Specialty Doctor Psychiatrist

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

We are delighted to bring to advert a fixed term (12 month) post to cover maternity leave for the CAMHS inpatient service in W Yorkshire. The young people decided to call the unit Red Kite View (RKV). An underlying principle is that the opening of the unit does not only herald a new era at the point of care for children in the region, but also supports the wider ambition of collating clinical, academic and leadership expertise to improve pathways that run across inpatient and community based care. The funding for this post is via the newly formed Provider Collaborative for Tier 4 CAMHS. The successful applicant will provide clinical leadership and senior psychiatric input into RKV. Red Kite View has 16 GAU beds and 6 PICU beds.

Main duties of the job

Are you committed to providing high quality patient care? WE need you to help us achieve our goals; to live our lives free from stigma and discrimination; and to improve the lives of people with a learning disability and mental ill health.

Here are Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) we are an organisation committed to providing high quality care to improve health and lives which seeks to provide outstanding mental health and learning disability services as an employer of choice and while maintaining the values of simplicity, integrity and care for those in need.

The Trust strategy is built upon three priorities:

Delivering great care that is high quality and improves lives
Providing a rewarding and supportive place to work
Using resources to deliver effective and sustainable services

As a medical workforce, we provide outstanding secondary care mental health services that allow our service users to feel that they are safe and receiving the latest, high quality, evidence-based care, delivered by motivated, engaged and compassionate staff, who feel supported and enabled to grow in the workplace and the systems we provide. Further information can be found here

About us

We offer a wide range of benefits to help support a healthy work-life balance and support your overall health and wellbeing including:

Annual leave entitlement as per the terms and conditions,
On-site parking
Cycle to work & car leasing schemes
Wide -range of Health & Wellbeing benefits

This is an 10 PA post, part-time or job share considered

We want to understand what flexibility means to you, do you want to work condensed hours? Do you have caring responsibilities? Is there a certain day which you cannot work for personal reasons? Then talk to us.

*subject to conditions.

What you will get:

Supportive and friendly colleagues
Personalised Coaching and Mentoring
Weekly academic teaching
Access to NHS Leadership and Development opportunities, including opportunity to become an appraiser and educational / training development opportunities
Annual Medical Leadership development day
Generous study leave allowance

Career and pastoral support from SAS Tutor and SAS Advocate

Date posted

20 March 2024

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Specialty Doctor

Salary

£52,530 to £82,400 a year pa

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

173-22024-MED

Job locations

Red Kite View GAU

Leeds

LS12 3QE

Job description

Job responsibilities

Providing medical treatment within a model of multi-disciplinary care:

Attending the clinical team meetings and performing medical duties that are decisions of that meeting

Compiling a patients history from a number of sources, and preparing case summaries and transfer summaries

Carrying out mental health act assessments and presenting reports at tribunals and managers hearings

Liaising with other clinical teams within and outside the trust and across the regional area covered

Liaising with general practitioners and medical specialists with regards the physical health of the patients

Specialist assessments relevant to the service e.g. Forensic, Learning Disabilities etc.

There are no external/special responsibilities.

The post holder will be professionally accountable to the Medical Director (Dr Chris Hosker), operationally accountable to Nick Mant (Head of Operations). The Clinical Supervisor will be the Consultant Psychiatrist for the post (Dr Ed Preston). The post holder will report clinically to the Consultant. The medical management will be provided by the Medical Lead (Dr Rachel Voller).

Job description

Job responsibilities

Providing medical treatment within a model of multi-disciplinary care:

Attending the clinical team meetings and performing medical duties that are decisions of that meeting

Compiling a patients history from a number of sources, and preparing case summaries and transfer summaries

Carrying out mental health act assessments and presenting reports at tribunals and managers hearings

Liaising with other clinical teams within and outside the trust and across the regional area covered

Liaising with general practitioners and medical specialists with regards the physical health of the patients

Specialist assessments relevant to the service e.g. Forensic, Learning Disabilities etc.

There are no external/special responsibilities.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Full registration with the GMC
Licence to practice in the UK

Experience

Essential

Higher specialist training in Psychiatry or equivalent

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Full registration with the GMC
Licence to practice in the UK

Experience

Essential

Higher specialist training in Psychiatry or equivalent

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.