of
providing the skills mix required for effective treatment.
The aims of Sutton Tier 3 CAMHS are:
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To work within the Trust Recovery Strategy.
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To promote the mental health and normal development of children and young
people.
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To remove or ameliorate symptoms if possible.
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To protect from deterioration and reduce disability and suffering during childhood
and adolescence and into adult life, thus reducing the probability of social and
psychiatric disability and defects in capacity for parenting in the next generation.
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To reduce stress and increase the ability to cope amongst carers, both parents
and professionals.
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To provide assistance for other agencies involved with children and adolescents.
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To participate in the training of staff and students in all disciplines in the Child
and Adolescent Mental Health Services and other services involved with children
and young people.
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To provide a personal service based on the needs of the individual, regardless of
gender, ethnic origin, intellectual ability, sexual orientation or other socioeconomic factors. The service is seen as a partnership with families in the
planning of treatment programmes.
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To provide an accessible service that is available to children, young people and
their carers who are registered with a Sutton GP.
The CAMHS Tier 3 service is managed by the Sutton Borough Directorate and
comprises of medical staff, nurses, clinical psychologists, psychotherapists, music
therapist, systemic family psychotherapists, substance misuse worker and a social
worker. The Team is led by its Operational Management Group comprising of Service
Manager Eddie Etienne, Consultant Psychiatrist representation from Dr Birgit Berg and
Psychology & Psychotherapies Lead Sheila Redfern. The team is recruiting to two
substantive consultants posts, replacing previous post-holders and with a small increase
in consultant sessions due to the loss of a middle tier doctor post, this is a time of
development and consolidation of the service. It should be noted that the Consultant
Child Psychiatrists provide services within other providers: 2 sessions Royal Marsden
(this post), 2 sessions Umbrella service (a team managed by the Local Authority
providing assessments for child care court proceedings, Dr Hussain’s post) and 1
session for the Joint Adolescent Service (Dr Berg); thus there are 2.2 whole time
equivalents of Consultant child psychiatry time in the Tier 3 team.
6.
THE ROYAL MARSDEN NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
The Royal Marsden is recognised world-wide for the quality of its cancer services and
The Trust’s strategic aim is to achieve excellence in the treatment, investigation and
research of cancer, through partnership and collaboration. The Royal Marsden NHS
Foundation Trust with its associated Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) constitutes a
centre of excellence for research and development, education, treatment and care in
cancer. It is acknowledged to be one of the largest comprehensive Cancer Centres in
the world.
In 1991 it became the first NHS hospital to be awarded the Queen’s Award for Technology
jointly with The Institute of Cancer Research and Johnson Matthey, for its work on drug
development The hospital gained National Charter Mark Awards in 1995, 1998 and
again in 2001 for the excellence of its service and achieved the international quality
standard ISO 9001 for radiotherapy in 1996 and for chemotherapy in 2003. It was
recognised as one of six centres of excellence in the Government’s NHS Plan and has
achieved four national Charter Marks for all services, the most recent awarded in 2005.
The Royal Marsden has consistently been awarded three stars and more recently double
Excellent rating in the last two years in the NHS performance indicators, rating it among
the nation’s best in terms of clinical quality and patient care. The Royal Marsden and The
Institute of Cancer Research form the United Kingdom’s only designated Biomedical
Research Centre for Cancer – awarded in December 2006 by The National Institute for
Health Research (NIHR).
The Royal Marsden offers:
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Holistic care programmes from diagnosis, through all treatments to recovery or
palliative care
Pastoral and psychological care for patients and relatives
Dedicated and highly-skilled staff
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Specialist research centre with the largest drugs trial unit in Europe
Training more post-registration cancer nurses than any other UK hospital
One of the largest UK training schemes for oncologists
Education services for GPs
Consistently meets all targets for quality, performance, financial management
The only NHS trust in the country to be awarded the highest rating in the NHS
national performance rankings two years in a row.
The Trust forms a joint cancer centre with St George’s Healthcare NHS Trust.
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust comprises two sites (131 beds at Fulham
Road, and 124 beds at Downs Road, Sutton). Over 40,000 patients attend the Royal
Marsden each year. As a specialist oncology centre, the Trust services local
populations within Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth and Kensington, Chelsea and
Westminster, as well as referrals both nationally and internationally.
The Royal Marsden supports a number of junior doctor training programmes, and
provides core training for trainees across a wide range of tumours in Clinical and
Medical Oncology and Surgical Oncology (including paediatrics, gynaecological cancer,
gastro intestinal, breast cancer and sarcoma and melanoma).
Organisation
The Trust board comprises an independent chair, Ms Tessa Green, executive directors,
(Chief Executive, Chief Nurse, Director of Finance, Chief Operating Officer, Medical
Director), and five non-executive directors from outside the NHS.
At The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, the current hospital management
structure is organised into two Divisions, Cancer Services and Clinical Services. This
post sits within the Cancer Services Division. Within the Divisions, the consultants
leading each Clinical Unit comprise the Medical Advisory Committee. This is chaired by
the Medical Director, Professor Martin Gore, who together with the other directors (e.g.
Clinical R & D, IT, Business Development, HR, Facilities, Finance) and the General
Managers form the Management Executive. The Management Executive is chaired by
the Chief Executive, Miss Cally Palmer.
Children’s and Young People’s Unit at the Royal Marsden NHS Trust
Headed by Professor ADJ Pearson
The Children’s and Young People’s Unit of the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust,
Sutton is based in an internationally renowned cancer centre; has excellent integration
with all adult oncology specialities and enjoys the significant benefits of co-location with
The Institute of Cancer Research. The on-site radiotherapy facilities have undergone
extensive expansion. The clinical oncology service for children and young people with
malignancy has a very high international reputation and has an established record in
innovative radiotherapy techniques. It is one of the larger 21 Children’s Cancer and
Leukaemia Group (CCLG) centres. The Children’s and Young People’s Unit has an
excellent, well established paediatric oncology nursing service and has a robust and well
developed mechanism for shared-care. Patients have rapid access to high quality
diagnostic techniques. There is excellent multidisciplinary care with well developed,
integrated psycho-social, educational and family support. The Royal Marsden Hospital
NHS Foundation Trust has a Young People’s Service and is developing a Teenage
Cancer Unit, as a component of a substantial new build.
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and St Georges Hospital form a unified,
integrated paediatric and adolescent oncology centre for children and young people with
malignancy south of the Thames. The Royal Marsden Hospital provides cancer
diagnosis, cancer treatment expertise, psycho-social support and non-surgical cancer
therapy and St George’s Hospital provides paediatric specialist services, including
paediatric intensive care, paediatric surgery, neuro-surgery and paediatric infectious
disease specialist care.
Local, comprehensive, integrated, high quality care for children and young people with
malignancy is delivered by robust clinically governed programmes and patient pathways.
Treatment is according to current international therapeutic protocols and trials.
The Unit’s philosophy of family-centred care has been developed by involving parents
and carers with the treatment plan, both in the hospital and at home. Families have open
access to the unit and a community liaison team facilitates home treatment and shared
care with local hospitals. Early return to school is encouraged and the teachers and
social workers based on the unit work closely with schools and other community based
services.
The Royal Marsden, in collaboration with the two regional paediatric neuro-surgical
centres (St Georges & Kings College Hospital), has been developing a comprehensive
South Thames Paediatric Neuro-oncology Service and is one of the largest paediatric
neuro-oncology units in the UK. There is close joint working between the paediatric and
adult neuro-oncology teams in the form of weekly joint multi-disciplinary team (MDT)
meetings and joint clinics.
There is a well established allogenic bone marrow transplant service with two full time
dedicated consultants. This is complemented by an active programme for myeloablative
procedures requiring autologous haemopoeitic stem cell rescue.
There is on-site
provision of total body irradiation.
The Paediatric Unit’s clinical facilities at the Royal Marsden Hospital Sutton are in a
purpose built paediatric wing (Wolfson Children’s Cancer Unit) opened in October 1992.
This comprises:- An in-patient area (McElwain Ward) - 16 beds including a dedicated
adolescent area; education centre and large playroom and residential accommodation
for families; Adjacent out-patient and day care facilities - 4 consulting rooms; large
waiting and play area; 7 bedded day area and minor procedures room with facilities for
general anaesthesia.
A substantial new build is planned which will include new inpatient, outpatient and day
care facilities, a dedicated Teenage Cancer Unit and a Children’s and Young People’s
Drug Development Unit.
The Paediatric Unit has approximately 220 new malignant registrations per year,
including children with leukaemia, central nervous system and extra cranial tumours
from south of the Thames and the South East coast
Under the auspices of the CCLG, the Unit is currently involved in multi-centre national
and international trials evaluating new therapeutic strategies.
The research activities of the clinical Unit are closely integrated with The Institute of
Cancer Research Section of Paediatric Oncology, created in April 1994. The Section
has expanded considerably since the creation of the Cancer Research UK Chair of
Paediatric Oncology in April 1995. The overall goal of the research strategy is to
improve the five year survival of childhood and adolescent cancer by establishing a
Paediatric and Adolescent Oncology Targeted Drug Development Programme at The
Institute of Cancer Research / Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust. This
comprehensive programme will comprise drug discovery, preclinical evaluation, early
clinical trials and a clinical facility (the Oak Foundation Unit).
Psychological Medicine at the Royal Marsden NHS Trust
The Psychological Medicine department was opened in October 1986 and was the first UK
unit established in an Oncology Centre. It comprises an outpatient department with
consultation rooms in Sutton and Chelsea. There is also office space for research fellows,
data managers and secretaries.
The department sees patients referred internally from medical and other staff. There are no
inpatient beds for psychiatry
The RMH has good research infrastructure in terms of IT support and research statisticians
and the department has a strong commitment to health services research.
Clinical
Professor Maggie Watson: Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Head of Psychological
Medicine (full time) and Team Leader Institute of Cancer Research (ICR).
Clinical Fellow in Psychiatry (TBA) Current locum post-holder Dr Bradley Hillier
Mary Burgess Chartered Clinical Psychologist
Dr Lesley Edwards: Lead Consultant Child and Adolescent Clinical Psychologist
Dr Sam Peacock: Chartered Child & Adolescent Clinical Psychologist
Clinical Psychology and Counselling Trainees: from the University of Surrey and
UCL/ Royal Holloway Doctoral Training Course
Research
Dr Charlotte White ICR Research Fellow and Honorary Clinical Psychologist
Janis Homewood: Research Fellow in Social Science and Statistics
Research Fellow TBA - previous post-holder Dr Elizabeth Ormondroyd ICR
Research Fellow in Genetics and Health Psychology
Clare Moynihan Senior Research Fellow
Sue Davolls: Research Manager
Cornelie Savona Research Assistant
Katrina Whitaker CR-UK Doctoral Student (full time)
There is secretarial support of 1 WTE in Sutton.
There is additional secretarial support for the Child and adolescent Clinical psychologists
and Child Psychiatrist at 0.6 WTE
7.
St George’s, University of London
The Trust has a comprehensive training scheme for Core and Higher Specialist Trainees
and enjoys a close relationship with St George’s, University of London, an independent
School of the University of London.
SGUL, in association with St George’s Hospital, is one of five general combined
undergraduate/postgraduate teaching complexes within the Faculty of Medicine,
University of London. During the 1970s, long-term plans to relocate the Medical School
and the Teaching Hospital in Tooting were put into effect. The new Medical School
opened in October 1976 admitting pre-clinical students for the first time. The Medical
course now has an entry of 190 undergraduate students per year, plus 70 graduate
students on the Graduate Entry Programme. Since 1995, the range of courses offered
has expanded to include Biomedical Sciences and, in conjunction with Kingston
University, Nursing, Midwifery, Physiotherapy and Social Work. SGUL has a strong
focus on research with world class teams particularly in Infectious Diseases and
Epidemiology. In 2006, a new initiative, the South West London Academic Network,
SWAN, was announced to further research and teaching collaborations with Kingston
University and Royal Holloway, University of London.
Division of Mental Health
The Division of Mental Health comprises major research groups in community
psychiatry, eating disorders, forensic psychiatry and personality disorders, plus further
groupings in child and adolescent psychiatry, the psychiatry of addictive behaviour and
disability. There are further academic posts in the psychiatry of old age which are
placed in the Division of Developmental Sciences. In all, psychiatry represents a major
specialty within the School.
7.
THE POST
7.1
Accountability
The Consultant will be managerially and professionally responsible to the Associate
Medical Director for CAMHS services across the Trust.
Correspondingly, the post holder will be managerially and professionally responsible to the
Medical Director at The Royal Marsden for the 2 Pas at the Marsden.
7.2
Role and duties
The clinical duties of the post are currently based at Cotswold House, Sutton Hospital,
Cotswold Road, Surrey SM2 5NF. The successful candidate will take a leading clinical
role in the CAMHS Tier 3 service in Sutton, plus provide highly specialist psychiatric input
to the Royal Marsden Hospital situated at the Sutton Site.
7.3
Duties
Clinical Work
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To provide medical assessment, diagnoses and treatment of mental illness and
severe behaviour problems presenting in children and adolescents in CAMHS
tier 3 service, in a multi-disciplinary context.
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To take part in the Cotswold House duty rota (office hours), taking responsibility
for urgent assessments, usually from A&E St Helier Hospital, including formal
mental health act assessments.
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Provision of psychiatric expertise on mental health issues, including training,
support and advice to CAMHS Team Members and to other professionals,
service users, parents and carers.
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To provide consultation and advice to other agencies working with children and
young people in Sutton.
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To provide appropriate referral to specialist services (e.g. tier 4 services)
according to local protocols.
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Participation in the Kingston, Richmond, Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth
CAMHS Consultant On-Call Duty Rota. The rota is currently one week in fifteen
and covers out-of-hours psychiatric advice to the London Boroughs of Kingston,
Richmond, Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth. SHOs provide 1st on-call and
SPR’s provide 2nd on-call.
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The Consultant is expected to maintain Section 12 approval.
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The Consultant will provide and receive cover for and from consultant colleagues
on leave and absence.
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Participation in Clinical Governance and audit.
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To advise on the management of children on the wards or other current patients
which may involve discussions about the use of the Mental Health Act or the
Mental Capacity Act
Communication
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Meeting with the CAMHS tier 3 team for clinical and academic discussions as
indicated, and at a previously agreed mutually convenient time.
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Liaison and consultation with other professionals within the CAMHS tier 3 team.
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Liaison with providers of services for children and adolescents including statutory
and independent agencies within the Sutton Children’s Partnership.
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Liaison and advice to other services within the Mental Health Trust.
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Attendance at service user reviews, clinical meetings, and ward rounds as
necessary.
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Participation in meetings and training opportunities
Management
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The appointed consultant will provide the professional supervision and
management of any junior psychiatric staff for whom they have responsibility
including one hours’ personal supervision weekly of each trainee.
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Involvement in service development and joint planning for CAMHS in South West
London & St George’s, and particularly at Sutton.
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Working closely with other Consultant CAMHS colleagues to ensure the smooth
running of the service.
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Attendance at the monthly CAMHS Consultants meeting chaired by the
Associate Medical Director.
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Attendance at management and service development meetings as agreed with
the Team Manager and the Associate Medical Director.
Teaching
The Consultant will be expected to offer teaching for psychiatry trainees as well
as medical students who may be attached to the team. The Trust has close links
with St George’s University of London and medical students are regularly
attached to mental health teams as part of their psychiatry training.
Professional and Personal Development
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Participation in a programme of Continuing Professional Development as agreed
with the Associate Medical Director.
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Participation in the South West London & St George’s appraisal process.
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The furthering of research, both in terms of personal projects and supervision of
junior doctors within the Trust’s agreed research and development processes.
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The potholder will contribute to local service review groups, and additional
reviews as agreed with the Associate Medical Director.
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Membership of working groups and/or committees as agreed with the Associate
Medical Director and Service Manager.
Administration
7.4
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A room will be provided for the post holder for administration and supervision
tasks. A personal computer with direct internet access and a standard software
package including local trust email services will also be provided.
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Administration support will be through a team secretary. This includes report and
letter typing and other administration tasks.
Proposed timetable
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
Cotswold House
1 DCC
Cotswold house
1DCC
1 SPA
Cotswold House
0.5 DCC + 0.5
SPA
* Marsden
1DCC
Cotswold
House
1 DCC
THURSDAY
* Team
business/zoning
meeting followed by
case discussion and
academic meeting
0.5 SPA +0.5 DCC
FRIDAY
Cotswold
House
1 DCC
* Marsden
0.5 SPA + 0.5 DCC
Cotswold
House
1 DCC
7.5 PAs for Direct Clinical Care + 2.5 PAs for Supporting Programmed activities
This timetable is indicative and may be changed on consultation with the Associate
Medical Director in accordance with the Job Plan and Trust Clinical Governance
Procedures. The exact details will be negotiated and change with the development of the
service. The sessions indicated by * are fixed slots.
8.
Conditions of Service
The post will be offered under the terms and conditions of service for Consultants
[England] 2003.
Basic Pay and Pay Thresholds:
The Consultant salary scale commences on £74,504 rising through pay thresholds to a
maximum of £100,446 (April 2010). Part-time Consultants will be paid pro rata to the
thresholds described above, based on the number of agreed weekly Programmed
Activities. The starting salary will be determined in accordance with the Medical &
Dental Whitley Council Terms and Conditions for Consultants, Schedule 14. An on-call
availability supplement will be payable at the rate of Category A (currently paid at 5%) in
reflection of the medium frequency rota.
The Trust is entitled at any time to deduct from the post-holder’s salary, or any other
monies payable to the post-holder by the Trust, any overpayment of salary or wages,
under-deduction of charges, over-payment of holiday entitlement or any other sum which
the post-holder may owe to the Trust and, if this is insufficient, the Trust may require
payment of the balance.
Any offer of appointment to the post will be subject to the receipt of three references
which are satisfactory to the Trust, confirmation by the Occupational Health Department
that the pre-employment health screening is acceptable and immunisation against
infectious diseases as may be required.
Review of Job Description
This job description, together with the job plan, will be reviewed annually, or as
appropriate, with the local Associate Medical Director, to ensure that it continually
reflects the areas of work, clinical responsibility of the post and purchaser requirements.
Significant changes will require the approval of the Chief Executive and Medical Director.
Clinical Governance
The post holder will comply with the Trust’s clinical governance requirements and
participate in related initiatives where appropriate. This will include participating in
clinical audit and review of outcomes, working towards achievement of national and local
performance management targets, complying with risk management polices, and
participating in the consultant appraisal process.
The post holder will be responsible for maintaining satisfactory patient notes and for
entering data into a computer database within the rules and regulations of the Data
Protection Act.
Confidentiality
All employees and honorary appointees are required to exercise discretion and maintain
confidentiality at all times.
Conflict of Interest
All applicants to any post within the Trust are required to declare any involvement
directly with any firm, company or organisation, which has a contract with the Trust.
Failure to do so may result in an application being rejected or, if discovered after
appointment that such information has been withheld, this may lead to dismissal.
Criminal Record
In view of the nature of the work this post is exempt from the provision of Section 4 (2) of
the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 by virtue of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act
1974 (Exemption order 1975). Applicants are, therefore, not entitled to withhold
information about convictions including those which for other purposes are “spent” under
the provisions of the Act. You are, therefore, required to declare any pending
prosecutions or convictions you may have, even if they would otherwise be regarded as
“spent” under this Action and any cautions. In the event of employment, failure to
disclose such convictions could result in dismissal or disciplinary action by the Authority.
Any information given will be completely confidential and will be considered only in
relation to an application for positions to which the order applies.
The Trust aims to promote equality of opportunity for all with the right mix of talent, skills
and potential and welcomes applications from diverse candidates. Criminal records will
be taken into account for recruitment purposes only when the conviction is relevant. As
the Trust meets the requirements in respect of exempted questions under the
Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, all applicants who are offered employment, will be
subject to an ‘enhanced’ criminal record check from the Criminal Records Bureau before
the appointment is confirmed. This will include details of cautions, reprimands or final
warnings, as well as convictions. The post you are applying for will require such a check.
The disclosure of a criminal record, or other information, will not debar you from
appointment unless the selection panel considers that the conviction renders you
unsuitable for appointment. In making the decision the Trust will consider the nature of
the offence, how long ago and what age you were when it was committed and any other
factors which may be relevant, including appropriate considerations in relation to the
Trust’s published Equal Opportunities Policy.
Failure to declare a conviction, caution or bind-over may, however, disqualify you from
appointment, or result in summary dismissal/disciplinary action if the discrepancy comes
to light. If you would like to discuss what effect any conviction you have might have on
your application, in confidence, for advice, please contact a Senior Officer in the Human
Resources Department.
Data Protection
In accordance with the Data Protection Act (1998), the Trust is authorised, if required to
do so, to obtain, process and/or use information held on a computer in a fair and lawful
way. The Trust is authorised to hold data only for the specific registered purpose and
not to use or disclose it in anyway incompatible with such purpose. It is further
authorised to disclose data only to authorised organisations as instructed.
Equal Opportunities
It is the aim of the Trust to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less
favourable treatment on grounds of sex, race, colour, nationality, disability or sexuality
and is not disadvantaged by conditions or requirements, which cannot be shown to be
justifiable. To this end, the Trust has an Equal Opportunities Policy and it is for each
employee to contribute to its success.
Health and Safety
Employees must be aware of the responsibilities placed on them under the Health and
Safety at Work Act (1974), to ensure that agreed safety procedures are carried out to
maintain a safe environment for employees, patients and visitors.
Personal Property
The Trust cannot accept liability for loss or damage to personal property on official
premises by burglary, fire, theft or otherwise. Staff are advised to provide their own
insurance cover.
9.
PERSONAL SPECIFICATION
Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist in Sutton CAMHS
Experience, skills
and abilities
Essential requirements
 On specialist register
psychiatrist
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Education
and
qualifications
Desirable requirements
a Previous experience as a
Consultant in CAMHS
Eligible
for
appointment
Consultant in CAMHS
as Research
publications
within the broad field of
CAMHS
Experience of working in CAMHS
team
Experience
in
student
assessment
Assessment and treatment of
mental
illness
children
and
adolescents

Proficient at Risk Assessment and
Management including the Care
Programme Approach

Basic IT Skills
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
MRCPsych or equivalent
Doctorate in an appropriate
Included on the General Medical area
Council’s Specialist register or
Specialist Registrars within three
months
of
completing
their
Certificate of
Completion of
Specialist Training.
Section 12 approved or willing to
undertake
such
training
on
appointment.

Personal qualities
as
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Excellent communication skills

Leadership skills

Experience of working in a team

Commitment to Valuing People.

Good organisational skills
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Ability to work on own initiative

Ability to enthuse students and
staff