Consultant Psychiatrist - Neurodevelopment Service

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Brighton; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in Brighton is seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist for their Neurodevelopment Service. The role involves assessing patients with suspected neurodevelopmental conditions, prescribing medication for ADHD, and leading a multidisciplinary team to ensure high-quality care. Candidates must have a medical qualification, be GMC registered, and possess excellent communication skills. This position offers a chance to make a significant impact in patient care and enroll in continuous professional development opportunities.

Qualifications

• Must be on the GMC Specialist Register or achieve within six months.
• In good standing with GMC with respect to warnings.
• Approved clinician status or able to achieve within 3 months.

Responsibilities

• Assess patients for suspected neurodevelopmental conditions.
• Prescribe medication for newly diagnosed ADHD patients.
• Supervise non-medical prescribers and lead team meetings.

Skills

Excellent knowledge in specialty

Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective

Excellent oral and written communication skills in English

Education

MB BS or equivalent medical qualification

Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity for a Consultant Psychiatrist to join our Neurodevelopment Service (NDS) covering West Sussex, East Sussex and Brighton (based at East Brighton Community Mental Health Centre) providing leadership to deliver high-quality, person-centred care to adults with a suspected diagnosis of Autism; assessment and treatment for people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) (Brighton and East Sussex only) and Tics and Tourette's. This is a new post. The post was developed to meet the need of transferring young people with ADHD from CAMHS being referred to the adult NDS service and became available due to further funding being given to the service for this cohort of patients.

Main duties of the job

The remit of the consultant psychiatrist is to work as part of the MDT and to:

Assess patients for suspected neurodevelopmental conditions

Prescribe medication for patients newly diagnosed with ADHD, titrate as required and handover prescribing to GPs as per established shared care protocols, providing specialist follow-up as outlined in NICE guidelines.

Supervise and support the Team's non-medical prescribers

Take a lead role in the MDT hub meeting and weekly whole team meeting

Build and nurture collaborative working relationships with colleagues in other services and divisions

About us

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has been commissioned to provide Neurodevelopmental Diagnostic Services for adults (NDS). The service sits within the Specialist Services Division and interfaces with other specialist services and other geographically based divisions, including acute and urgent care services. Further to a process of consultation, NDS now operates Pan-Sussex across three hubs. The service has been operating a weekly MDT clinic since 2009. In September 2013 the clinic was expanded to include Clinical Nurse Specialists and Clinical Specialist OTs who all work in a diagnostic capacity. The Neuropsychiatry input to the service is provided by senior clinical and honorary clinical academic psychiatrists who are all leading experts in the Neurodevelopmental field. The leadership team for NDS includes a Consultant Psychologist (Clinical lead for NDS / TCAT) and a Consultant Nurse (Diagnostic Pathway Lead) and Operational Service Manager. All clinical staff receive dedicated administrative support to optimise clinical capacity.

Job responsibilities

Knowledge and experience in the field would be an advantage, but training and support is available from the teams Neuropsychiatrists who are leading national experts.

For detailed job description and main responsibilities please read the attached job description.

Person Specification

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

Transport

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

Clinical Skills, Knowledge & 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
• Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service

Academic Skills & 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
• 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

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.

East Brighton Community Mental Health Centre

East Brighton Community Mental Health Centre