Consultant Psychiatrist in AddictionsConsultant

TN United Kingdom; Leeds; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Consultant Psychiatrist in Addictions to join a dynamic multidisciplinary team in Leeds. This role involves providing high-quality care to patients with mental health challenges, ensuring their recovery and integration into the community. The position offers a unique opportunity to work within a supportive environment, focusing on engagement and recovery principles. Ideal candidates will possess excellent communication skills and a strong background in quality improvement. This is a fantastic chance to make a significant impact in the lives of individuals while working in a culturally diverse city.

Qualifications

• Full registration with the GMC and higher specialist training in WAA Psychiatry required.
• Excellent communication skills and experience in quality improvement projects are essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality patient care and regular clinical reviews.
• Work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team to deliver effective care.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Track record in QIP work

Education

Full registration with the GMC

Higher specialist training in WAA Psychiatry

Job description

Consultant Psychiatrist in Addictions Consultant, Leeds

Client:

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Location:

Leeds, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

EU work permit required:

Yes

Job Reference:

79a667244f20

Job Views:

6

Posted:

02.04.2025

Expiry Date:

17.05.2025

Job Description:

We are delighted to bring to advert the post of Trust Locum Consultant Psychiatrist at Aspire in the city of Leeds - a culturally diverse city. Aspire is a city-wide, community-based First Episode Psychosis Service delivered by a specialist multidisciplinary team with input from the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS). The service’s principles are engagement, hope, and recovery. It supports people to find their own level of recovery, fostering hope for the future and encouraging individuals to lead an ordinary life in their community.

This post has become available due to the need for maternity leave cover for the current substantive post holder and will be available between Sept and Sept.

Main Duties of the Job:

Are you committed to providing high quality patient care? We need you to help us achieve our goals: to live our lives free from stigma and discrimination; and to improve the lives of people with a learning disability and mental ill health.

Here at Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT), we are an organisation committed to providing high quality care to improve health and lives which seeks to provide outstanding mental health and learning disability services. The Trust strategy is built upon three priorities:

1. Delivering great care that is high quality and improves lives
2. Providing a rewarding and supportive place to work
3. Using resources to deliver effective and sustainable services

The post holder will work with the MDT, colleagues, and other agencies to deliver safe and effective care to patients. The service commitments are divided between the 2 consultants during the job planning process. The post holder, supported by the MDT, will provide:

1. Regular clinical reviews
2. Flexibility to accommodate urgent clinical reviews
3. To undertake the duties of Responsible Clinician for those subject to the MHA care
4. Complex prescribing and review
5. Effective liaison with local mental health providers, local authority professionals, and statutory organisations
6. An expectation to work intensively and assertively with the client group
7. To contribute to and work as part of the multidisciplinary community team
8. To work collaboratively with other services within the Trust
9. To provide professional leadership
10. To provide one hour a week protected clinical supervision to any trainees in the service for which they are the clinical supervisor

Person Specification:

Qualifications Essential Criteria:

1. Full registration with the GMC
2. Higher specialist training in WAA Psychiatry

Skills Essential Criteria:

1. Excellent communication skills
2. Track record in QIP work

Please note that if you are NOT a passport holder of the country for the vacancy you might need a work permit.

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Created on 02/04/2025 by TN United Kingdom