Consultant General Adult Psychiatry - Beech Ward + Golden Hello (NHS Medical & Dental: Consulta[...]

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Mansfield; On-site; GBP 105,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Nottinghamshire seeks a Consultant in General Adult Psychiatry for a full-time permanent position. The role entails providing senior medical care in acute settings, managing female inpatients, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to deliver comprehensive mental health services. This position offers a competitive salary with additional incentives, including a Golden Hello of 20% for new appointees.

Qualifications

• Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise.
• Approved clinician status or ability to achieve within 3 months.
• Held in good standing with GMC.

Responsibilities

• Provide daily cover for inpatients in acute settings.
• Manage and supervise junior medical staff.
• Participate in service and business planning.

Skills

Clinical supervision

Mental healthcare

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Education

MB BS or equivalent medical qualification

MRCPsych or equivalent

Job description

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Consultant General Adult Psychiatry - Beech Ward + Golden Hello

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

Main area Psychiatry Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 10 sessions per week (10 PAs) Job ref 186-3638246-VB-B

Site Sherwood Oaks Town Mansfield Salary £105,504 - £139,882 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 05/07/2025 23:59

Job overview

This post is pending Royal College Approval.

This is a full time (10 PA) replacement Consultant post working on a female acute inpatient ward (Beech Ward), based at Sherwood Oaks. This is a permanent post.

A Golden Hello of 20% of the minimum point of the National Consultant (2003) contract will be paid for this post.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies.

Main duties of the job

This post will primarily provide daily cover for inpatients on Beech Ward at Sherwood Oaks. Due to the recent reconfiguration of the Trust, the post holder will also have responsibility for patients admitted from out of primary area. These will mostly come from the Nottingham City area. These admissions are divided up between other consultants on the unit with an established formula. The medical input to 70 inpatient beds is divided between 4 consultants with inpatient responsibilities on with maximum number of up to 9 patients under one consultant at any one time. The postholder will have clinical responsibility for the 17 female patients on the ward in an acute setting. They will provide senior medical input for the ir mental health, working closely with the multidisciplinary team. They will have RC responsibility for those patients detained under the MHA.

Working for our organisation

#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.

We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.

The health and wellbeing of our colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.

The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment.

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

• MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
• MRCPsych OR MRCPsych equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
• Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
• Additional clinical qualifications.
• 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
• 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.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.