Consultant Psychiatrists - Adult Mental Health Inpatients

NHS; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A NHS Trust in Tees Valley is seeking full-time Consultant Psychiatrists for two acute admission wards. Responsibilities include supporting the inpatient team and leadership in a multidisciplinary environment. Candidates must have a valid GMC registration and relevant experience. The Trust values professional development and offers a supportive work setting.

Benefits

Professional development opportunities

Supportive work environment

Qualifications

• Must be fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise.
• Experience relevant to the role of Consultant Psychiatrist.
• Included on the GMC Specialist Register for General Psychiatry or to achieve within six months.

Responsibilities

• Support the Inpatient Team and provide clinical input.
• Contribute to service development and governance.
• Provide leadership to the multi-disciplinary team.

Skills

Excellent knowledge in specialty

Excellent clinical skills

Excellent oral and written communication skills in English

Ability to manage clinical complexity

Ability to influence and persuade

Education

MB BS or equivalent medical qualification

Qualification in medical education

Job description

Overview

We are looking to recruit 2 full-time consultants to work on Elm Ward and Maple Ward - the two acute admission wards in West Park Hospital, Darlington. Elm Ward is a female acute ward and Maple Ward is a male acute ward. There are 4 beds commissioned by the Ministry of Defence across the two wards. Elm Ward is a 20-bed inpatient ward comprising beds for both assessment and treatment. The Consultant for this post will be expected to work closely with another Consultant Psychiatrist (1.0 WTE). Maple Ward is also a 20-bed inpatient unit located on the same site and is covered by two Consultant Psychiatrists. It is expected that the post holders will provide clinical input to approximately 10 to 12 patients on both Elm and Maple wards, depending on acuity. All the inpatient units in Adult Mental Health are working on the concept of Purposeful In-Patient Admissions model (and the Productive Ward).

Main duties of the job

The principal duty of Consultants is to support the Inpatient Team. There are four Consultant Psychiatrists - 4 WTE identified to support the two acute wards at West Park Hospital, in addition to a Consultant Nurse. The post holders will be expected to work closely with other colleagues in Adult Mental Health to offer a flexible service which recognises the potential for recovery within all service users.

The postholders will provide leadership to the multi-disciplinary team alongside the team manager. They will contribute to service development.

They will contribute to clinical governance and have responsibility for setting and maintaining standards and have a commitment to quality improvement.

About us

We are one of the largest specialist mental health and learning disabilities trusts in the country, with an annual income of £320m and a workforce of some 6,700 staff operating from around 100 sites in Durham, Teesside, North Yorkshire and York and Selby. We provide a range of inpatient and community services to 2m people living in County Durham, the Tees Valley, Scarborough, Whitby, Ryedale, Harrogate, Hambleton and Richmondshire. We also provide additional specialist services to other parts of Northern England.

We are a multi-award winning trust and are included within the Health Service Journals Best 100 Places to Work. The trust takes a positive and proactive approach to support staff in their personal development and has embedded the Talent Management approach within the Trust.

Psychiatrists are essential contributors to the majority of our mental health teams. Service users expect and are justified to expect collaborative relationships with dedicated psychiatrists who work consistently as part of effective services. Our medical staffing shortage puts strain on services and on workforce wellbeing and costs extend beyond the financial. The Medical Directorate and Medical Development Team are striving to improve medical workforce recruitment and retention in a variety of ways and the cornerstone of these efforts is The TEWV Charter for the Medical Workforce – see attached Supporting Document.

The Trust welcomes a conversation about flexible working.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description for further information on this post. Please note this post has been approved by The Royal College.

This job will close once sufficient applications have been received.

Person Specification

Clinical Knowledge & Skills

• 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
• 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
• Participated in continuous professional development
• Participated in research or service evaluation
• Able to use and appraise clinical evidence
• Has actively participated in clinical audit
• 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

Leadership

• Reflects on own performance and behaviour, seeking and acting on feedback
• Able to influence and persuade to improve services
• Able to take on leadership role in multidisciplinary team
• Knowledge of structure and management of the NHS and the Trust
• Shows commitment to quality through knowledge of quality improvement and lean thinking methodology OR able to achieve within one year of appointment
• Able to adapt to and lead service change
• Able to take on a leadership role outside the multidisciplinary team
• Understanding of NHS & wider health economy and its implications for the work of the Trust
• Trained to standard equivalent to level 2 in TEWV Trust Quality improvement system

Qualifications

• MB BS or equivalent medical qualification
• Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management
• Experience
• Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment
• Included on the GMC Specialist Register for General Psychiatry OR included 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
• In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice

Experience

• Describe your clinical experience relevant to this job role
• Any other experience that may be applicable

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.

Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust