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Total Programmed activities available: 15 Programmed Activities.

Somerset Foundation Trust

Come and be apart of our CQC – Outstanding CAMHS service! You will thrive.

• A generous relocation package will be offered
• Flexible, work-life balance

Are you unfulfilled with your current role & seeking a change? You may be looking for a healthier work-life balance? Or even so, just looking for a new challenge?

We are looking for a passionate, dedicated CAMHS consultant to join our credited ‘CQC – OUTSTANDING’ service.

Somerset Foundation Trust SFT is the first trust to have Integrated Acute Medical and Surgical Specialities, Mental Health, Community and Primary care services.

We have 2 Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrists roles available to cover the East (Yeovil and surrounding area) and West (Taunton and surrounding area) of Somerset due to retirement. The current post holders cover 6 sessions in the East and 9 sessions in the West. We are a highly flexible service and can discuss your desired hours, with a total of 15 PAS available across the service.

The Trust has a compassionate and supportive senior medical leadership team and there is a clear operational management structure, with a highly functioning multi-disciplinary workforce. The Chief Medical Officer of SFT, Prof Dan Meron, is also a psychiatrist, ensuring parity of mental and physical health embedded into trust culture. Head of CAMHS Claudine Brown is also Interim Head for Paediatrics, and there is strong partnership working with Education and Social care, which has supported a culture of integrated holistic care for young people and their families. Your CAMHS Clinical Director, Dr Barton, is also the Lead Medical Appraiser for SFT and is a RCPsych examiner and will support both your professional performance, development and learning throughout your lifelong career. Somerset FT Community CAMHS was awarded an outstanding for its innovative patient centred approach, the our deeply committed staff working together, the feedback from our service users and no waiting times.

CAMHS has over 100 WTE clinicians. Somerset Community CAMHS is made up of a range of community and specialist teams including; Single Point of Access, Community Teams, Enhanced Outreach/Home Treatment Team, CAMHS Liaison, Mental Health in Schools Teams, Community Eating Disorder Service, National Deaf CAMHS, Forensic CAMHS and Tier 2.5 Service and links to Wessex House regional inpatient service.

Yeovil District Hospital and Musgrove Park Hospital (Somerset NHS Foundation Trust) are currently in the process of merging to become one single Trust, offering combined health care service to the population of Somerset. Our aim is to offer harmonious patient and workforce experiences across both sites, offering the same standard of care to our patients.

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust is the first NHS trust on the English mainland to provide community, mental health and acute hospital services. We work with health and social care partners in Somerset to ensure that we deliver outstanding services that meet the needs of our population.

Location

Taunton is a beautiful area of the South West, located between areas of outstanding natural beauty. Somerset offers you the opportunity to live near some of the UKs most desirable locations; from the beautiful local beaches; to the vibrant cosmopolitan centres of Bristol, Bath and Exeter.

The County town of Taunton boasts a wide range of local amenities including; an extensive range of shopping, a wide range of local restaurants, sporting and recreational facilities, and excellent educational facilities. Taunton’s nightlife offers a great atmosphere with cosy pubs and trendy bars. Taunton provides access to the M5 motorway and a mainline intercity rail link with trains to London Paddington in less than 2 hours, and Bristol in 30 minutes

Duties include:

• Provide specific professional and expert clinical opinion and advice on a range of problems, including those young people with complex needs to professionals working within the CAMHS sector.
• With other senior members of the community team, responsible for ensuring referrals are risk assessed and allocated to the most appropriate clinician in a timely manner.
• With other senior members of the community team, be responsible for ensuring there is effective communication both within the team and with referring and receiving teams, including the local enhanced Outreach CAMHS team.

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