Consultant Psychiatrist, East Assessment & Treatment Service

NHS; Brighton; On-site; GBP 105,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job description

Consultant Psychiatrist, East Assessment & Treatment Service

We are seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist to join the East Assessment and Treatment Service (ATS) in Brighton & Hove for a three-month secondment. You will be joining a mutually supportive, friendly and enthusiastic team with a real passion for what we do.

Brighton and Hove Community services are split into two main teams, East and West ATS, each one further subdivided into 3 smaller clusters. Each cluster has a geographical patch determined by alignment to a small number of GP surgeries, which helps facilitate good liaison with our Primary Care colleagues. This post will be in Park Crescent Cluster. We are also fortunate to have a large array of third sector organisations in Brighton and Hove whom we have developed strong links with.

This job attracts a Recruitment and Retention payment of £25,000, in addition to (up to) £8000 relocation allowance. The RRP payment is paid in the following instalments:

1. £5000 payment paid on appointment
2. £5000 retention payment paid at 12 month anniversary of employment
3. £6500 retention payment paid at 30 month anniversary of employment
4. £8500 retention payment paid at 48 month anniversary of employment

The Recruitment and Retention payment is pro rata for part-time employees. If you would like further information, or to know the full terms of the Recruitment and Retention Payment and/or the Relocation Allowance, please contact our Medical Staffing Team - [e-mail]

Main duties of the job

We are a large multi-disciplinary community mental health team, which provides specialist assessments and treatment to patients presenting with a range of complex and unstable mental health and social needs.

As a consultant psychiatrist in our team, your main duties will be to:

1. Provide specialist medical/psychiatric assessment and evidence-based treatment to patients referred to the service.
2. Provide clinical supervision to the HST and informal advice and supervision to non-medical members of the team.
3. Fulfil the duties of Responsible Clinician for patients subject to Community Treatment Orders including attendance at Managers Hearings and Tribunals.
4. Mental Health Act assessments for patients on the team caseload.
5. Liaison with inpatient Responsible Clinicians.
6. Liaison with the forensic team/drug and alcohol services and risk panel as required.

About us

Sussex Partnership provides mental health and learning disability care for all age groups across Sussex and for children and young people in Hampshire.

Brighton & Hove is a unique, vibrant and exciting place to live and work, offering a lively city life with the opportunity to get away from it all to the South Downs National Park just on the doorstep. The city offers excellent access to London and is in close proximity to Gatwick Airport. Brighton is proud to be a diverse and inclusive city, reflected in the staff mix employed by SPFT, and by the ethos of the Trust.

We encourage flexible working. We know that a positive work/life balance brings about huge health-related benefits, which has a positive impact on the care we provide. Please speak to us about flexible working, for example, home-working, part-time hours, flexible start/finish times, or anything else. If it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

We are a teaching Trust with strong links with Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS). Every cluster has a trainee, including F2, GP trainees, core or higher trainees. We also provide training for medical students and Physician Associate students from BSMS.

Job responsibilities

The successful candidate will work as part of the wider MDT and demonstrate:

1. Excellent clinical skills using a bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge.
2. A wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to the post within NHS or comparable service.
3. The ability to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty.
4. Commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement.
5. The ability to work in a participatory way so that shared decision-making and conversations around formulation/diagnosis and ongoing care are a collaborative endeavour with the people who access our service.

Please see the Job description/person specification for more details about this post and the organisation.

We'd love you to join our Trust, rated good overall and outstanding for caring by the CQC. Our staff agree, in our recent staff survey 82% told us that they recognise that care for patients is our top priority.

Other key survey results:

1. 70% highlighting flexible working as a key point for satisfaction at work
2. 79% reporting feeling able to make suggestions to improve the work in their team
3. 77% identifying opportunities to show initiative in their roles

Person Specification

Qualifications

1. MB BS or equivalent medical qualification
2. Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
3. Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months
4. In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice
5. Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment

Transport

1. Holds and will use a valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative.

Clinical Skills, Knowledge & Experience

1. Excellent knowledge in specialty
2. Excellent clinical skills using a bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
3. Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
4. Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to the post within NHS or comparable service

Academic Skills & Lifelong Learning

1. Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
2. Ability to work in and lead a team
3. Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement.
4. Participated in continuous professional development
5. Participated in research or service evaluation.
6. Able to use and appraise clinical evidence.
7. Has actively participated in clinical audit and quality improvement programmes
8. Ability to work in a participatory way so that shared decision-making and conversations around formulation/diagnosis and ongoing care are a collaborative endeavour with the people who access our service.
9. Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post
10. Reflected on the purpose of CPD undertaken
11. Experienced in clinical research and/or service evaluation
12. Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit, and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations, and publications.
13. Has led clinical audits leading to service change or improved outcomes for patients

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.

£105,504 to £139,882 a year NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant