Consultant Psychiatrist - North Somerset Recovery Team

Avon And Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership Nhs Trust; Weston-super-Mare; On-site; GBP 79,000 - 108,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health care provider in Weston-super-Mare is seeking an experienced Consultant Psychiatrist to lead the North Somerset Recovery Team. This role involves delivering direct care to service users, conducting assessments, and supervising a medical team while promoting rehabilitation and recovery. The ideal candidate should have experience in mental health treatment and be registered with the GMC.

Benefits

Competitive and flexible benefits package

Part of a diverse organisation

Qualifications

• Registered with a license to practice and GMC registration.
• Experience in providing mental health care and treatment.
• Ability to lead and supervise a medical team.

Responsibilities

• Deliver direct interventions to service users with varying needs.
• Conduct ongoing assessment and treatment of mental health needs.
• Supervise the medical team and manage service users' care.

Job description

Overview

The Trust is seeking to appoint a Consultant Psychiatrist to provide clinical input and leadership to the North Somerset Recovery Team, based at the Coast Resource. 1 day a week will be based with the Rehabilitation service, based in Worle, North Somerset.

Elmham Way is a 7 bedded community based inpatient step-down and rehabilitation unit. Patients are admitted from the acute wards in AWP as a step-down while a community support care package is organised and from direct from the community.

Responsibilities

• Deliver direct interventions to service users at a level of intensity according to need, including those who require an assertive approach and are difficult to engage.
• Conduct ongoing assessment, diagnoses (including review and clarification) and treatment of mental and physical health needs.
• Supervise the medical team that provides medical care and act as RC for service users in collaboration with other teams and consultants.
• Be responsible for the mental health care of service users in line with new ways of working, monitoring and evaluating service delivery and care through regular reviews.
• Actively participate in team and personal caseload management and supervision.
• Participate in MHA assessments where appropriate and facilitate CTO discussions.
• Work 1 day a week at Elmham Way, arrange pre‑admission assessments, develop appropriate treatment plans for those taken into service, review such treatment plans regularly and promote rehabilitation and recovery.
• Prepare reports, attend Mental Health Review Tribunals, and report to the Ministry of Justice for any restricted patients.
• Provide active care pathway planning and liaise with local authority personnel, independent sector personnel, service users and carers.

Benefits

• Competitive and flexible benefits package.
• Part of Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust, a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.

Note: We are unable to consider applications from individuals who require GMC sponsorship.