Consultant Psychiatrist - Regency Ward (Inpatient), Hove(RRP payable)

Consultant Psychiatrist - Regency Ward (Inpatient),Hove (RRP payable) Sussex Partnership have an exciting opportunityfor a Consultant Psychiatrist to join our acute services at MillView Hospital in Hove (in the Brighton and Hove Division). Thispost has become available due to an internal move. The Consultantwill work with working age patients on Regency Ward (10 PA's), a 19bed acute adult mental health ward. The Consultant will work with afull time Specialist (SAS) grade doctor. Regency Ward is situatedin Mill View Hospital where there are 4 other acute wards withtheir own fully established medical teams. The Crisis Resolutionand Home Treatment Team is located within the hospital and acceptsreferrals from acute wards to facilitate supportive discharges.Mill View Hospital is also the base for some of the Brighton andHove Community Mental Health Teams. The Consultant will workclosely with the well-established and supportive multi-disciplinaryTeam, which also includes a full time SAS Doctor and residentdoctors (as per rotational training scheme) to deliverperson-centred mental health care. You will be supported by ourwonderful substantive nursing staff, occupational therapists andpsychologists to support, formulate and implement treatment plans.We regularly support medical students on placement from Brightonand Sussex Medical School. Main duties of the job The ConsultantPsychiatrist will provide assessment and treatment for voluntaryand detained patients with a range of acute mental healthconditions. You will work closely with the nursing team, alliedhealth professionals, families and carers. There is also a clinicalpsychologist for the wards and reflective practice groups andbite-size training sessions also take place on a weekly basis,facilitated by a psychologist. The Consultant Psychiatrist willprovide senior medical leadership to the ward and take the lead inmanaging complex cases, as well as providing clinical advice andliaison as required to colleagues in primary care, communityservices and acute specialties. You will provide specialist medicaladvice and consultation to a range of health and social care staffto promote effective delivery of person-centred mental health care.You will work closely with the well-established and supportiveMulti-Disciplinary Team to contribute towards local servicedevelopment. You will also be part of a Trust wide consultantnetwork, where there are opportunities to liaise with colleagues inother posts throughout the Trust and develop peer networks. Youwill also see consultant peers weekly at the local academicprogramme, at regular meetings in the locality, and at clinicalgovernance meetings. About us This job attracts a Recruitment andRetention payment of £25,000, in addition to (up to) £8000relocation allowance. The RRP payment is paid in the followinginstalments: - £5000 payment paid on appointment - £5000 retentionpayment paid at 12 month anniversary of employment - £6500retention payment paid at 30 month anniversary of employment -£8500 retention payment paid at 48 month anniversary of employmentThe Recruitment and Retention payment is pro rata for part timeemployees. If you would like further information, or to know thefull terms of the Recruitment and Retention Payment and/or theRelocation Allowance, then please do not hesitate to contact ourMedical Staffing Team - At SussexPartnership we are committed to providing opportunities forflexible working. If you would like to work differently ordifferent hours to those advertised, please get in touch to discussthis in more detail. Job responsibilities Please see attached RoyalCollege approved Job Description for a full list of duties andresponsibilities: - To work within the multidisciplinary team toprovide a high quality of psychiatric assessment, treatment andcare to users and their carers in a range of settings. Thisincludes Mental Health Act assessments during working hours. -Psychiatric and, when appropriate, physical investigations ofpatients in hospital settings. Related medical and administrativedocumentation including preparation of Mental Health ReviewTribunal reports. - To operate within guidelines, policies andprocedures relevant to the post. - To provide clinical advice,liaison and consultation as required to colleagues in primary care,community services and acute specialties in line with new ways ofworking. Person Specification - Approved clinician status OR ableto achieve within 3 months of appointment Transport - Holds andwill use valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposedalternative. Qualifications - MB BS or equivalent medicalqualification. - Fully registered with the GMC with a licence topractise at the time of appointment. - Included on the GMCSpecialist Register OR within six months. - In good standing withGMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice. CLINICALSKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE - Excellent knowledge inspecialty - Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-socialperspective and wide medical knowledge - Excellent oral and writtencommunication skills in English - Wide range of specialist andsub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparableservice ACADEMIC SKILLS & LIFELONG LEARNING - Able to deliverundergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training - Ability towork in and lead team - Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership& collaborative working to deliver improvement. - Ability towork in a participatory way so that shared decision making andconversations around formulation/diagnosis and ongoing care are acollaborative endeavour with the people who access our service. -Participated in continuous professional development - Participatedin research or service evaluation. - Able to use and appraiseclinical evidence. - Has actively participated in clinical auditand quality improvement programmes - Able to plan and deliverundergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant tothis post - Reflected on purpose of CPD undertaken - Experienced inclinical research and / or service evaluation - Evidence ofachievement in education, research, audit and service improvement:awards, prizes, presentations and publications. - Has led clinicalaudits leading to service change or improved outcomes to patients.Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to theRehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as suchit will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made tothe Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to checkfor any previous criminal convictions.#J-18808-Ljbffr