Consultant Psychiatrist - Folkestone Community

The Methodist Church in Britain; Bourne; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Recruitment bonus

Relocation support

NHS pension

Generous annual and study leave

Flexible working on request

Academic links through Kent's medical 

Counselling service

Blue Light Card discounts

Car lease scheme

Job summary

The Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust is seeking a consultant psychiatrist for the South Kent Coast Community Mental Health Team. The role provides clinical leadership alongside two other consultants and focuses on medical input for patients under the team’s care in a community setting.

Flexible working and potential job-sharing are welcome. Candidates must have Full GMC registration and be on/within 3 months of the Specialist Register, with Approved Clinician status and S12 approval

Qualifications

• Must hold MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
• Full GMC registration with licence to practise.
• On GMC Specialist Register or within six months of CCT in adult psychiatry.
• Approved Clinician status and S12 or achievable within 3 months of appointment.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership within the South Kent Coast Community Mental Health Team, alongside two other consultants.
• Provide medical input as required to patients under the team's care.
• Lead on screening referrals and assess new referrals jointly with other team members.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Medical input

Team collaboration

English proficiency

Evidence appraisal

Managing complexity

Education

MB BS

Job description

A consultant psychiatrist post in the South Kent Coast Community Mental Health Team at Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust, sharing clinical leadership with two other consultants. The work centres on medical input for patients under the team's care and leading referral screening and assessment. It is community-based, with flexible working and job-share welcome. Full GMC registration and Approved Clinician and S12 status are needed, or achievable within three months of appointment.

What the job involves

• Provide clinical leadership within the South Kent Coast Community Mental Health Team, alongside two other consultants
• Provide medical input as required to patients under the team's care
• Take an active role in strengthening relationships with external agencies, including the local CCG
• Lead on screening referrals and assess new referrals jointly with other team members

What’s required

Qualifications

• MB BS or equivalent medical qualification

Registration & licences

• Full GMC registration with licence to practise
• On the GMC Specialist Register, or within six months of CCT in adult psychiatry
• Approved Clinician status and S12 approval, or both achievable within 3 months of appointment

Experience

• Participated in continuous professional development
• Participated in research or service evaluation
• Actively participated in clinical audit and quality improvement programmes

Skills & knowledge

• Excellent knowledge of the specialty
• Excellent clinical skills using a bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
• Excellent spoken and written English
• Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
• Able to appraise clinical evidence and decide using evidence, experience and others' contributions
• Able to meet duties under the MHA and MCA

Checks & eligibility

• Valid UK driving licence, or evidence of proposed alternative

Other

• Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
• Able to lead a team, with shared leadership and collaborative working to deliver improvement

Nice to have

• Higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management, or additional clinical qualifications
• MRCPsych
• Good GMC standing, with no warnings or conditions on practice
• Wide specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to the post, in the NHS or comparable service
• Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching relevant to the post
• Reflection on the purpose of CPD undertaken
• Experience in clinical research and/or service evaluation, and evidence of achievement in education, research, audit or service improvement (awards, prizes, presentations, publications)
• Has led clinical audits that brought service change or better patient outcomes

What’s offered

• Recruitment bonus of £20,000, subject to terms
• Relocation support of up to £8,000, subject to terms
• Generous annual and study leave, plus NHS pension scheme
• Holiday of a Lifetime scheme for banking annual leave
• Flexible working on request
• Leadership, education, research and quality improvement development for doctors at all grades, with academic links through Kent's medical school and an in-house research team
• Free independent counselling service and staff network forums
• Blue Light Card discounts and car lease scheme