Psychiatrist

Responsibilities:

• Main duties of the job
• Assessment of new referrals
• Medical review of patients as agreed in multi-disciplinary meetings
• Home visits when required
• Attending multidisciplinary case review meetings whenever they are arranged
• Attending weekly team meeting/leadership meetings
• Attending management and academic meetings
• Advice to GP’s/Liaison Teams/Hospitals (occasional hospital attendance may be required)
• Preparing reports and attending mental health tribunals for patients on Community Treatment Orders. Currently there are no CTOs on the case load
• Comply with safeguarding legislation and obligations
• Reviewing and preparing reports for patients’ subject to Sec 37/41 of the Mental Health Act 1983
• Assisting trust sponsored research projects
• Supervision of non-medical prescribers
• Giving clinical advice to team members as and when needed
• Responsibility for assessment of emergencies, including assessment under the Mental Health Act 1983 and Section 136 assessments as part of on-call rota
• To provide cover to community consultant colleagues on a mutually agreed basis
• To work within a multi-disciplinary team and facilitate individual care and treatment
• To actively engage in Trust policies, programmes, training, initiatives and strategic reviews
• To work within national guidance and within professional codes of conduct at all times
• To share responsibility for clinical audit of services with other consultant colleagues and in this matter

Qualifications:

Essential criteria:

• MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
• Fully registered with the GMC with a license to practice
• Included on the GMC Specialist register, or within 6 months of completing
• Approved Clinician status, or able to achieve within 3 months of completing
• Approved under Section 12(2) or able to achieve within 3 months of completing
• MRCPsych or MRCPsych equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists
• DBS clearance

Desirable criteria:

• Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management
• Willingness to engage with further training in general adult psychiatry
• Additional clinical qualifications
• In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice

Clinical skills and knowledge:

Essential criteria:

• Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA
• Clinical training and experience required for gaining UK CCT, or other alternative routes, such as CESR Fellowship
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
• Widespread and detailed experience of assessment and management of general adult patients
• Ability to offer expert clinical independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
• Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
• Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service

About the Company:

We are leading the way with mental health transformation projects. Multi-million-pound schemes to transform patient environments and radically redesign community services are currently underway, as part of our commitment to reshaping the future of mental healthcare. We believe the key to high quality patient care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in the Care Quality Commission rating us as ‘outstanding’ for well led and ‘good’ overall, and 75% of our staff recommending us as a place to work.