Consultant in General Adult Psychiatry, Acute IP, Salisbury

Job overview

We seek a Consultant Psychiatrist to join our friendly and experienced team in Beechlydene Ward, Fountain Way, Salisbury. Our objective is for Beechlydene Ward to be the best provider of working age adult in-patient care in the region.

They will work with ward staff on quality improvement, including introducing innovative practice, improving safety, engagement with carers and psycho-education for patients.

Contribute to local academic programme teaching junior doctors, medical students and staff in allied professions. In addition, there is a monthly PDP group and Peer Supervision. CPD activities are supported. The post offers study leave arrangements as well as good research, service development and leadership opportunities.

Main duties of the job

Some of the main duties of the job are:

1. Assess and treat service users in Beechlydene.
2. Deliver interventions to service users at a level of intensity according to need, including ongoing assessment and diagnosis.
3. Attend and lead regular MDT meetings and support the team with medical input as required.
4. Participate in CPA meetings for service users.
5. Undertake urgent psychiatric assessments when necessary.
6. Liaise with other parts of the service and GPs and non-NHS organisations wherever applicable.
7. Write up all patient notes using the Trust's Electronic Record system (Rio).
8. Ensure effective and timely documentation and communication of clinical decision-making and management plans.
9. Maintain Approved Clinician and Section 12 approval, which are requirements of the post.
10. Liaise with the Intensive and Inpatient services as appropriate to facilitate the smooth handover of clients between services.
11. Prepare (can delegate) Mental Health Act Tribunal reports and participate in Mental Health Act Tribunal meetings.

Working for our organisation

We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust), a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care. We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset. Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the accompanying job description for full details on the roles and responsibilities of this post.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• MB BS or equivalent medical qualification

Desirable criteria

• Relevant Higher Degree e.g. MD, PhD, MSc or other additional clinical qualifications
• MRCPsych OR MRCPsych equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

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 of gaining CCT
• Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
• Approved under S12 OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment

Desirable criteria

• CCT in General Adult Psychiatry

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of assessing and treating patients in a community setting.

Personal Skills

Essential criteria

• To possess leadership skills and be able to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team.
• Ability to manage own time, workload and prioritise clinical work.
• Able to demonstrate excellent communication skills, in order to effectively work with patients, carers and staff.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

Clinical Skills

Essential criteria

• Ability to assess and treat psychiatric problems in Older Adults and to deal with crisis situations.

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Understanding of the management skills required to function successfully as a Consultant.

Teaching

Essential criteria

• Commitment to and experience of undergraduate and postgraduate learning and teaching.
• Understand principles of teaching.

Research and Audit

Essential criteria

• Experience or involvement in a research project and publication.
• Experience of carrying out an audit project.

Management

Essential criteria

• Evidence of management/leadership skills training.

We are proud to be fostering a diverse workforce that reflects our communities. A key commitment to this is improving staff representation from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities, those from the LGBTQ+ communities, people with 'lived-experience' of mental health conditions and people living with disabilities; we are a 'Disability Confident Employer' offering a guaranteed interview to Disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria. This includes people with a variety of disabilities and neurodivergent conditions (for example autism, ADHD, sensory, physical and learning disabilities).

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours. We do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service users.

Please apply to join us, we would love to hear from you. Any personal details you supply to us are kept safe in line with the General Data Protection Regulations.

Adverts normally close for application a few minutes before midnight on the closing date and we will let you know if we are offering you an interview by email via our recruitment system 'TRAC'. We contact all applicants within 4 weeks after the closing date, so please check your emails regularly once you have submitted your application; you are welcome to contact us, via the TRAC system, if you have any queries about your application.

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.