Consultant Adolescent Psychiatrist
Core
Lead clinical team for adolescent inpatient psychiatric service, providing assessment, treatment, and care for young people with complex mental health problems.
Role type
Senior IC Consultant Adolescent Psychiatrist
Builds
Inpatient mental health care pathways and regional specialist consultation services
Domain
Healthcare - Adolescent Psychiatry
Required skills
Clinical leadership, multidisciplinary team management, psychopharmacological interventions, diagnostic assessment, care planning, clinical governance, safeguarding, teaching and supervision
Preferred skills
Strategic development of complex care services, research within adolescent psychiatry
Technologies
Mental Health Act, Children Act, Mental Capacity Act, Care Programme Approach
Responsibilities
Take clinical responsibility for inpatient young people and manage high-intensity caseloads; Lead regional service for emergency, urgent, and elective assessments; Provide specialist consultation to referring teams and local authorities; Lead clinical governance, audits, and strategic operational development; Provide clinical supervision to junior staff and participate in teaching; Deliver on-call cover for emergencies.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC