Job overview

The Trust is seeking an enthusiastic Locum Specialty Doctor to join the CAMHS psychiatry workforce supporting 3 part-time consultant psychiatrists.

This is an existing 5 PA post and the majority of the work in this role will involve specialist assessment and treatment for young people with eating disorders. 

This will involve offering psychiatry reviews when needed and prescribing for cases where there is significant co-morbidity. 

The role involves overseeing the physical health of the children and adolescents referred into the service and who are open to the Eating Disorder service. 

This requires knowledge and understanding of the MEED guidelines and liaison with Paediatric/Medical colleagues when needed. 

The Eating Disorder team use evidence based practice for the treatment of eating disorders, including the Family based treatment ( FBT) model.

Main duties of the job

To assess and treat children and young people in North Bristol CAMHS, supporting the consultant psychiatrists.

To attend weekly CAMHS MDT meetings and to support the team with medical input as required particularly in the care and management of young people with eating disorders.

To undertake urgent psychiatric assessments when necessary and liaise with other parts of the service, GPs, key partner agencies.

Write up all their notes using the Trusts Electronic Record system IAPTUS which also records time and date of entry.  The post holder is personally responsible for entering their notes onto the system themselves.

Ensure effective and timely documentation and communication of clinical decision making and management plans.

The post holder is expected to seek Section 12 approval, but this is not a requirement of the post.

Working for our organisation

We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust): a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care. 

We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.

Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.  

At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.