Consultant Psychiatrist - General Adult - Early Intervention

JCasp Technologies - Website Apps & AI/ML Development Company; Rochdale; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Consultant Psychiatrist to join their team in Rochdale. This role involves providing high-quality mental health care as part of a multi-disciplinary service, focusing on comprehensive assessments and treatment packages. The position offers opportunities for professional development and collaboration with various teams to enhance service delivery. If you are passionate about mental health and eager to contribute to a supportive and inclusive environment, this is the perfect opportunity for you to make a significant impact in the community.

Benefits

Generous annual leave entitlement

Flexible working opportunities

Access to Continued Professional Development

Health and Wellbeing activities

Access to staff discounts

Qualifications

• Applicants must be on the GMC’s Specialist Register or eligible for inclusion.
• Excellent knowledge in specialty and clinical skills required.

Responsibilities

• Provide consultant psychiatric input to a high functioning community EIS.
• Work closely with other teams to ensure high-quality mental health care.

Skills

Excellent clinical skills

Excellent oral and written communication skills in English

Ability to manage clinical complexity

Decision-making based on evidence

Knowledge in specialty

Education

MB BS or equivalent medical qualification

Qualification or higher degree in medical education

MRCPsych

Job description

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust

About

We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.

Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We’re really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we’re a great place to work.

Our ambition is to maximise people’s potential and we aim to promote an inclusive environment and improve the diversity of our workforce so our people truly represent the communities we serve.

All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.

If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:

1. Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
2. Flexible working opportunities to support your work / life balance
3. Access to Continued Professional Development
4. Involvement in improvement and research activities
5. Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service
6. Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel

If you are Kind, Fair, Ingenious and Determined we want you to come and join our #PennineCarePeople.

Job Overview

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.

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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.

Working for Our Organisation

This is an exciting time to join the Trust and there are many opportunities to contribute to the organisation’s 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.

Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities

Applicants must be on the GMC’s 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).

Sponsorship - We are an approved sponsoring organisation. Applications will be considered from applicants requiring sponsorship alongside all other applications. Please be aware, not all roles are eligible for sponsorship.

What Happens After Your Application Has Been Received?

You will be informed about the progress of your application following shortlisting via email. Only applicants who clearly demonstrate the criteria listed in the person specification will be shortlisted for interview. Interview invites will be sent out via email.

What Happens If I Am Offered the Position After Interview?

The hiring manager will make contact with you to verbally offer you the position. The hiring manager will then inform Recruitment of the decision and provide relevant paperwork. You will be sent a formal conditional offer via email.

What Pre-Employment Checks Will I Need to Complete?

By conducting pre-employment checks, the recruitment team will verify that you meet the pre-conditions of the role you have been offered. Pre-employment checks will be carried out according to NHS Employment Check Standards. The checks are:

1. Identity verification
2. Right to work check
3. Disclosure and barring service (DBS)/Criminal record check (dependent on role)
4. Professional registration and/or qualification check
5. Occupational health assessment
6. Employment history and reference validation

All applicants external to NHS will be required to provide to cover the most recent three years. This information will be used to validate employment history and references as part of pre-employment checks.

Other Important Information

1. We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) and recognise the importance of ensuring our diverse service user population is reflected within our workforce. Unfortunately, we know that, at present, there is underrepresentation of our communities in our workforce. We welcome applications from people from diverse communities to help us grow, learn, be better and consider brilliant innovation diverse people bring.
2. If you would like to be considered under the disability confident scheme, you will be guaranteed an interview if you meet the essential criteria on the person specification for the post.
3. If you require reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process please phone us on 0161 716 3181 at the earliest opportunity. We will support you to complete your application.
4. We have a strict policy on unsolicited contact from recruitment agencies. Please do not contact our hiring managers directly.

We reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date if a sufficient number of applications have been received. To ensure your application is considered, please submit at the earliest opportunity.

Applicant Requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Person Specification

Qualifications

1. MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
2. Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management. MRCPsych.
3. Additional clinical qualifications.

Eligibility

1. Fully registered with the GMC with a license to practice at the time of appointment.
2. Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months.
3. Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment.
4. Approved under S12 OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment.
5. In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice.

Clinical Skills, Knowledge and Experience

1. Excellent Knowledge in specialty.
2. Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge.
3. Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.
4. Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty.
5. Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others.
6. Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA.
7. Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service.

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

Transport

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