Consultant in CAMHS - (Multi Agency Rapid Response Team)

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust as a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist within our innovative Multi-Agency Rapid Response Service (MARRS). Based at the Sowenna Unit, Bodmin, this post offers the chance to lead and shape a highly regarded crisis service supporting children and young people experiencing significant mental health difficulties across Cornwall.

MARRS is a countywide, multi-disciplinary and multi-agency service operating 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, providing rapid assessment, intervention and intensive support to young people in mental health crisis. Working across community, acute hospital and social care settings, the service collaborates closely with paediatrics, police, children's social care, education and inpatient services to ensure timely, compassionate and effective care for young people and their families.

This is a role that combines clinical excellence with genuine work-life balance. You will join a supportive consultant peer network, benefit from dedicated SPA time, research and teaching opportunities.

The Trust is committed to innovation, professional development and consultant wellbeing, making this an outstanding opportunity for both newly qualified and experienced consultant.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide senior medical leadership to the specialist countywide crisis service supporting children and young people experiencing acute mental health difficulties.

Key responsibilities include:

• Providing psychiatric assessment, diagnosis, formulation and treatment for children and young people presenting with complex and acute mental health difficulties.

• Delivering clinical leadership within the MARRS multidisciplinary team.

• Supporting the delivery of a 24/7 crisis response service.

• Providing medical input to risk assessment, care planning and treatment formulation.

• Leading on Mental Health Act assessments for young people known to the service where required.

• Working collaboratively with community CAMHS teams, inpatient services and partner agencies to provide alternatives to hospital admission and facilitate safe, timely discharge from inpatient care.

• Contributing to multidisciplinary team meetings, safeguarding processes, Child Protection reviews and multi-agency planning meetings.

• Participating in the education and training of undergraduate medical students, resident doctors and other healthcare professionals, supporting the Trust's commitment to developing the future workforce

This is an outstanding opportunity to combine clinical leadership, service development, teaching and partnership working while helping shape the future of crisis mental health care for children and young people in Cornwall.

About us

We're an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people's physical and mental health.We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.

Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.

We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.

Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increases the numbers of people who use our services.

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