This appointment will be to Cavan/Monaghan Mental Health Services under the Public Only Consultant Contract 2023 on a full time basis of 37 hours per week.
The post is based in Monaghan Town.
Main duties: To provide specialist assessment, diagnostic formulation and treatment of mental illnesses and/or mental disorders in individuals under the age of 18 years in accordance with the National Standardised Operating Procedure for CAMHS for subsequent national policies, procedures and /or guidelines. To triage all referrals to CAMHS service in conjunction with other members of the multi-disciplinary team. To maintain appropriate and contemporaneous medical records of all clinical contacts. To provide prompt notification to the Executive Clinical Director and the Mental Health Commission of serious untoward incidents in accordance with the relevant regulations. Contract Type: 6 month Specified Purpose Contract
Applicants must be registered as a specialist in the Specialist Division of the Register of Medical Practitioners maintained by the Medical Council in Ireland in the Specialty of child and adolescent psychiatry.