Consultant Psychiatrist

NHS; Baldock; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic Consultant Psychiatrist to lead a dedicated team in a female-only Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit. This pivotal role requires a leader who can inspire clinical staff and ensure the delivery of compassionate, high-quality care. You will collaborate with a multi-professional management team, shaping the strategic direction of the unit while prioritizing patient safety and individualized care. Join a forward-thinking organization committed to recovery-focused practices, where your leadership will have a profound impact on the lives of patients facing mental health challenges.

Qualifications

• Must have current GMC registration and be an Approved Clinician.
• Five years of experience in an in-patient psychiatric setting is essential.

Responsibilities

• Lead the psychiatric care team and ensure high-quality service delivery.
• Participate in quality enhancement and service evaluation projects.

Skills

Clinical Leadership

Effective Communication

Evidence-Based Practice

Time Management

Analytical Skills

Education

Approved Clinician

Current GMC Registration

Five Years Experience in In-patient Setting

Job description

We are seeking an experienced psychiatrist to lead our team across our female-only Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit and acute ward. This role requires a dynamic and inspiring leader who can foster a professional, open culture that empowers our clinical staff to provide exceptional, compassionate care.

As the Consultant Psychiatrist, you will be a visible and influential figure within our hospital. You will work collaboratively with a multi-professional management team, ensuring that our care meets the highest regulatory standards. Your leadership will be key in shaping the strategic direction of our unit, always prioritising safe, effective, and individualised care for every patient.

Main duties of the job

In collaboration with other clinical colleagues and managers your role will involve helping to develop a comprehensive treatment service that seeks to deliver a high quality response to those suffering from a range of mental health problems based on quality assured evidence based practice. You will be responsible for providing advice with regard to the psychiatric care of clients within their respective service area and will entail taking overall responsibility for a defined caseload of patients.

About us

Baldock Manor is a 40-bed hospital in north Hertfordshire that provides specialist psychiatric services for adults. The hospital has two female PICU (Psychiatric Intensive Care) wards and two acute wards.

Our PICU services provide care and support for women at crisis level with a severe mental disorder who require rapid assessment and stabilisation.

Our acute wards care for older adults, usually 55 years or older, who need a short-term hospital stay, where we can stabilise their mental health. The average stay in our acute wards is less than forty days.

Our service objectives:

To offer a first-rate, safe and personalised service that promotes our patients choice, dignity, and quality of life and delivers a cost-effective service for our NHS partners.

Our model of care:

Our care model places our patients needs and personal circumstances at the heart of everything we do. We are committed to providing quality, meaningful care focused on recovery and aim to support each person admitted to our services in a personalised, collaborative way.

Job responsibilities

In conjunction with Consultant colleagues they will provide professional supervision to the other medical staff where appropriate. They will ensure that junior medical staff time and duties are managed in a manner which best suits the needs of the service and their ongoing training.

Participate in an out of hours rota with other Consultant Psychiatric colleagues in Baldock Manor Hospital.

Ensure there is adequate consultant cover across the hospital as required.

Participate in quality enhancement and service evaluation projects and will be encouraged to undertake any research which may be relevant to either short or long-term service improvement.

Participate in educational and health promotion activities within the Mental Health Service and to be pro-active in liaising on a regular basis with General Practitioners.

Lead the CPD programme for the hospital and foster a culture of learning.

Provide professional advice to the Senior Management team and Board on key service planning issues and psychiatric clinical issues or staffing issues, ensuring that the Senior Management Team and Board of Directors keep quality of care at the core of decision making.

Be a role model for effective leadership in the business driving a positive, can-do culture and actively promote collaboration, enablement, innovation and positive outcomes.

Provide input and advice on any relevant initiatives that require a medical perspective e.g. implementation of recommendations from NICE, National Inquiries, External Investigations etc.

Represent the business externally at local, regional and national level, raising the profile of the business and establishing working relationships with commissioners, community teams and other key partners.

Oversee the performance of the Consultant Psychiatrists ensuring that systems are in place to support appraisal and revalidation. Identify, investigate and escalate concerns about psychiatrists conduct or performance.

Maintain effective, professional leadership for alongside other Consultant Psychiatrists providing clinical supervision and mentorship.

Work with the Responsible Officer to support the appraisal and revalidation process for other Psychiatrists.

To participate in the recruitment and appointment of relevant staff.

Work in partnership with patients always considering patient preferences when discussing treatment options considering the full impact of clinical decisions on the patient and directing and supporting patients to the information they need to support decision making.

Take part in the management of joint investigations of clinical nature concerning doctors such as those that arise from complaints or untoward events.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Approved Clinician
• In good standing with the RCPsych
• Current registration with GMC
• At least five years experience in in-patient setting
• Ability to take independent Clinical decisions and demonstrate clinical leadership.
• Knowledge of evidence based practice.
• Effective communication skills verbal and written.
• Up to date with current practices in rehabilitation Psychiatry.
• Able to organise oneself and prioritise clinical need.
• Evidence of participation in audit.
• Able to demonstrate time management skills, with the ability to work well under pressure, prioritise workloads and meet deadlines.
• Ability to analyse information and use effectively and efficiently.
• Experience of working in Psychiatric intensive care.
• Experience of working in Acute services.
• Teaching.
• Research.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.