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NHS Jobs; Little Clacton; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Jobs is seeking a Consultant to lead clinical teams and coordinate care for patients across psychiatry services. The role emphasizes a multidisciplinary approach, supervision of junior colleagues, and ongoing involvement in teaching and governance.

The successful candidate will participate in MHA assessments, service development, and daytime coverage, while supporting evidence-based intervention strategies within the Trust.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership and liaise with GPs, psychiatrists and other hospital specialists to ensure smooth patient journeys.
• Commit to multidisciplinary care and evidence-based interventions at all times.
• Attend Mental Health Act assessments as requested for relevant patients and act as Responsible Clinician for inpatients.
• Participate in teaching programmes and supervise junior/middle grade doctors.
• Contribute to care programme development, audit, governance, and service development.
• Attend Tribunals when necessary and engage in on-call Consultant rota.
• Agree a job plan with Clinical Director and participate in management forums.

Skills

Diagnostic reasoning

Biopsychosocial approach

Evidence-based interventions

Legal issues

Boundary setting

Job description

Clinical areas

• Diagnosis
• Bio psychosocial approach to treatment
• Evidence based interventions
• Legal issues
• Boundary setting

Clinical Leadership

• Enabling/Encouraging other team members
• Strategic planning and development
• Available to the team both to individuals and the team as a whole
• Active team member
• Attend regular reviews
• Work towards high team morale

Work closely with other consultant colleagues to ensure that the patient journey is as smooth as possible. Provide clinical leadership and actively liaise with general practitioners, psychiatrists, and other hospital specialists, statutory and non-statutory agencies, whenever relevant to the care and treatment of patients. Be committed to a multidisciplinary approach to care. Use evidence-based interventions at all times. Offer a consistent response to referrers/service users regardless of origin of the referral in a timely fashion. Offer an accurate diagnosis and timely interventions so that intensive treatment can be delivered to present chronicity and dependency on psychiatric services, in accordance with the recovery model. Attend Mental Health Act assessments as requested for relevant patients. Act as the Responsible Clinician for inpatients including attending Tribunals, as necessary. Participate in the development and maintenance of care programmes for patients. Supervise junior and middle grade doctors in the team. Participate in the teaching programmes of the multidisciplinary team. Contribute to the collection of clinical information to ensure further service development and to enable audit. Work closely with consultant colleagues to contribute to the provision of appropriate Consultant cover for daytime, 9 am to 5 pm, (working days) and for periods of annual/study/special leave. Participate in the on-call Consultant Rota primarily for advice; Consultants are on the 3rd Tier of on call. Participate in clinical governance and teaching activities. Contribute to the day-to-day management and to the overall service development agenda through appropriate involvement with managerial and clinical colleagues. Undergo annual appraisal and fulfil the requirements of continuing professional development (CPD) in order to meet the criteria for revalidation by the General Medical Council. Agree a job plan with the Clinical Director. Attend Trust Wide Medical Staffing Committee and other Management forums.