Consultant Psychiatrist Acute Male Ward

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Leeds; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Part time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking two less than full-time Consultant Psychiatrists to enhance their acute inpatient service. This role involves providing medical leadership in a dynamic environment, ensuring high-quality care for patients with complex mental health needs. The ideal candidates will collaborate with a full-time Consultant and contribute to a multidisciplinary team, focusing on minimizing out-of-area admissions and improving local access to mental healthcare. With a strong commitment to professional development and employee wellbeing, this position offers a supportive atmosphere for career growth and impactful work.

Benefits

27 - 33 days annual leave

Flexible working arrangements

NHS Pension Scheme

Coaching and support

Training and education support

Exclusive discounts and payment schemes

Qualifications

• MBChB MRCPsych, CCT in WAA psychiatry (or within 6 months).
• AC and s12 approved (or within 3 months).

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical expertise in assessing and managing acute psychiatric conditions.
• Participate in MDT meetings to ensure effective patient care.

Skills

MDT leadership skills

Acute psychiatry experience

Education

MBChB MRCPsych

CCT in WAA psychiatry

Job description

Job summary

Following a review of workload and processes across the inpatient pathway, 3 additional posts have been created in the acute IP service in LYPFT, where each ward will be staffed by a fulltime Consultant Psychiatrist and either a (Multi-Professional Approved Clinician MPAC eg Nurse Consultant, or by a less than full time Consultant Psychiatrist. The successful applicants will provide additional medical and clinical leadership to the acute inpatient service across the Becklin and the Newsam centres.

We are seeking two less than full time Consultant Psychiatrists to work alongside a full time Consultant on the male wards - ward 3 Becklin and ward 4 Newsam.

The bed base will be shared proportionately between the two Consultants in order that the fulltime post holder does not hold responsibility for in excess of 16 beds at any one time (except for short periods when providing cover). Ward 5 (a female acute ward) already works within a similar model where there are two Approved Clinicians - a fulltime Consultant Psychiatrist and a MPAC.

Main duties of the job

Each acute ward accepts admissions from all over Leeds. It is likely that bed occupancy will be above 90% at all times and that the majority will be detained. Though co-morbid substance misuse is common in the inpatient group, as can personality disorder, the primary reason for admission is relapse of psychotic illness or mood disorder. The Consultant Psychiatrist will be responsible for their bed base, providing clinical expertise into the assessment and management of this acutely unwell group. Each working day starts with the PIPA report out meeting at 9am. This is a rapid, structured, responsive and MDT review of all the patients to establish tasks for the day.

It is anticipated that one of the advantages of this model will be to not only reduce workload, but to share some of the risk and complexity by using each other's expertise and opinion in the most complex scenarios.

An important clinical and financial priority of the acute inpatient service line is to minimise out of area admissions, and to ensure that the population of Leeds is able to access acute mental healthcare locally. Sound and timely clinical decision making within the MDT setting is expected of the Consultant Psychiatrist and effective liaison is an important part of the role.

About us

The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.

There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.

We also have an incredible bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank.

Applicants should be aware that any individual requiring a visa to work in the UK, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles only (this does not include Healthcare Support Workers). This is an essential requirement, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you do not meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.

Job description
Job responsibilities

Resident doctor support ensures the postholder has adequate time to review notes, attend key clinical meetings, complete MHA work and liaise with other professionals. Protected SPA time is encouraged via the use of reciprocal cover from Consultant colleagues. Time is set aside in the job plan to join the local clinical governance meeting for the ward (Clinical Improvement Forum) and for the Acute Senior Leadership Meeting and Unified Clinical Governance.

We recruit people based on their values and qualifications (where required) and believe that their lived experience is an advantage, this means that together we are as diverse as the communities we care for. Simply put, when we employ caring people who act with integrity and have the right skills, we can give those with mental health challenges, learning disabilities and neurodiversity high-quality care and support to live fulfilling lives, and make our staff feel purposeful, happy and valued.

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To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you'll need, look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading.

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Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• MBChB MRCPsych, CCT in WAA psychiatry (or within 6 months), AC and s12 approved (or within 3 months)

Skills
Essential

• Evidence of being able to work well in MDT leadership skills required

Experience
Essential

• Experience in acute WAA psychiatry work essential - desirable in acute inpatients

Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.

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