- MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
- Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
- Eligible for inclusion in the Specialist Register or within 6 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
- Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
- MRCPsych
- Excellent knowledge in specialty.
- Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge.
- Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty.
- Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others.
- Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training.
- Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations and publications.
- Participated in continuous professional development.
- Reflects on own performance and behaviour, seeking and acting on feedback.
- Participated in research or service evaluation.
- Has actively participated in clinical audit.
- Understanding of the trust's quality improvement system.
Consultant Psychiatrist in Adult Mental Health - Darlington, United Kingdom - Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
Description
Job summary
There is a need for two full time Consultantworking in the Community Mental health Team covering the area of Darlington(population 92,363), part of the South Durham Locality.
In total there are 15Adult Mental Health Consultant posts across the locality supported by medicalstaff from the rotation scheme in psychiatry, GP Registrars, F2 Doctors andSpeciality Doctors. The team is based at West Park hospital, Darlington wherethe acute inpatient unit is also located adjacently. There is no in-patient commitment. The Team is able to obtainexpert advice from Trust-wide specialist services which include an ADHDservice; the Autism Spectrum Assessment Team and the Eating Disorder service. TheTeam manages adults with secondary mental health needs in Darlington. Thepost holder will need to develop effective working relationships with personnelin these services. Patients are referred to the service directly from GeneralPractitioners and other primary care mental health services, for example theIAPT (Improving Access to Psychological Therapies) service. The post-holder will need to develop effectiveworking relationships with members of the Crisis Team and In-patient team byclosely liaising with these services when patients are referred to the crisisteam / needing alternative to hospital beds will be managed by the crisis teamand the patients who need to be in hospital will be managed by the inpatientteam.
Main duties of the job
The Consultant will be expected to provide committed,proactive and responsive clinical leadership working with other staff toprovide an assessment and treatment service for those individuals sufferingwith Chronic enduring mental illness in the Darlington Locality. Joint medical assessments are arrangedfor complex cases (one morning per week for each of the five communityConsultants. Two patients will be seen each morning). Our Crisis Team managesaccess to in-patient services. The post-holder will need to develop effectiveworking relationships with members of the Crisis Team and In-patient Team byclosely liaising with these services when patients are referred to the crisisteam / needing alternative to hospital beds will be managed by the crisis teamand the patients who need to be in hospital will be managed by the inpatientteam. The Trust provides specialist services for substance misuse problems.Alcohol services are commissioned separately. The post holder will be expectedto provide appropriate supervision to junior medical staff and non-medicalprescribers within the team. The post holder will be expected to havefamiliarity with all important, relevant legislation affecting the Adult MentalHealth population. Daytime on call once per week 9am-5pm for Mental Health Actassessments. On these days, routine patient work is kept to a minimum, MentalHealth Act work is generally carried out in the afternoon.
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 inpatient and community services to 2m people and 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 take a positive and proactive approach to support staff in their personal development and has embedded the Talent Management approach within the Trust, with the vision of helping people to be as good as they can be, helping TEWV to do things better.
Psychiatrists are essentialcontributors to the majority of our mental health teams. Service users expectand are justified to expect collaborative relationships with dedicatedpsychiatrists who work consistently as part of effective services. Our medicalstaffing shortage puts strain on services and puts strain on workforcewellbeing and costs extend beyond the financial. The Medical Directorate andMedical Development Team are striving to improve medical workforce recruitmentand retention in a variety of ways and the cornerstone of these efforts is TheTEWV Charter for the Medical Workforce. (Please see attached SupportingDocument).
Job descriptionJob responsibilities
For further information on this post and the full job description, please see the attached document. Please note this job description has approval from the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
Person SpecificationQualifications
Essential
Desirable
Clinical Knowledge & Skills
Essential
Teaching & Training
Essential
Desirable
CPD & Appraisal
Essential
Audit, Research & Quality Improvement
Essential