Consultant General Adult Psychiatry - Beech Ward + Golden Hello

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Mansfield; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization is seeking a senior medical professional to manage and supervise junior staff, ensuring high-quality patient care in a multidisciplinary environment. The post involves administrative duties, participation in planning, and maintaining professional standards. Candidates must be registered with the GMC, with necessary qualifications and experience in mental health.

Qualifications

• Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at appointment.
• Included on the GMC Specialist Register within 6 months.
• Approved clinician status or to achieve within 3 months of appointment.

Responsibilities

• Manage, appraise and supervise junior medical staff as per Trust policies.
• Provide high-quality evidence-based senior medical care to patients.
• Participate in service and business planning activity.

Skills

Clinical supervision

Person-centred care

Collaborative therapeutic relationships

Education

MB BS or equivalent medical qualification

MRCPsych or equivalent

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities
• To manage, appraise and give clinical supervision to junior medical staff as agreed between consultant colleagues and the medical director and in accordance with the Trust's personnel policies and procedures. This may include assessing competences under the Modernising Medical Careers framework
• To ensure that junior medical staff working with the post holder operate within the parameters of the New Deal and are Working Time Directive compliant
• To undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of patients
• To record clinical activity accurately and comprehensively, and submit this promptly to the Information Department
• To participate in service and business planning activity for the locality and, as appropriate, for the whole mental health service
• To participate in annual appraisal for consultants
• To attend and participate in the academic programme of the Trust, including lectures and seminars as part of the internal CPD programme
• To maintain professional registration with the General Medical Council, Mental Health Act Section 12(2) approval, and to abide by professional codes of conduct
• To participate annually in a job plan review with the clinical manager, which will include consultation with a relevant manager in order to ensure that the post is developed to take into account changes in service configuration and delivery associated with modernisation
• To work with local managers and professional colleagues in ensuring the efficient running of services, and share with consultant colleagues in the medical contribution to management
• To comply with the Trust's agreed policies, procedures, standing orders and financial instructions, and to take an active role in the financial management of the service and support the Medical Director and other managers in preparing plans for services.
• To provide high quality evidence-based senior medical care to patients in the acute care and locked rehabilitation settings.
• To work closely with multidisciplinary teams to help deliver person-centred care to patients.
• To foster close collaborative therapeutic relationships with patients and carers to deliver person-centred care.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
• MRCPsych OR MRCPsych equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

Desirable criteria

• Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
• Additional clinical qualifications.

Eligibility

Essential criteria

• Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
• Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months.
• Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
• Approved under S12 OR able to achieve with 3 months of appointment

Desirable criteria

• In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice

Additional Information

• We reserve the right to close the post early once we have received a sufficient number of applicants.
• The Trust believes in treating everyone with dignity and respect and encourages applications from all sectors of the community. We guarantee an interview to candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum essential criteria.
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• For eligible posts, DBS disclosures are mandatory before commencement of employment. If you are in a position that is deemed a regulated adult and/or child care role, you will not be able to start your employment until we have received a satisfactory DBS Disclosure. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Convictions which would otherwise be considered as 'spent' will also be checked as part of an Enhanced DBS Disclosure.

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• Job Description & Person Specification (PDF, 624.5KB)
• Colleague Benefits (PDF, 16.1MB)
• About Nottinghamshire Healthcare (PDF, 1.5MB)