Adult Psychiatry Consultant

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

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an ambitious Adult Psychiatry Consultant to join their Adult Community Service in St Albans. This role offers unparalleled opportunities for therapeutic practice, academia, and research. As a Consultant, you will play a pivotal role in patient care, collaborating with healthcare professionals to create effective treatment plans. You'll have access to advanced medical facilities and a supportive environment for professional growth. If you're ready to make a significant impact in mental health, this position is perfect for you.

Benefits

Access to The Support Hub

Competitive pay rates

Free CPD courses

Dedicated placement officer

24/7/365 support

Qualifications

• MBChB or equivalent with CCT or CESR required.
• 6 months recent NHS experience within the last 3 years.

Responsibilities

• Conduct assessments and deliver therapy or refer to colleagues.
• Formulate care plans and prescribe treatments.
• Lead a multidisciplinary team and communicate with patients.

Skills

Psychiatry

Therapeutic Skills

Patient Communication

Team Leadership

Education

MBChB or equivalent

CCT or CESR

Job description

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Client Name: Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Role: Adult Psychiatry Consultant

Location: Adult Community Service St Albans

• Access to The Support Hub - our support service to help support your mental health and wellbeing and enable you to deliver outstanding care
• First sight of shifts across multiple NHS trusts
• Competitive pay rates
• A dedicated placement officer
• Free CPD courses and career support with Medacs Academy
• Hundreds of new shifts available every day
• Long term jobs and short shifts available
• Revalidation support
• 24/7/365 support - we're here when you need us

Are you a Consultant Adult Psychiatrist looking for the perfect clinical placement?

The prestigious Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has announced an exciting opening for an ambitious Adult Psychiatry Consultant. This opportunity promises to provide the right candidate with unrivalled opportunities for theraputic practice, academia and research.

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

Working flexible shifts at Adult Community Service St Albans, 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.

The Adult Community Service St Albans takes their contribution to medical development and advancement seriously with an emphasis on ensuring excellence across the domains which matter the most to the wellbeing of patients. As a result, you will have access to some of the most advanced medical facilities in the country and unparalleled opportunities for specialism, research, and academia throughout your consultancy.

Development and opportunities

As a Consultant, you will be dedicated to imparting complex knowledge and championing skill enhancement throughout the entire hospital. Leading by example, you will encourage uptake for the wide range of development and support packages available, supporting and mentoring your fellow healthcare professionals in their continuous professional development.

Main Duties/Responsibilities

As an Adult Psychiatry Consultant with Adult Community Service St Albans you will:

• Carry out new referral assessments, deliver therapy or refer to psychology colleagues for relevant interventions, or to 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.
• Performing 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 and medical students and other multidisciplinary team members.

Qualifications/Licenses/Certifications

• MBChB (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery) or equivalent.
• Hold CCT or CESR at the time of interview or in an established training programme and within six months of CCT
• Inclusion on GMC's Specialist Register or within 6 months of CCT or CESR (CP) at interview.
• 6 months recent NHS experience within the last 3 years.

A business with a future

If you are ready to take up a consultancy position in a hospital that prides itself on the opportunities provided to staff and the care provided to patients, apply today, and enjoy access to hundreds of shifts, a dedicated Placement Officer and revalidation support.