Consultant Psychiatrist - General Adult - Early Intervention

NHS; Rochdale; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Rochdale is looking for a full-time Consultant Psychiatrist to provide comprehensive psychiatric care within a community setting. The role involves working collaboratively with a multi-disciplinary team to support mental health for adults. Candidates must be fully registered with the GMC and eligible for the Specialist Register. Offers professional development opportunities and requirements for on-call duties.

Qualifications

• Applicants must be on the GMC's Specialist Register or eligible for inclusion.
• Fully registered with the GMC with a license to practice at the time of appointment.
• Desirable: MRCPsych or additional clinical qualifications.

Responsibilities

• Provide consultant psychiatric input to a high functioning community EIS.
• Work with the MDT to develop the service and attend local meetings.
• Ensure coherent and high-quality mental health care for adults.

Skills

Excellent Knowledge in specialty

Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective

Excellent oral and written communication skills in English

Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty

Education

MB BS or equivalent medical qualification

Job description

Job summary: Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust is looking to recruit a full-time substantive Consultant Psychiatrist. This post is based on the Early Intervention Model in Rochdale and is a Community post.

Main duties of the job: To provide consultant psychiatric input to a high functioning community EIS as part of a multi-disciplinary service. The role is to provide a comprehensive assessment and NICE concordant treatment package of care to all patients.

To provide high-quality Mental Health Care for adults following the EIS frameworks.

To work closely with other teams and Consultants to ensure coherent and high-quality mental health care for adults with severe and enduring mental health problems within the Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale (Rochdale borough) area.

To work with the MDT to support the development of the service, and to attend local and divisional service development meetings.

About us

This is an exciting time to join the Trust and there are many opportunities to contribute to the organisations' development and to look at service redesign models. Rochdale has a very strong teaching commitment and candidates will be expected to contribute to the teaching of medical and nursing staff. There are close links to ongoing research projects. The Consultants contribute to local service user & carer groups.

The post holder will be based at the Outpatients department Birch Hill Hospital Rochdale. Rochdale operates an Inpatient- Outpatient model (New Ways of Working) and is staffed by 9 full-time Consultants in Adult Psychiatry and old age psychiatry and a nurse consultant on the female adult ward. Each Consultant Psychiatrist is allocated a Junior Doctor (NW Deanery training schemes) to work with them.

Job responsibilities

Applicants must be on the GMCs Specialist Register or eligible for inclusion or be within six months of the anticipated award of a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in General Adult Psychiatry at the time of interview for the post.

Low frequency on-call (1 in 31) with full second tier on call and 1 day off after your on call.

We offer ample opportunities for our consultants professional development and opportunities for additional work for additional PAs (require negotiation).

Person Specification

Qualifications

• MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.

Desirable: Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management. MRCPsych, Additional clinical qualifications.

Eligibility

• Fully registered with the GMC with a license to practice at the time of appointment.
• Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months.
• Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment.
• Approved under S12 OR able to achieve with 3 months of appointment.

Desirable: In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice.

Clinical skills, knowledge and experience

• Excellent Knowledge in specialty.
• Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.
• Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty.
• Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others.
• Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA.

Desirable: Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service.

Academic skills and lifelong learning

• Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training.
• Ability to work in and lead team.
• Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement.
• Participated in continuous professional development.
• Participated in research or service evaluation.
• Able to use and appraise clinical evidence.
• Has actively participated in clinical audit and quality improvement programmes.

Desirable: Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post, Reflected on purpose of CPD undertaken, Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation, Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations and publications, Has led clinical audits leading to service change or improved outcomes to patients.

Transport

• Holds and will use valid UK driving license OR provides evidence of proposed alternative.

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.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.