Job responsibilities
Make a difference for yourself and your patients!
Consultant Psychiatrist - x2 vacancies - please ask for more details
Location: Northampton, Northamptonshire
0.8 WTE & 0.6 WTE- We welcome Full-time applicants as we can consider you for
other roles in the Charity
Salary: Total package up to £150,000 depending on experience
Suitable for an experienced Consultant or someone due to complete their
CCT in the next 6 months.
St Andrews is a not for profit Charity - we have no shareholders and
any surplus we make is ploughed straight back into our services. We are part of
the Specialist Provider Collaboratives in the East and West Midlands and are a
member of the East Midlands Alliance. Our services in Northampton, set in 150
plus acres of woodland greenery are spread across 5 Divisions Medium Secure,
Low Secure and Specialist Rehabilitation, Learning Disability and Autism,
Neuropsychiatry and CAMHS. We have a number of unique specialist national
services including our Deaf Forensic Service, Huntingtons Service, Secure
Brain Injury Service, Older Adults Secure Services, Blended Womens Service
(one of 3 National Pilots) and a specialist inpatient DBT service.
The Role
Working within our Medium Secure Service, you will be the Responsible
Clinician in our specialist medium service. This is a male medium secure
ward that will provide care and treatment for working age males with mental
illnesses. This is a new ward that will form part of an established and
successful medium secure male service. You will work closely with the other
male wards and clinical teams to ensure the pathways between the wards/services
are maximised and meet patients needs as they progress through treatment and
recovery.
You will lead a multi-disciplinary team and oversee the management of
patients with often complex needs. You will be able to promote
innovation and improvement of services, with scope to develop your specialist
interests and grow your remit and responsibilities. We will actively
encourage you to be a leader nationally in mental health and influence the
future direction of services.
We are looking for an individual who wants a role where they have the
autonomy to make decisions that will help improve patient care and outcomes.
Someone who wants to join an organisation and be a leader of a team who
also shares this passion.
If you would like to be part of working with an innovative and dynamic
team; be able to develop and deliver up to date treatments; and work in a
supportive environment then this is the place for you! This will be a
personally and professionally rewarding role. The post-holder will be
able to undertake non-clinical activities of interest e.g. research, teaching,
governance and management - in an innovative way, and influence the direction
of services in order for them to attain the best outcomes for our patients.
You will lead a multi-disciplinary team and oversee the management of
patients with often complex needs. You will be able to promote
innovation and improvement of services, with scope to develop your specialist
interests and grow your remit and responsibilities. You will have an
office and the support of an associate specialist as ward doctor and a full MDT
including Clinical Administrators and Personal Assistants dedicated to your
wards and service.
We are looking for an individual who wants a role where they have the
autonomy to make decisions that will help improve patient care and outcomes and
has a passion about transforming care. Someone who wants to join an
organisation and be a leader of a team who also shares this passion.
Why join St Andrews
Opportunities to progress Most of
our senior medical managers started off as Consultants in the Charity
Speciality Doctor and Physical
Healthcare team support
Infrequent non resident second on
calls with 24 hour first on call cover
Individual study budget of £1,000 per
Consultant
We sponsored many of our doctors to
undertake MBA degrees
The chance to be part of a community
of Consultants on one site with a weekly multidisciplinary CPD and Grand Rounds
programme that includes colleagues from the NHS
Only 10 per cent of our Consultant
Psychiatrist roles are occupied by locums. Our posts fill up fast
Support in undertaking indemnified
private practice and medicolegal work though our community partnerships
Opportunities for joint roles with
the NHS in some areas
Teaching Opportunities for medical
students from Cambridge and Buckingham as well as Trainees
Opportunities for research with our
Research and Innovation Team
Class leading analytics and data
monitoring with extensive integration with our Electronic Records
Electronic Prescribing on all our
wards
Other benefits:
Travel allowance, pension, 32 days of Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays
and your birthday off, free parking, sickness policy on par with the NHS,
secretarial support and more
International Medical Graduates
We welcome applications from job seekers who require current Skilled
Worker sponsorship to work in the UK and you will be considered alongside all
other applications. Please contact slpendry@stah.org if you would like more
details on how we can support you.
