Consultant Psychiatrist - Acute Inpatient, North Somerset

Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust; Weston-super-Mare; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A mental health care provider in Weston-super-Mare seeks an Inpatient Consultant for Acute Inpatient Psychiatry. The role involves providing clinical leadership in an 18-bed unit, ensuring high-quality care and collaboration with a dedicated team. Candidates must hold an MB BS or equivalent and have experience in inpatient settings. This position offers the chance to impact mental health services significantly.

Qualifications

• Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
• Experience of assessing and treating patients in an inpatient setting.
• Commitment to and experience of undergraduate and postgraduate learning and teaching.

Responsibilities

• Deliver direct interventions and weekly reviews to inpatients.
• Lead the ward rounds and provide advice to the ward team.
• Be responsible for MHA-related work and reports.

Skills

Leadership skills

Excellent communication

Crisis management

Education

MB BS or equivalent medical qualification

Relevant Higher Degree (e.g., MD, PhD, MSc)

MRCPsych or equivalent

Job description

Overview

Are you looking for your next role as a dynamic clinical leader in Acute Inpatient Psychiatry? Join a dynamic and supportive medical community as the Inpatient Consultant on Juniper Ward -- an 18-bed mixed-gender unit within the Long Fox Unit at Weston General Hospital. You'll provide clinical leadership to a dedicated multi-disciplinary team, ensuring high-quality care and fostering a culture of collaboration and innovation.

Professional Development

North Somerset Mental Health is proud of its inclusive and forward-thinking ethos. We actively support consultants in shaping services and driving improvements. You'll be encouraged to:

• Take on leadership and management roles
• Pursue career development opportunities
• Contribute to service transformation initiatives

This is more than a clinical post -- it's a chance to lead, grow, and make a lasting impact.

Main duties of the job

• Deliver direct interventions and weekly reviews to inpatients, including those who require use of the Mental Health Act and who are difficult to engage. This includes ongoing assessment, diagnoses (including review and clarification) and treatment of mental and physical health needs.
• Lead the ward rounds and provide advice and support to members of the ward team including junior medical staff.
• Be responsible for MHA-related work, including reports and attendance at tribunals.
• Be an integral part of psychoeducation, crisis, relapse prevention and care planning for inpatients and liaise with other parts of the service, including community mental health teams, GPs and non-NHS organisations where applicable. Liaise with the Intensive and recovery services as appropriate to facilitate smooth handover of clients between services.

About us

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.

Please note that Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust is not currently a sponsor under the GMC Sponsorship Scheme.

As a result, we regret to inform you that we are unable to consider applications from individuals who require GMC sponsorship.

Job description

Job responsibilities

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

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• MB BS or equivalent medical qualification

Desirable

• 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

• 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

• CCT in General Adult Psychiatry

Clinical Skills

Essential

• Ability to assess and treat psychiatric problems in adults of working age and to deal with crisis situations.

Personal Skills

• 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

Experience

Essential

• Experience of assessing and treating patients in an inpatient setting.

Knowledge

Essential

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

Teaching

Essential

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

Research and Audit

Essential

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

Management

Essential

• Evidence of management/leadership skills training.

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