Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Overview

Dorset Healthcare is offering an exciting opportunity for a CAMHS consultant to join our Weymouth and Portland team on a full or part time basis.

As the CAMHS consultant you will provide leadership to a multidisciplinary team, alongside a Consultant Psychiatrist, Clinical Service Manager and a Team Leader. The clinical aspects of the post arise from an overall role to lead the team in the provision of effective assessment and treatment services for patients aged up to 18 years. The role includes a focus on supporting improvements in the process of transition to the adult mental health services as and when appropriate.

There is daily team huddle (handover and wellbeing online meeting), in addition to weekly MDT meetings and regular business and senior management team meetings. You will work within the Weymouth core CAMHS team and provide comprehensive community-based services to young people up to the age of 18 registered with general practitioners. As the CAMHS consultant you will work with colleagues in Weymouth & Portland and West Dorset core CAMHS to cover emergency work and to keep waiting lists within the Trust agreed limits.