Adult Consultant Psychiatrist

NHS; Exeter; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking healthcare provider as a Consultant Psychiatrist, where you will lead a dedicated team in delivering exceptional mental health care. This role offers the chance to manage complex cases and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to ensure personalized treatment for patients. You will be instrumental in implementing the Mental Health Act and fostering partnerships across various agencies. With a competitive salary and an array of benefits including relocation support and generous leave, this position not only enhances your career but also allows you to make a significant impact in the lives of individuals facing mental health challenges. Embrace this opportunity to grow professionally while contributing to a vital field.

Benefits

Relocation up to £8,000

30 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Group Personal Pension Plan

Life Assurance

Enhanced Maternity Package

Free meals while on duty

Employee Assistance Services

Career development and training

Wellbeing support and activities

Medical indemnity cover

Qualifications

• Must have MBBS or equivalent and full GMC registration.
• Experience in General Adult settings and multi-disciplinary teams required.

Responsibilities

• Lead management of complex psychiatric cases and formulate care plans.
• Collaborate with various stakeholders for effective patient care.

Skills

Management of complex cases

Evidence-based treatment

Risk assessment

Collaboration with multidisciplinary teams

Education

MBBS or equivalent medical qualification

Full GMC registration with licence to practice

MRCPsych or equivalent

Job description

This is a great opportunity to join an established medical team at Pinhoe View and make a real difference to men and women who have enduring mental health problems. As a Consultant Psychiatrist, you'll know what it means to lead a team and always strive for better. You will have the opportunity to work as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide care and treatment for up to 16 patients.

Main duties of the job

As a Consultant Psychiatrist, some of your key responsibilities will include management of complex cases, formulating care plans and treatments for individual needs of service users, and guiding on evidence-based treatment and effectiveness. You will also be responsible for liaison and collaborative working with care co-ordinators, commissioners, families and carers and other services/agencies, as well as implementation of the Mental Health Act and multi-disciplinary, multi-agency and partnership working.

Job responsibilities

Pinhoe View is a 36 bedded inpatient service which includes another full time Consultant Psychiatrist and two full-time associate specialists. In this role, you will have the opportunity to work as part of a multidisciplinary team (Nursing, OT, Psychology and Social Work) to provide care and treatment for up to 16 patients supported by an Associate Specialist doctor.

As a Consultant Psychiatrist some of your key responsibilities will include management of complex cases, formulating care plans and treatments for individual needs of service users, and guiding on evidence-based treatment and effectiveness.

Key Responsibilities of the Consultant Psychiatrist include:

• Liaison and collaborative working with care co-ordinators, commissioners, families and carers and other services/agencies
• Mental Health Act implementation and liaison with Ministry of Justice (if applicable)
• Multi-disciplinary, multi-agency and partnership working
• Undertaking the administrative duties associated with the care of patients including ensuring all NHSE contractual obligations are met and to ensure initial discharge summaries are sent out within 24 hours of discharge
• Maintaining professional registration with the General Medical Council and to abide by professional codes of conduct
• Maintaining section 12(2) and approved clinician status.

*The hospital runs a two-tier on-call system with first tier on-call provided by associate specialists and agency on-call. The post holder will be required to be part of the second tier hospital on-call as the duty Responsible Clinician.

You will be expected to provide cover for other medical colleagues during leave and other absences, which is reciprocated.

To be successful as an applicant you’ll need:

• MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
• Full GMC registration with licence to practice
• MRCPsych or MRCPsych equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists
• Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
• To hold Section 12(2) approval to work in England and Approved clinician status
• Experience in General Adult settings and have experience of working in a multi disciplinary team.
• Experience of working within acute inpatient or community settings, ideally inpatient settings and have experience in risk assessment and risk management.

What you will get:

• Competitive annual salary
• Relocation up to £8,000
• 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays and your birthday off!
• A Group Personal Pension Plan (GPPP) and pension contribution
• Life Assurance for added peace of mind.
• Enhanced Maternity Package so you can truly enjoy this special time.
• Free meals while on duty
• Employee Assistance Services
• Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals.
• Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance.
• Voluntary benefits
• Medical indemnity cover

There are also a range of other benefits including retail discounts and special offers and much more.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
• Full GMC registration with licence to practice
• MRCPsych or MRCPsych equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists
• Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
• Section 12(2) approval to work in England and Approved clinician status
• Experience in General Adult settings and have experience of working in a multi disciplinary team
• Experience of working within acute inpatient or community settings, ideally inpatient settings and have experience in risk assessment and risk management.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.