Locum Consultant Psychiatrist - Central Bristol Crisis Service

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust; Bristol; On-site; GBP 109,000 - 146,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health service provider in Bristol is seeking a passionate Locum Consultant Psychiatrist to enhance mental health services. This new role offers flexibility with full or part-time options. Key responsibilities include delivering clinical interventions, providing leadership, and supervising medical teams. Ideal candidates should possess relevant qualifications, including MB BS and MRCPsych. The Trust offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits in a vibrant city with excellent schools and amenities.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Flexible working options

Comprehensive benefits package

Qualifications

• Fully registered with GMC with a licence to practise.
• Experience in assessing and treating patients in a community setting.
• Evidence of effective multidisciplinary team involvement.

Responsibilities

• Deliver direct interventions and emergency assessments to service users.
• Supervise the medical team and non-medical prescribers.
• Participate in gatekeeping and attendance at MHA assessments.

Skills

Leadership skills

Excellent communication skills

Crisis management

Education

MB BS or equivalent medical qualification

CCT in General Adult Psychiatry

MRCPsych or equivalent

Job description

Locum Consultant Psychiatrist - Central Bristol Crisis Service

Are you a Consultant Psychiatrist who is passionate about improving mental health services?

Do you want to work for a Trust whose priority is to provide high quality compassionate care?

The Trust is seeking a Locum consultant psychiatrist to join the Central Bristol Intensive ( crisis ) Team.

This is a newly created post. The consultant will provide clinical advice and leadership for Central Intensive Team and will work collaboratively with another part-time consultant.

This post offers unique flexibility, you can work 0.6 WTE or 1.0 WTE. You may choose to work 0.8 WTE or full time and dedicate up to two days to Bristol Place of Safety and work alongside the on call consultant based at the Place of Safety 9-5. There are dedicated 2.5 SPA time.

The Trust supports flexible working. Bristol is known for big city life with easy access to beautiful countryside and beaches.

It is well connected with an international airport only 30 minutes from the centre. Trains to London take just over 90 minutes.

Bristol has a range of neighbourhoods that suit diverse tastes and lifestyles, combining urban living with beautiful surroundings.

It is ideal for families, with a number of great schools and the university is one of the most respected in the country. We offer one of the most competitive and flexible benefits packages.

Main duties of the job

The Consultant will deliver direct interventions, including emergency assessment, to service users at a level of intensity according to need, including those service users who require an assertive approach. This will include on-going assessment, diagnoses (including review and clarification) and treatment of mental and physical health needs.

Provide visible and clear leadership at team level.

Supervision for the medical team and non-medical prescribers.

The Consultant will take medical responsibility for the patients on the team's caseload and should participate in gate keeping and attendance at MHA assessments.

The consultant, should they choose to accept additional PAs to cover the Place of Safety, is expected to see up to two patients admitted under S 136 / day and to participate in their assessments alongside the on - call consultant.

We have an on - call rota that covers daytime assessments at the Place of Safety so the post holder would act as a second doctor.

The consultant is expected to liaise with the emergency services and our community teams in order to help them devise community support plans for patients who are frequently detained under S 136.

About us

We are AWP (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. We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.

Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.

Please note that Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust is not currently a sponsor under the GMC Sponsorship Scheme.

As a result, we regret to inform you that we are unable to consider applications from individuals who require GMC sponsorship

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the accompanying job description for full details on the roles and responsibilities of this post.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• MB BS or equivalent medical qualification
• Relevant Higher Degree e.g MD,PHD,Msc or other additional clinical qualifications
• MRCPsych OR MRCPsych equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
• 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 of gaining CCT
• Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
• Approved under S12 OR able to achieve with 3 months of appointment
• CCT in General Adult Psychiatry

Experience

• Experience of assessing and treating patients in a community setting.
• Knowledge and evidence of participation in CPD
• Evidence of effective multidisciplinary team involvement

Personal Skills

• To possess leadership skills and be able to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team.
• Ability to manage own time, workload and prioritise clinical work
• Ability to appraise own performance as a Consultant.
• Able to demonstrate excellent communication skills, in order to effectively work with patients, carers and staff.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Evidence of specific achievements that demonstrate leadership skills

Clinical Skills

• Ability to assess and treat psychiatric problems in Adults of working age and to deal with crisis situations.

Knowledge

• Understanding of the management skills required to function successfully as a Consultant.
• Awareness of current issues in mental health service provision, policy and legislation.
• Knowledge of alternatives to inpatient admission care approaches

Teaching

• Commitment to and experience of undergraduate and postgraduate learning and teaching.
• Experience as an Educational Supervisor for trainees

Research and Audit

• Experience or involvement in a research project and publication.
• Experience of carrying out an audit project.

Management

• Evidence of management/leadership skills training.
• Previous management experience including that of other junior medical staff

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.

£109,725 to £145,478 a yearper annum, pro-rata