Adult Psychiatry Consultant

TN United Kingdom; Chester; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking an Adult Psychiatry Consultant to join their team in Chester. The role involves assessing and treating patients, formulating care plans, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams. Ideal candidates will have strong interpersonal skills and a commitment to patient care. This position offers flexibility in shifts and a supportive work environment, with opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Free CPD courses

Revalidation support

24/7 service availability

Access to mental health support

Qualifications

• 6 months recent NHS experience within the last 3 years.

Responsibilities

• Carry out new referral assessments and deliver therapy.
• Formulate care and treatment plans.
• Communicate clinical information effectively.

Skills

Quick thinking

Patience

Attention to detail

Empathy

Education

MBChB

Job description

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Client Name: Cheshire & Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Role: Adult Psychiatry Consultant

Rates: Hourly

Shifts: 0900 - 1700

Location: Beech Ward Bowmere Hospital Chester

• Over 5,000 new job requests received every week.
• Approved supplier on every NHS medical locum framework
• Priority access and first sight of large number of jobs across multiple NHS trusts/health boards
• Competitive pay rates
• Flexibility on jobs/shifts; long term jobs and short ad hoc shifts available
• A dedicated point of contact
• Free CPD courses
• Revalidation support
• 24/7/365 service - we are available when you need us
• Access to The Support Hub - our support service to help support your mental health and well-being and enable you to deliver outstanding care.

As a Consultant Adult Psychiatrist, your skills, knowledge, and experience are critical to the successful provision of psychiatry services. Here you have extensive opportunities to develop good cooperative therapeutic alliances with patients and their families while being a pillar of clinical and educational support for junior doctors.

Working flexible shifts, you will enjoy close working relationships with your fellow healthcare professionals. Together you will seek to establish a common understanding of the problems the patient is experiencing, taking a lead role in establishing the strategic management plan for a patient, utilising your therapeutic skills to develop a constructive pathway to recovery.

In your role as a Consultant Adult Psychiatrist, great reliance is placed upon your ability to demonstrate how the provision of critical psychiatry services can transform lives, to anticipate developments in policy or practice and encourage evolution in service delivery.

In addition to your qualifications, as an Adult Psychiatry Consultant, you will have:

• Quick thinking abilities
• Patience and the ability to teach, coach and mentor
• Excellent attention to detail
• A systematic approach to tasks and delegation
• A pro-active approach to research and academia
• Empathy and understanding
• A dedication to improving and developing knowledge and skills

Main Duties/Responsibilities

As an Adult Psychiatry Consultant, you will:

• Carry out new referral assessments, deliver therapy or refer to psychology colleagues for relevant interventions, or follow up patients for medication reviews.
• Formulate care and treatment plans, prescribe various types of treatment, and provide guidance on evidence-based treatment and effectiveness.
• Actively support patients and their families, communicating clinical information to explain a diagnosis and treatment options using various methods to ensure practical understanding.
• Communicate with patients and the wider multidisciplinary team on shared patient decision making.
• Work in, and where appropriate, lead a multidisciplinary team.
• Assess and prioritise patient/client requirements, delegating effectively to others.
• Recognise, review, and report a patient's condition and any changes to the patient and the multidisciplinary team.
• Perform basic administrative and clerical tasks, such as keeping records of test results, writing prescriptions, providing information to patients, and monitoring treatment plans.
• Help teach and train other junior doctors, medical students, and other multidisciplinary team members.

Qualifications/Licenses/Certifications

• MBChB (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery) or equivalent.
• 6 months recent NHS experience within the last 3 years.