Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team Consultant

Pennine Care NHS FT; Stockport; Sur place; GBP 110 000 - 140 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Opportunities for professional develop

Additional PAs negotiation

Résumé du poste

The Consultant Psychiatrist post at Stepping Hill Hospital, within Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust, provides leadership for adults in mental health crisis managed at home or discharged from inpatient care. The role includes teaching, research links, and a 1-in-27 on-call rota alongside a 10 PAs commitment.

Applicants should be on GMC Specialist Register or within six months of a CCT in general adult psychiatry and hold Section 12(2) approval or eligibility.

Qualifications

• Medical degree (MBBS/MBChB or equivalent).
• Higher psychiatric training or equivalent qualification.

Responsabilités

• Provide medical leadership and management for adults with mental health crises treated at home.
• Support discharge from inpatient services for adults with mental health crises.
• Collaborate with other teams and consultants to deliver high-quality care for adults with severe mental health problems in Stockport.
• Support development of the service and attend service development meetings.
• Contribute to teaching medical and nursing staff.
• Contribute to local service user and carer groups.
• Take part in the on-call rota (1 in 27).
• Contribute to service redesign.

Connaissances

Medical leadership

Audit activity

Teaching and training

Service development

CPD & research

Formation

Medical degree

Higher psychiatric training or equivalent

Description du poste

Full-time substantive Consultant Psychiatrist post in the Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team at Stepping Hill Hospital, run by Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust. The consultant leads medical care for adults in mental health crisis, treated at home or supported to leave inpatient services. The post carries a teaching commitment, research links and a 1-in-27 on-call rota, plus 10 PAs. Applicants must be on the GMC Specialist Register or within six months of a CCT in general adult psychiatry, and hold Section 12(2) approval or be eligible for it.

What the job involves

• Provide medical leadership and management for adults with mental health crises treated at home
• Support discharge from inpatient services for adults with mental health crises
• Work closely with other teams and consultants to deliver coherent, high-quality care for adults with severe and enduring mental health problems in Stockport
• Support development of the service and attend local and divisional service development meetings
• Contribute to teaching medical and nursing staff
• Contribute to local service user and carer groups
• Take part in the on-call rota, currently 1 in 27
• Contribute to service redesign

Qualifications

• Medical degree
• Higher psychiatric training or equivalent

Registration & licences

• Full GMC registration with licence to practise
• Entry on the GMC Specialist Register, eligibility for inclusion, or within six months of CCT in general adult psychiatry at interview
• Section 12(2) approval under the Mental Health Act 1983, or eligibility for approval
• Registered for CPD with the Royal College of Psychiatrists

Experience

• Evidence of audit activity

Skills & knowledge

• Evidence of teaching and training ability
• Commitment to share the work of the department with colleagues
• Commitment to developing and improving the service as a whole
• Commitment to the organisational philosophy

Other

• Available to take part in the on-call rota

Nice to have

• Other postgraduate degrees such as MSc, MD or MRCP
• MRCPsych or equivalent qualification
• CCT in general adult psychiatry, within six months of it, or on the Specialist Register for general adult psychiatry
• Experience of detaining patients under the Mental Health Act 1983
• Experience of writing reports for Mental Health Review Tribunals
• Evidence of leading service development elsewhere, and an interest in management and service development
• Good professional standing for CPD, with published audit and published research

What’s offered

• Opportunities for professional development
• Opportunities for additional PAs, subject to negotiation