Consultant Psychiatrist

Elysium Healthcare Limited; Leeds; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health service is seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist to join the multidisciplinary team at Spring Wood Lodge. The role involves acting as a Responsible Clinician, focusing on rehabilitation and the therapeutic environment, with competitive salary and comprehensive benefits including a car allowance, generous leave, and career development opportunities.

Benefits

£8,400 car allowance

30 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Group Personal Pension Plan (GPPP)

Life Assurance

Enhanced Maternity Package

Free meals while on duty

Employee Assistance Services

Career development and training

Wellbeing support and activities

Medical indemnity cover

Qualifications

• Medically qualified with substantial consultant experience.
• Understanding of current developments in psychiatry.
• Previous experience in a management role.

Responsibilities

• Taking clinical responsibility for patients including multidisciplinary ward rounds.
• Fulfilling the role of Responsible Clinician for patients detained under the Mental Health Act.
• Contributing to in-house training programmes.

Skills

Change management

Mental health legislation

Clinical governance

Education

MRC Psych or equivalent

Job description

Introduction

Do you want to work in a friendly, committed and established Mental Health service, where your knowledge and skills will be valued? Are you a Consultant Psychiatrist with experience working with people in inpatient settings who may be treated under the Mental Health Act provisions? Are you interested / experienced in providing treatment for women who may have suffered trauma and are affected by mental disorders? If so, then join the team at Spring Wood Lodge hospital!

This permanent Consultant Psychiatrist position (37.5 hours per week) will see you join the established multidisciplinary team at Spring Wood Lodge. The service has 21 beds across two wards in a locked rehabilitation setting providing treatment for women with mental disorders including personality disorders. The wards are well supported by a full complement of multidisciplinary team.

You will act as a Consultant / Responsible Clinician for patients in this setting. You will have CCT in General Adult or Forensic psychiatry and experience of working with and leading multidisciplinary teams. You will be part of an environment that specialises in providing rehabilitation utilising positive behavioural support principles and empowering service users in their recovery.

Spring Wood Lodge is located in the outskirts of Leeds at Guiseley and has close links to NHS services with established care pathways. It has excellent transport links to Bradford, Leeds and is within a short distance of Yorkshire Dales National Park.

For further details or an informal chat, please contact Dr Santhana Gunasekaran on 01623 746 002 or Natalie Oakden, Hospital Director on 01943 882 800.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Taking clinical responsibility for patients, including multidisciplinary ward rounds, risk reviews, strategic reviews and the development of a therapeutic milieu.
• Fulfilling the role of Responsible Clinician to patients detained under the Mental Health Act (1983).
• Offering a psychiatric perspective to the multidisciplinary team in relation to the assessment, formulation and treatment of patients.
• Contributing to management meetings and clinical governance meetings for the services provided at the hospital, and contributing to the development of service strategy.
• Contributing to in-house training programmes within the services and offering supervision to other members of the multi-disciplinary team, particularly junior medical staff.
• Maintaining CPD and re-validation requirements, as determined by the Royal College of Psychiatrists or other relevant statutory bodies.

To be successful in this role, you will:

• Be medically qualified, MRC Psych or equivalent
• Be innovative and imaginative with the ability to initiate corporate decisions
• Have essential understanding of current developments in psychiatry and other aspects of mental health
• Have substantial knowledge of change management, relevant legislation, contemporary issues in mental health, knowledge of and experience in purchaser/provider contractual issues
• Have previous Consultant experience in a management role

What you will get:

• Competitive annual salary
• £8,400 car allowance
• 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays and your birthday off!
• A Group Personal Pension Plan (GPPP) and pension contribution
• Life Assurancefor added peace of mind.
• Enhanced Maternity Packageso you can truly enjoy this special time.
• Free meals while on duty
• Employee Assistance Services
• Career development and trainingto help you achieve your career goals.
• Wellbeing support and activitiesto help you maintain a great work-life balance.
• Voluntary benefits
• Medical indemnity cover

There are also a range of other benefits including retail discounts and special offers and much more.

About your next employer

You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.