Job summary
Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust Rehabilitation and High Support Care Hub provides Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services to patients from the Greater Manchester area. The directorate is renowned for high quality service delivery, excellent staff opportunities and innovative service developments, having expanded bed numbers more than three-fold in the past ten years. We continue to explore and develop new services for specialist mental health provision. Pennine Care offers consultants a number of benefits, including a significant well-being offer, subsidised salary sacrifice care leasing scheme, cycle-to-work scheme, retail and restaurant discounts, coaching/mentoring and peer group support.
Role Summary:
We are aiming to recruit a full-time (10 PAs) consultant to an established post covering 16 beds on Bevan Place and working with the Pathways team based at Heathfield House, Stockport. There are opportunities for additional remunerated responsibilities.
Key Responsibilities of the Post:
To provide Responsible Clinician duties to up to 16 rehabilitation inpatients at Bevan Place (a rehabilitation ward for men aged over 50) and work with Pathways team which involves assessment of patients requiring admission to low secure services within our trust.
Responsible Clinician is supported by a full time middle grade doctor
Main duties of the job
Liaise appropriately with the Ministry of Justice regarding those patients who are subject to Restriction Orders, and maintain an adequate system to ensure that the regulations laid down by the Ministry of Justice are adhered to.
Assess a proportion of the patients referred to the all RHSD services in the setting from where they are referred, which may entail travelling to any part of the UK (almost always within Greater Manchester and only in exceptional circumstances outside the region). Assessments will be reported back to the multi-disciplinary referrals meeting for discussion, before a final decision is conveyed to the referrer.
Regularly assess the clinical state of the inpatients, and be involved in psychological and/or family-based therapies, depending on the appointee's training and interests.
Attend regular detailed Care Programme Approach meetings to review progress to date and set longer term goals, in consultation with family/carers and Care Coordinators
Attend weekly Clinical Team Meetings, and contribute to the multi-disciplinary review of the patients. The consultant will normally chair this meeting. The aim is to review progress and to set short-term goals in keeping with the longer term goals set by the CPA review.
About us
We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.
Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We're really proud of our#PennineCarePeopleand do everything we can to make sure we're a great place to work.
All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Take clinical responsibility for the in-patients, and lead the multi-disciplinary team. All patients are currently detained under The Mental Health Act, but the unit accepts informal patients, or those under DoLS.
Assume the role of RC, which carries with it the responsibility to ensure that all the necessary documentation (including Section 17 leave, Consent/Treatment, section renewal etc. forms) is correct and up-to-date, that adequate reports are provided for Managers Appeals or Tribunals within the time period laid down in the Code of Practice, and that either she/he attends or ensures adequate representation is available. The appointee will maintain approval as an Approved Clinician and under Section 12 of The MHA 1983 (amended 2007)
Liaise appropriately with the Ministry of Justice regarding those patients who are subject to Restriction Orders, and maintain an adequate system to ensure that the regulations laid down by the Ministry of Justice are adhered to.
Assess a proportion of the patients referred to the all RHSD services in the setting from where they are referred, which may entail travelling to any part of the UK (almost always within Greater Manchester and only in exceptional circumstances outside the region). Assessments will be reported back to the multi-disciplinary referrals meeting for discussion, before a final decision is conveyed to the referrer.
Regularly assess the clinical state of the inpatients, and be involved in psychological and/or family-based therapies, depending on the appointees training and interests.
Attend regular detailed Care Programme Approach meetings to review progress to date and set longer term goals, in consultation with family/carers and Care Coordinators
Attend weekly Clinical Team Meetings, and contribute to the multi-disciplinary review of the patients. The consultant will normally chair this meeting. The aim is to review progress and to set short-term goals in keeping with the longer term goals set by the CPA review.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Take clinical responsibility for the in-patients, and lead the multi-disciplinary team. All patients are currently detained under The Mental Health Act, but the unit accepts informal patients, or those under DoLS.
Assume the role of RC, which carries with it the responsibility to ensure that all the necessary documentation (including Section 17 leave, Consent/Treatment, section renewal etc. forms) is correct and up-to-date, that adequate reports are provided for Managers Appeals or Tribunals within the time period laid down in the Code of Practice, and that either she/he attends or ensures adequate representation is available. The appointee will maintain approval as an Approved Clinician and under Section 12 of The MHA 1983 (amended 2007)
Liaise appropriately with the Ministry of Justice regarding those patients who are subject to Restriction Orders, and maintain an adequate system to ensure that the regulations laid down by the Ministry of Justice are adhered to.
Assess a proportion of the patients referred to the all RHSD services in the setting from where they are referred, which may entail travelling to any part of the UK (almost always within Greater Manchester and only in exceptional circumstances outside the region). Assessments will be reported back to the multi-disciplinary referrals meeting for discussion, before a final decision is conveyed to the referrer.
Regularly assess the clinical state of the inpatients, and be involved in psychological and/or family-based therapies, depending on the appointees training and interests.
Attend regular detailed Care Programme Approach meetings to review progress to date and set longer term goals, in consultation with family/carers and Care Coordinators
Attend weekly Clinical Team Meetings, and contribute to the multi-disciplinary review of the patients. The consultant will normally chair this meeting. The aim is to review progress and to set short-term goals in keeping with the longer term goals set by the CPA review.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
Desirable
- Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
- Additional clinical qualifications.
- Endorsement in Rehabilitation Psychiatry
- MRCPsych OR MRCPsych equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
Eligibility
Essential
- Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
- Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months.
- Approved Clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
- Approved under S12 OR able to achieve with 3 months of appointment
- Able to undertake the role as described (with reasonable adjustments made if required)
Desirable
- In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice
Transport
Essential
- Holds and will use valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative.
Clinical Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Excellence in working extensively in multi-disciplinary teams at ST4-6 or consultant level.
- Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
- Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
- Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
- Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others
- Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA
Desirable
- Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
- Experience in PICU/Rehabilitation/Forensic Psychiatry
Academic Skills & Lifelong Learning
Essential
- Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
- Participated in continuous professional development
- Able to use and appraise clinical evidence.
- Has actively participated in clinical audit
Desirable
- Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post
- Reflected on purpose of CPD undertaken
- Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation.
- Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations and publications.
- Has led clinical audits leading to service change
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
Desirable
- Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
- Additional clinical qualifications.
- Endorsement in Rehabilitation Psychiatry
- MRCPsych OR MRCPsych equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
Eligibility
Essential
- Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
- Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months.
- Approved Clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
- Approved under S12 OR able to achieve with 3 months of appointment
- Able to undertake the role as described (with reasonable adjustments made if required)
Desirable
- In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice
Transport
Essential
- Holds and will use valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative.
Clinical Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Excellence in working extensively in multi-disciplinary teams at ST4-6 or consultant level.
- Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
- Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
- Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
- Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others
- Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA
Desirable
- Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
- Experience in PICU/Rehabilitation/Forensic Psychiatry
Academic Skills & Lifelong Learning
Essential
- Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
- Participated in continuous professional development
- Able to use and appraise clinical evidence.
- Has actively participated in clinical audit
Desirable
- Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post
- Reflected on purpose of CPD undertaken
- Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation.
- Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations and publications.
- Has led clinical audits leading to service change
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
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).
