Job summary
This specialty doctor post has been created to support the development of the psychiatric intensive care unit (PICU) service for adolescents. The post holder will work alongside the newly appointed full-time consultant.
Main duties of the job
The PICU unit will form part of the integrated inpatient service for adolescents. The Trust provides Tier 4 inpatient and other services for Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and neighbouring counties commissioned by NHS England. Oxford Health is the lead provider for the Thames Valley Clinical Network New Care Model for Tier 4 provision, with Oxford Health 8 beds at this PICU. The other services include the Highfield Unit, Oxford, Marlborough House Swindon and Huntercombe, Maidenhead. The Highfield Unit provides 18 inpatient and day patient facilities for young people aged 11 - 18. The service works closely with the inpatient unit in Swindon ensuring most admissions are kept local.
The PICU unit is expected to be a busy service. The post holder will work with an experienced multidisciplinary team, which includes nursing staff, psychologist, social worker, family therapist and occupational therapist. There is provision for schooling school where the local authority teachers follow the national curriculum. It is expected that the PICU will attract a number of students, including medical students and students from other disciplines.
About us
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust which has been rated as good by the CQC is a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do.
Oxford Health is an ambitious Trust dedicated to innovating, evaluating and implementing new treatments, procedures and services.
We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.
As such we particularly welcome applications from clinicians who would like to negotiate dedicated PAs for clinical leadership, research, training or other areas of special interest.
The trust offers a generous relocation package and works hard to accommodate flexible working patterns for staff.
We have good supervision and operational structures and an excellent track record of CPD. There are good links with Oxford University, with opportunities for teaching, research and offering placements to trainees.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Day-to-day management of the inpatients at the PICU, Meadow Unit, Warneford This will include contribution to ward rounds (including typing contemporaneous clinical notes into the electronic patient records), CPA review and discharge planning meetings, and Mental Health Act Tribunals. This will be under the clinical supervision of the dedicated inpatient consultants from the team. Liaison with the Community Mental Health teams (CAMHS) to ensure co-ordinated clinical care of patients.
- Providing timely written correspondence to relevant professionals documenting assessments, ongoing management, progress, and discharge summaries using Trust IT and clinical records system training will be provided where needed.
- Work collaboratively with other agencies, in particular liaison with staff from other teams to manage smooth and timely transfer into and out of the The teams most commonly involved with this will be the GAUs Team, Hospital at Home and Day-Patient Teams, CAMHS Crisis and OSCA, Early Intervention Psychosis (EIS) and Local Authority/Social Services Team
- Active commitment to delivering the Trusts clinical governance agenda. Meadow Unit will lead its own governance agenda including audit, quality, patient experience, learning from incidents, patient safety initiatives and interrogation of The senior leadership team comprising of matron, consultants and ward manager will link with CAMHS management both in identifying areas of concern and feeding back actions, as well as area of excellence.
- Contribution to developing and delivering improved clinical services as outlined in the National Service Framework for Mental Health and in the CAMHS Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit Service Specifications.
- The post holder will be expected to contribute to the collection of data as required by the Trust and other relevant This includes the timely recording of clinical activity data, and participation in clinical audit with appropriate administrative support.
- The post holder will be expected to participate in and attend the local training programme for junior doctors
The post holder will normally cross-cover with the other trainees for annual leave, study leave and brief periods of sickness absence
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Day-to-day management of the inpatients at the PICU, Meadow Unit, Warneford This will include contribution to ward rounds (including typing contemporaneous clinical notes into the electronic patient records), CPA review and discharge planning meetings, and Mental Health Act Tribunals. This will be under the clinical supervision of the dedicated inpatient consultants from the team. Liaison with the Community Mental Health teams (CAMHS) to ensure co-ordinated clinical care of patients.
- Providing timely written correspondence to relevant professionals documenting assessments, ongoing management, progress, and discharge summaries using Trust IT and clinical records system training will be provided where needed.
- Work collaboratively with other agencies, in particular liaison with staff from other teams to manage smooth and timely transfer into and out of the The teams most commonly involved with this will be the GAUs Team, Hospital at Home and Day-Patient Teams, CAMHS Crisis and OSCA, Early Intervention Psychosis (EIS) and Local Authority/Social Services Team
- Active commitment to delivering the Trusts clinical governance agenda. Meadow Unit will lead its own governance agenda including audit, quality, patient experience, learning from incidents, patient safety initiatives and interrogation of The senior leadership team comprising of matron, consultants and ward manager will link with CAMHS management both in identifying areas of concern and feeding back actions, as well as area of excellence.
- Contribution to developing and delivering improved clinical services as outlined in the National Service Framework for Mental Health and in the CAMHS Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit Service Specifications.
- The post holder will be expected to contribute to the collection of data as required by the Trust and other relevant This includes the timely recording of clinical activity data, and participation in clinical audit with appropriate administrative support.
- The post holder will be expected to participate in and attend the local training programme for junior doctors
The post holder will normally cross-cover with the other trainees for annual leave, study leave and brief periods of sickness absence
Person Specification
Clinical Experience
Essential
- Held hospital appointments in psychiatry at SHO/CT or equivalent
Desirable
- Experience at ST or SD level or equivalent
Other requirements
Essential
- a) GMC registration - Full
- b) Transport - Mobility is required for the post for on call duties within Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire
- c) Professional attributes - Meet specifications set out in GMC Guidance: Duties of doctor
- d) IT - Good IT skills including typing
Desirable
- Driving licence and own transport
Qualifications
Essential
- General medical qualification
Desirable
- Some or all parts of MRCPsych or equivalent
Training
Essential
- Shall have completed at least four years' full-time Postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained on a part-time or flexible basis) at least two of which will be in a specialty training programme in a relevant specialty or as a fixed term specialty trainee in a relevant specialty or shall have equivalent experience and competencies.
Desirable
- Attendance at MRCPsych course or equivalent
- Section 12 (2) approval: Mental Health Act, 1983
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- a) Clinical Responsibility- To exercise an intermediate level of clinical responsibility as delegated by the consultant in charge.
- b) Leadership skills - Ability to work through a collaborative multi-disciplinary framework.
- c) Organisation skills - Ability to work through a collaborative multi-disciplinary framework.
- d) Communication skills - Must have good skills in communication with patients, relatives, colleagues and staff of other organisations. Good spoken and written English.
- e) Professional approach - Work collaboratively and effectively with a range of professionals.
- f) Personal skills - Must have interest in and commitment to people with mental health problems, and their carers.
- g) Teaching experience - Interest in teaching
Desirable
- Teaching medical undergraduates
Person Specification
Clinical Experience
Essential
- Held hospital appointments in psychiatry at SHO/CT or equivalent
Desirable
- Experience at ST or SD level or equivalent
Other requirements
Essential
- a) GMC registration - Full
- b) Transport - Mobility is required for the post for on call duties within Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire
- c) Professional attributes - Meet specifications set out in GMC Guidance: Duties of doctor
- d) IT - Good IT skills including typing
Desirable
- Driving licence and own transport
Qualifications
Essential
- General medical qualification
Desirable
- Some or all parts of MRCPsych or equivalent
Training
Essential
- Shall have completed at least four years' full-time Postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained on a part-time or flexible basis) at least two of which will be in a specialty training programme in a relevant specialty or as a fixed term specialty trainee in a relevant specialty or shall have equivalent experience and competencies.
Desirable
- Attendance at MRCPsych course or equivalent
- Section 12 (2) approval: Mental Health Act, 1983
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- a) Clinical Responsibility- To exercise an intermediate level of clinical responsibility as delegated by the consultant in charge.
- b) Leadership skills - Ability to work through a collaborative multi-disciplinary framework.
- c) Organisation skills - Ability to work through a collaborative multi-disciplinary framework.
- d) Communication skills - Must have good skills in communication with patients, relatives, colleagues and staff of other organisations. Good spoken and written English.
- e) Professional approach - Work collaboratively and effectively with a range of professionals.
- f) Personal skills - Must have interest in and commitment to people with mental health problems, and their carers.
- g) Teaching experience - Interest in teaching
Desirable
- Teaching medical undergraduates
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
