Millview Lodge and Crisis Intervention Team Consultant

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust; England; On-site; GBP 105,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

An established NHS Trust is seeking a dedicated consultant psychiatrist to join a dynamic team at Millview Lodge. This role offers a unique opportunity to provide comprehensive care to older patients facing acute mental health challenges. The successful candidate will work within a supportive multi-disciplinary environment, contributing to both inpatient and community services. With a focus on professional development, this position allows for personal growth through teaching and research. Join a forward-thinking organization that values diversity, offers a strong commitment to staff welfare, and provides an enhanced leave package and health support. This is a chance to make a significant impact in the field of psychiatry.

Benefits

Enhanced leave package

Health and wellbeing support

Professional development opportunities

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• Must be a qualified psychiatrist with GMC registration.
• Experience in managing clinical complexity and uncertainty.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for reviewing patients and managing their care.
• Engage in multi-disciplinary team collaboration and service development.

Skills

Clinical skills

Bio-psycho-social perspective

Team leadership

Clinical research

Medication management

Mental health assessment

Education

MB BS or equivalent medical qualification

Qualification in medical education or clinical research

Fully registered with the GMC

Job description

Millview Lodge and Crisis Intervention Team Consultant

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

Main area: Old Age Psychiatry

Grade: NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time - 10 sessions per week

Job ref: 338-4758974-22-J

Site: Millview Lodge

Town: Cottingham

Salary: £105,504 - £139,882 per annum

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 29/01/2025 23:59

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust are proud award winners of the HSJ Provider of the Year 2019.

Job overview

The Trust is seeking a consultant psychiatrist to join our established multi-professional team at Mill View Lodge and Crisis Intervention and Treatment Team for Older People (CITOP).

Mill View Lodge is a 9-bedded acute admission unit for females predominantly over the age of 65, experiencing an acute change in their functional mental health needs. CITOP provides a community alternative to admission with the facility to provide rapid and intensive support to older people with functional and organic presentation. There is a dedicated specialty doctor that provides support to the inpatient unit.

The post holder will join an established team of Specialist Consultant Psychiatrists in Old Age alongside a wider established network of consultants covering all sub-specialties. There is weekly teaching and peer-group events to support professional and personal development.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be an integral part of the MDT and have clinical responsibility for reviewing people accessing the service, CPA reviews, medication management, and where appropriate, tribunal reports and tribunals. The post holder will also assess and review patients with the Crises Team for Older People.

The services are supported by a dedicated service manager and a Modern Matron who provide operational and clinical support and oversight to both inpatient and CITOP teams. Both teams have nurse staffing from Bands 2 to Band 7 working across the shift patterns alongside dedicated Occupational Therapy, Social Work, and sessional psychology services providing a range of clinical and therapeutic intervention.

Working for our organisation

We are an award-winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website.

We are a forward-thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.

We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improving the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you’ll need to get you started.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promote equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Work-life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where, and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.

We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

As a consultant working for the Millview Lodge and CITOP Teams, you will have responsibility for the provision of safe and effective care and treatment. You will share the vision of integrated and multi-disciplinary working and actively engage in the development of the service through research and support.

The post holder would be expected to be approved as a Responsible Clinician or be willing to undertake training to obtain Section 12(2) MHA and will be expected to renew this approval according to agreed procedures.

The ability to commute within the Trust's geographical area with access to the appropriate means of transport is essential.

Person specification

Qualifications

• MB BS or equivalent medical qualification
• Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research, or management
• Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment
• Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
• Approved under S12 OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
• In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice

Clinical skills, knowledge and experience

• Excellent knowledge in specialty
• Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
• Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
• 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

• Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement
• Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
• Ability to work in and lead a team
• Participated in continuous professional development
• 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 or improved outcomes to patients

Please note that if there is a high volume of applications we reserve the right to close the vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date.

This post will be subject to successful completion of a 6-month probationary period where applicable, further details would be included within any offer letter.

Where operationally feasible the Trust supports agile working, there is an expectation of attendance of 1 day per week at a Trust site as a minimum operationally. Unless specifically stated in the advert that a role will have home as the base of work, all roles will have the option to work from a Trust base if remote working is not for you.

We will apply for a Disclosure from the Disclosure & Barring Service for the successful candidate if this is required for the post. Anyone applying for a position which involves a regulated activity will require an enhanced Disclosure & Barring check.

IMPORTANT: Should your application be successfully shortlisted, you will be contacted to attend an interview electronically to the email address provided at the time of the application. It is important therefore, that you CHECK YOUR EMAILS/NHS JOBS ACCOUNT on a regular basis.

If you are not contacted by the Trust within six weeks of the closing date of the vacancy, your application will have been unsuccessful on this occasion. We would however like to thank you for the interest you have shown in the Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.