Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT) is seeking to recruit a Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist who will be responsible for treating children and young adults up to the age of 18 years at Parkview Clinic, Birmingham. The post holder will provide senior specialist psychiatric input and medical leadership within an established multidisciplinary inpatient team. They will have a central role in delivering psychiatric assessment and treatment for inpatients and their families, as well as contributing to providing psychiatric and medical risk management. The post holder will behave consistently with the values and beliefs of the organization, act as a role model to colleagues, and use their initiative to take responsibility for the quality of their work and the service provided to patients. They will offer specialist consultation and peer supervision to medical and non-medical colleagues within the clinical team including the supervision of non-Consultant grade medical colleagues. They will also be expected to take a strategic role in the development of tier 4 services and the Children and Young People Directorate., o To manage, appraise and give professional supervision to resident doctors as agreed between consultant colleagues and the medical director and in accordance with the Trust's policies and procedures.o To ensure that resident doctors working with the post holder operate within the parameters of the new deal and are working time directive compliant.o To undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of patients.o To record clinical activity accurately and comprehensively.o To participate in service and business planning activity for the locality and, as appropriate, for the whole mental health service.o To participate in annual appraisal for consultants.o To attend and participate in the academic programme of the Trust, including lectures and seminars as part of the internal CPD programme.o To maintain a license to practice with the General Medical Council and to abide by professional codes of conduct.o The post holder will be expected to have approved clinician status, or be eligible to apply for approval, and will be expected to maintain this to act as responsible clinician for patients detained under the Mental Health Act.o To participate annually in a job plan review with the medical lead, which will include consultation with a relevant manager to ensure that the post is developed to take into account changes in service configuration and delivery associated with modernisation.

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

• generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
• staff networks and support group
We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.