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This is an opportunity to join an experienced and well-established Universal Crisis Service which also provides crisis assessment and home treatment for young people experiencing acute mental health problems who can be managed in the community with intensive mental health support. The post  will be supported by a  Specialist Crisis Younger Persons’ Team and  you will join a skilled UCT multi-disciplinary workforce, including nurse consultants,  non-medical prescribers, a pharmacist, specialist nurses, and a psychologist

As a medical leader in the Crisis service you will typically provide home-visit or OP reviews of new patients taken on for home treatment and, as part of the MDT, be responsible for reviewing their progress through its  course . This will involve meeting with families, carers and other agencies to support their roles. You will also provide support and consultative advice to other clinicians in the service, supervision and support to trainees/ visiting medical students on an ad-hoc basis. Your role will involve liaison with GP’s, schools, local authorities and other multi-agency staff, and community CYPS colleagues.

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• To provide psychiatric assessment, diagnosis and formulation to patients presenting with mental health crises from childhood to 18 yrs taken on for home-based treatment treatment with the Northumberland and North Tyneside CT or seen by the Psychiatric Liaison service.
• To undertake S12 work in relation to Mental Health Act assessments for UCT patients
• To provide (or ensure referral to the appropriate service for the provision of) up to date, evidence-based interventions for patients under the service’s care.
• To collaborate with GPs, Community Teams and primary care clinicians on follow-up arrangements for patients assessed or treated within the service.
• To provide leadership, consultation, advice and guidance within the MDT,  including for the Access and Triage components of the service.
• To work collaboratively with colleagues in other specialist mental health teams and develop proactive links with the community services; particularly with a view to developing more robust pathways into appropriate follow-up care once discharged
• To take a lead role with the Team/ Clinical Manager and other colleagues in service establishment, development and innovation/ improvement.
• To contribute to the ongoing training and development programme within the team.
• To train and supervise junior medical staff, medical students and other allied professions. 
• To lead, collaborate and advise on research and quality improvement  projects in the team, within the clinical governance agenda.

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Why us?

• Up to £8k relocation package 
• 30 days study leave (every 3 years) with a generous study leave allowance
• Flexible working opportunities created with you involved in your job plan
• Remote working available as suits service needs
• Dedicated and protected SPA time
• Focus on creating a healthy workforce by investing heavily in health and wellbeing accessible support including emotional, physical, social, psychological financial and career well being
• Teaching and research opportunities available
• Stimulating CPD sessions and programs including mentoring, medical leadership, and coaching 
• Teaching opportunities in our brand-new state of the art Medical Education Centre
• Employee Excellence awards
• Plus, lots more employee benefits including discounts. Find out more at www.thriveatcntw.co.uk

 As an added bonus, the Trust is located in the Northeast of England and Cumbria which is an area of outstanding natural beauty, containing national parks, ancient heritage sites and major cities supported by excellent national and international transport links. The area is predominantly rural and contains the Lake District National Park which is considered one of England’s finest areas of natural beauty.