Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.
We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible.
We are looking to recruit an Consultant Psychiatrist to join our fantastic team, working 6 PA’s a week. You will be actively contributing to manage delivering care and treatment to our client group of patients referred to our CAMHS Services, working alongside our multi-disciplinary team in an active leadership role.
This is an exciting time to join the Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire service. Through the Long Term Plan and Mental Health Community Services Framework, we have new funding for an increased medical workforce and an expansion of CAMHS services, including Mental Health Teams in Schools, Eating Disorders and Crisis and Home Treatment Services and the opportunity to work closely with other mental health providers and Voluntary and Community Sector Organisations.
If you relish a challenge, are enthusiastic about improving children and young peoples mental health and want to join a friendly and ambitious service which is modernising and expanding at pace, then we have all the right ingredients.
We are committed to providing opportunities for flexible working. If you would like to work differently or different hours to those advertised then please get in touch to discuss this in more detail. We have described the job in detail in the attached Job Description and Person Specification, but we would be delighted to answer any questions you might have and to find out more about you.
To find out more, please visit our Living and Working section on the Oxford Health website.
For further details / informal visits contact:
Dr Viki Laakkonen, Consultant Psychiatrist and Deputy Medical Director
Email: viki.laakkonen@oxfordhealth.nhs.uk, Telephone number: 07770 880142
Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
We positively encourage applications from all areas of the community, regardless of gender, race, faith, disability, age or sexual orientation and we encourage applications from users of mental health services. This is part of our commitment to equality and reflecting the diversity of our population.
Oxford Health is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
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