In-Patient Consultant Psychiatrist Opal Rehabilitation ward

Job responsibilities

1. The consultant will be expected to provide consultant input to all inpatients under their care and provide clinical leadership to the MDT and work actively with the ward manager and modern matron to deliver this.

1. The consultant will provide direct clinical supervision and line management to the trainees and any senior trainee. This will include 1 hour per week clinical supervision for trainees in conjunction with other consultants.

1. The consultant will be expected to provide direct clinical care and to supervise the clinical care of all inpatients as appropriate and ensure medical involvement in the CPA process for all inpatients. This will include MHA work, reports and assessments as appropriate and include RC responsibility for all detained patients

1. Providing timely written correspondence to relevant professionals documenting assessments, ongoing management, progress, and eventual discharge using Trust IT and clinical records system training will be provided where needed

1. Work collaboratively with other agencies. In particular liaison with staff from other teams to manage smooth and timely transfer into and out of the unit. The teams most commonly involved with this will be the CRHT, Adult Mental Health Teams, Day Hospitals, Early Intervention, Opal Ward Rehabilitation Unit and Ashurst Ward Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit.

1. Active commitment to delivering the Trusts clinical governance agenda.

1. Contribution to developing and delivering improved clinical services as outlined in the National Service Framework for Mental Health.

1. The consultant will be expected to contribute to the collection of data as required by the Trust and other relevant agencies. This includes the timely recording of clinical activity data, and participation in clinical audit with appropriate administrative support.

1. The consultant will be expected to attend most regular directorate managerial meeting as necessary, particularly Consultants Meeting and Directorate/Managerial liaison meeting.

1. The consultant will be expected to participate in and attend the local training programme for junior doctors.

1. The consultant would be expected to participate in both a CPD peer group and a clinical supervision group with fellow consultants.

1. Consultant would be expected to maintain their own programme of training and CPD accreditation with the support of their Associate Medical Director/Clinical Director.

1. Leave cover: The inpatient consultants on Ruby, Sapphire and Opal ward cross-cover for each other for annual leave, study leave and brief periods of sickness absence; in addition there is a day time cover rota. The consultants take part the Buckinghamshire Adults of Working Age out-of-hours rota. This is a 1 in 16 rota, with 3%, band A There is a core trainee on shift out of hours. The trainees also cover Southern Health, learning disability trust, out of hours on a rolling rota but receive direct supervision from Southern Health Consultants on call.

Qualifications

Essential

• oMembership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, or equivalent qualification (in accordance with Royal College of Psychiatrist's Guidelines)
• oApproved clinician Status and section 12( MHA) Approval are essential. Candidates who are in the process of getting AC approval will be considered
• oEligibility for Section 12 (Mental Health Act)

Desirable

• oHigher degree or equivalent in relevant field of medical, psychological or other studies

Training

Essential

• oHigher specialist training in psychiatry in approved training post for a minimum of three years, equivalent training in another country, or previous consultant experience relevant to this post
• oCCT in Psychiatry; OR Inclusion on the GMC Specialist Register in psychiatry; OR within six months of achieving CCT at the time of interview

Desirable

• Rehabilitation endorsement from Royal College

Clinical Experiance

Essential

• oExperience of the full range of clinical responsibilities expected of a consultant in this specialty
• oExperience of close collaborative work with social care and other agencies
• Ability to undertake full range of consultant responsibilities

Desirable

• oExperience working in inpatient rehab services
• oApplication of evidence-based practice and interest in clinical and policy developments for this care group
• oDevelopment of close collaboration with primary care services

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• oAbility to work within a collaborative multidisciplinary framework, and to share leadership responsibilities with senior colleagues of other professions
• oAbility to understand how organisations work most effectively
• oCommitment to active clinical governance
• oAbility to promote effective team working
• oCapacity to prioritise workload
• oActive participation in clinical audit
• oCommitment to interagency partnership working
• oExperience in supervising and teaching core psychiatric trainees
• oApplication of research evidence to clinical practice

Desirable

• oResearch experience and skills
• oSupervision of advanced level trainees
• oUndergraduate and postgraduate medical teaching.
• oInter-agency partnership working and development
• oRelevant experience of the administrative, management and leadership roles of senior medical staff
• Higher qualification in Leadership and Management

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).