Clinical Senior Lecturer/Reader/Prof of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

11254BR

School of Medicine

Clinical Teaching & Research

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Clinical Senior Lecturer, Reader or Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences (Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Section)
School of Medicine

Here is a rare opportunity for an exceptional clinical academic to join our strongly collaborative, inter-disciplinary group and engage in internationally leading child and adolescent psychiatry research at Cardiff University in partnership with Aneurin Bevan University Health Board.  You will join the new £10 million Wolfson Centre for Young People’s Mental Health which sits in the Division of Psychological Medicine and Clinical Neurosciences (DPMCN), home to an internationally leading academic child and adolescent psychiatry section.  The new Wolfson Centre offers unique opportunities for the clinical academic to capitalise on nation-wide research resources; it hosts the all Wales Schools Health Research Network (Social Sciences, Cardiff University) that collects comprehensive data on pupils across every secondary school in Wales and SAIL (Swansea University) which hosts primary and secondary care health, education and social care data on the whole population of Wales.  The post holder will also benefit from Centre/Academic Section research collaborations with leading international and national scientists.  Our research covers population mental health, genetics, interventions, digital psychiatry and schools-based research.  A unique feature of the Centre is that it provides mechanisms for rapid translation of research findings into policy and practice and evaluating the impacts of policy change via a newly government-university joint funded link post.

The post-holder will carry out world-class research relevant to young people’s mental health and develop and lead a programme of research aligned to the aims of the Wolfson Centre and DPMCN (Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Section).  Clinical activity will be based at Aneurin Bevan University Health Board.  You will be a scholar of significant repute with a proven ability or strong potential to lead and develop internationally excellent research activity.  You should be able to demonstrate an effective collaborative work ethos, the ability to attract independent, peer-reviewed research grant funding in open competition, a proven track record of high quality publications and if at Reader or Professorial level, a strong track record of doctoral and Early Career Researcher mentorship.  You will be registered with the GMC, eligible to practice as a consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist in the UK and also undertake clinical duties commensurate with a clinical academic post within Aneurin Bevan University Health board (Gwent).

Should you possess a track record of international academic excellence, combined with an inspirational, collaborative and inclusive leadership style and the drive to foster and exploit local, national and international collaborations then please contact Emma Meilak ([email protected] ) to arrange informal and confidential discussions.  Additional details about benefits of working at the Centre are included in the brochure accompanying the post https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/wolfson-centre-for-young-peoples-mental-health/about/clinical-vacancies .  In brief these include, a Clinical Fellow (Child and Adolescent Psychiatry) affiliated to the post-holder, the simultaneous recruitment of a clinical academic child and adolescent psychologist working in the same health board and access to Centre funded PhD studentships.  The post holder also will have the opportunity to recruit academic child and adolescent psychiatrist trainees via the Wales Clinical Academic Track fellowship scheme that provides training from entry through to CCT and includes a salary funded 3-year PhD Training Fellowship.  The Division/Section has a strong track record of attracting psychiatrists to academic child and adolescent psychiatry.

This post is full time (37.5 hours per week), open-ended and available immediately.

Salary: £79,957 - £103,806 per annum (Clinical Consultant Grade D6)

When submitting your application for the post, please state which level (Clinical Senior Lecturer, Reader or Professor) you wish your application to be considered for.

Interview date: Friday, 5 November 2021

Date advert posted: Tuesday, 14 September 2021

Closing date: Sunday, 24 October 2021

Cardiff University is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity and to creating an inclusive working environment. We believe this can be achieved through attracting, developing, and retaining a diverse range of staff from many different backgrounds. We therefore welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of sex, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, trans identity, relationship status, religion or belief, caring responsibilities, or age.  In supporting our employees to achieve a balance between their work and their personal lives, we will also consider proposals for flexible working or job share arrangements.

Provisional Job Plan

Job plans will set out a Consultant’s duties, responsibilities, time commitments and accountability arrangements, including all direct clinical care, supporting professional activities and other NHS responsibilities (including managerial).

Annual job plan reviews will also be supported by a joint academic: NHS appraisal process which reviews the clinical academic’s work and performance and identifies development needs, as subsequently reflected in a personal development plan.

A job plan will be agreed at appointment, example below:

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY
AM Direct Clinical Care: (DCC) DCC:
MDT and clinical admin Supporting Professional Activities (SPA-clinical management, audit/research, CPD) University Team Meeting
and research University Teaching and research
PM Direct Clinical Care (DCC) DCC: Clinical: research involving patients Supporting Professional Activities (SPA-clinical research) University Teaching and research University Teaching and research

Job Description

Job Description

Responsible to:

The post holder will be professionally accountable and operationally answerable to Professor Anita Thapar, Clinical Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Cardiff University (for academic work) and clinically accountable to Dr Kavitha Pasunuru, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Assistant Divisional Director-Family and Therapies, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board.

In Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, the post holder will be operationally answerable to Kolade Gamel, Assistant General Manager.

Main functions

To lead and develop internationally excellent research activity in an area of research affiliated to the aims of the Wolfson Centre for Young People’s Mental Health and DPMCN (Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Section).  To direct and grow this research activity.  To undertake clinical activities commensurate with a clinical academic post within Aneurin Bevan University Health Board.  To deliver and contribute to the delivery of high-quality and research-led teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.  To pursue excellence in research, clinical work, teaching and enterprise and to inspire others to do the same.

Duties and Responsibilities

Research (at all levels)

To lead, develop and enable internationally excellent research affiliated with the aims of the Wolfson Centre for Young People’s Mental Health at Cardiff University and subsequently the DPMCN (Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Section).  This research programme will be of international excellence in an area of child/adolescent/youth psychiatry.

This includes, but is not limited to, bidding for funding, publishing in leading international academic journals and conferences and recruiting and supervising research staff, lecturers and postgraduate research students.

To work together with other investigators and participate in the research activities of the Wolfson Centre for Young People’s Mental Health within the Section of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, DPMCN.  For post holders with relevant interests and skills to join with ongoing programmes of research.

To work with key stakeholders and to forge collaboration between them.

To participate in School of Medicine research activities where applicable.

To develop new research and research-funding initiatives, including through interaction with NHS-based projects.

Teaching (at all levels)

Teaching expectations are detailed below, however we anticipate a phased approach into these activities with the initial university focus on research (the first five years).  Opportunities include, for instance, MSc teaching and project supervision on topics in child and adolescent mental health, ad hoc lectures to undergraduate medical and psychology students and supervision of Student Selected Components and research projects on child and adolescent psychiatry (and associated examinations) that introduce medical students early to child and adolescent psychiatry and have led to students later pursuing careers in CAMHS and academic CAMHS.

• To develop relevant teaching material and contribute to the pedagogy of subject area as needed (child and adolescent psychiatry)
• To act as tutor for teaching in child and adolescent psychiatry as relevant within the DPMCN (there is a separate teaching lead postholder for the Division) – ensuring delivery of teaching in line with current curricular requirements, developing and applying innovative and appropriate teaching techniques and material which create interest, understanding and enthusiasm amongst students (for example, contributing to the intercalated BSc in Psychology for medical students)

Job description continued in Additional Information

Person Specification

The level of appointment will be offered subject to knowledge and experience.

Essential Criteria

1. Publications:  Demonstrate an established international reputation (for applicants at Reader level an emerging international reputation and a developing international reputation for Senior Lecturer applications) as evidenced by substantial and sustained high-quality research publications (e.g. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry) in relation to mental health in children and adolescents

2. Proven ability to attract independent, peer-reviewed research grant funding in open competition commensurate with career stage, subject area, and personal circumstances

3. The ability to lead an independent research programme, initiating, fostering and maintaining effective national and international research collaborations (all levels)

4. Leadership skills: evidence of demonstrable leadership skills with the ability to inspire, direct, motivate and engage both academic and clinical staff and students at all levels (all levels)

5. Experience of undergraduate and postgraduate teaching together with a proven ability to deliver high-quality teaching and training at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (all levels) . Chair level applicants should evidence their experience of leadership in teaching and learning, including innovative development and coordination of teaching (e.g. medical student teaching in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, special study modules in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry)

Requirements for all levels

6. PhD or MD in a relevant area

7. Broad experience and knowledge of child and adolescent psychiatry

8. Demonstrable knowledge of good clinical practice and research governance

9. Full General Medical Council registration and Licence to Practise in addition to Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training (CCST) in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, or equivalent and Membership/Fellowship of the relevant Royal College or equivalent

10. Willingness to participate in an on-call rota on a pro rata basis, to be agreed (as part of Aneurin Bevan University Health Board consultant job plan)

Desirable Criteria

1. Experience of innovation that helps foster an environment of creativity and the positive exploitation of ideas in all areas, including research, teaching and civic mission

2.  Experience of working collaboratively across NHS and academic settings

3. Experience of higher degree supervision

4. One or more of the following or an equivalent level of experience (e.g. teaching courses):

a. Membership or Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy
b. Membership or Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Educators
c. Postgraduate Qualification in Medical Education or equivalent (either completed or in progress)

IMPORTANT: Evidencing Criteria

It is the School of Medicine's policy to use the person specification as a key tool for short-listing.  Candidates should evidence that they meet ALL of the essential criteria as well as, where relevant, the desirable.  As part of the application process you will be asked to provide this evidence via a supporting statement.

Please ensure when submitting this document / attaching it to your application profile you name it with the vacancy reference number, in this instance for this post, 11254BR.

If candidates do not provide written evidence of meeting all of the essential criteria then their application will not be progressed.  The School of Medicine welcome the submission of CVs to accompany evidence of the job-based criteria.

Additional Information

Job description continued:

Teaching (at all levels)

• To undertake relevant work associated with examinations, such as setting and marking assessments and providing student feedback (e.g. intercalated BSc, child and adolescent mental health related teaching)
• To act as a Personal Tutor and provide pastoral support to medical students, including supervising the work of Undergraduate and Master’s students, the co-supervision of PGR’s and acting as a PGR progress review panel member as required

Clinical (at all levels)

• To hold an honorary consultant contract with Aneurin Bevan University NHS Health Board 
• To be one of the principal liaisons with the NHS, serving to harmonize working relationships between NHS resource providers and Cardiff University
• To promote and support research, medical student teaching and research training in the health board
• To support university- NHS links for training child and adolescent mental health practitioners commensurate with a clinical academic post
• To undertake administrative duties associated with NHS clinical activities (the post holder will have access to an office space, administrative support, and IT/PC accessibility during their clinical activities with Aneurin Bevan University Health Board)
• To provide a consultant service to Aneurin Bevan University Health board and clinical leadership to the relevant team in line with a formal job plan which will be reviewed annually by academic and clinical line managers as set out or agreed through joint annual appraisal mechanisms
• To be responsible for the care of any patients in your charge, in liaison with consultant colleagues and in line with the proper functioning of the relevant area
• To be responsible for the professional supervision and management of relevant junior medical staff, if applicable
• To participate in continuing medical education
• To participate in clinical audit in line with the relevant Health Board’s policy on the implementation of Clinical Governance
• To provide academic clinical leadership in relevant areas
• To participate actively and comply fully with NHS policies, including the clinical academic/NHS joint appraisal and job planning processes and the requirements for consultant re-validation

On call: to be discussed

Innovation and Engagement (at all levels)

• To promote the University’s Innovation and Engagement agenda so that opportunities for commercial or community activities arising from your research are fully realised.

Leadership (at all levels)

• To lead a programme of research and take a proactive, collaborative approach in developing links between the Centre’s (and Division’s) research and clinical and practical application of research findings
• To serve as an ‘ambassador’ for the Wolfson Centre for Young People’s Mental Health and the Division (Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Section)
• To ensure that all staff under your line management are supported, inspired, regularly appraised and reviewed and that staff training needs are identified and addressed
• To be involved in Divisional and School level strategic planning and contribute to wider strategic planning processes in the University

General

The annual leave entitlement for the post is 37 days per annum to be taken at such time or times as may be approved by the University.  In addition, the post holder will be entitled to 8 bank and public holidays each year.  The post holder is also entitled to relevant time off for study leave, CPD and other provisions.

The post holder will have IT/PC accessibility in the role.

Job Category

Academic - Teaching & Research, Medical & Dental