Consultant in General Adult Psychiatry

Pennine Care NHS FT; Ashton-under-Lyne; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working opportunities

Access to continuing professional发展

Staff wellbeing service

Job summary

The Methodist Church in Britain is advertising a consultant post in working-age community psychiatry for the Ashton-under-Lyne sector of the North CMHT. The post holder will lead the multidisciplinary team clinically, manage complex cases and drive sector referral decisions, with GMC registration and Specialist Register progression as a pathway to hire.

Requirements include MB BS or equivalent, Full GMC licence to practise, entry on Specialist Register within six months, and approved clinician

Qualifications

• MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
• Full GMC registration with a licence to practise.
• Entry on the GMC Specialist Register within six months.
• Approved clinician status and S12 approval within 3 months.
• Experience in research, service evaluation, CPD.

Responsibilities

• Provide community psychiatric care for all patients in the Ashton-under-Lyne sector.
• Lead the North CMHT clinically, including individual cases and team targets.
• Manage complex cases with care plans and treatment formulation.
• Give guidance on evidence-based treatment and its effectiveness.
• Lead sector referral decisions and attend weekly referral meetings.
• Hold outpatient clinics for Ashton-under-Lyne patients.
• Collaborate with the multidisciplinary and community teams.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Bio-psycho-social

Communication skills

English proficiency

Education

MB BS or equivalent

Job description

A new consultant post in working-age community psychiatry, with 10 PAs, covering the Ashton-under-Lyne sector of the North Community Mental Health Team. The post holder takes on community care for all psychiatric patients in the sector, while ward work goes to dedicated inpatient consultants. The role leads the multidisciplinary team clinically, manages complex cases and takes a lead part in sector referral decisions. Fit depends on GMC registration with a licence to practise, with Specialist Register entry and approved clinician status to follow within set periods.

What the job involves

• Provide community psychiatric care for all patients in the Ashton-under-Lyne sector
• Lead the North CMHT clinically, including individual cases and the team's clinical targeting
• Manage complex cases, including care plans and treatment formulation
• Give guidance on evidence-based treatment and its effectiveness
• Lead decisions on sector referrals, attending weekly referral meetings with CMHT management
• Hold outpatient clinics for patients from Ashton-under-Lyne
• Negotiate a timetable with the line manager
• Share access to all service facilities and work closely with the multidisciplinary team and community teams

What’s required

Qualifications

• MB BS or equivalent medical qualification

Registration & licences

• Full GMC registration with a licence to practise at appointment
• Entry on the GMC Specialist Register, or within six months
• Approved clinician status and S12 approval, or achieved within 3 months

Experience

• Participation in research or service evaluation
• Participation in clinical audit and quality improvement programmes
• Participation in continuing professional development

Skills & knowledge

• Excellent knowledge of the specialty
• Excellent clinical skills using a bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
• Excellent oral and written communication in English
• Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
• Evidence-based decisions that include others' contributions, and able to appraise clinical evidence
• Able to meet duties under the MHA and MCA

Checks & eligibility

• Valid UK driving licence, or evidence of a proposed alternative

Other

• Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
• Able to work in and lead a team, with commitment to shared leadership and collaborative working

Nice to have

• Higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management
• MRCPsych or other additional clinical qualifications
• Good GMC standing, free of warnings or conditions on practice
• Wide specialist and sub-specialist experience in the NHS or a comparable service
• Planning and delivering undergraduate and postgraduate teaching relevant to the post
• Experience in clinical research or service evaluation, with awards, presentations or publications
• Led clinical audits that brought service change or better patient outcomes
• Reflection on the purpose of CPD undertaken

What’s offered

• Generous annual leave for Agenda for Change and medical and dental staff
• Flexible working opportunities
• Access to continuing professional development
• Involvement in improvement and research activities
• Health and wellbeing activities and access to a staff wellbeing service
• Staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel