Speciality Doctor Liaison Psychiatry

Job description

Job responsibilities

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to make a full time appointment for a consultant psychiatrist to work in the well-established Mental Health Liaison Team based at Fairfield Hospital Bury. This is a substantive appointment. The appointee will have a lead role in consolidating the developments that have occurred within this service recently helping the service continue to develop in order to meet the Core 24 standards defined by the Department of Health.

This is a rewarding and exciting post within a highly supportive environment and you will be working within a dynamic and responsive team.

You will be welcomed and supported in developing your skills and contributions to the borough, the wider organisation and beyond.

Key Responsibilities of the Post:

These include clinical, liaison, educational, managerial and service evaluation roles. Clinical work will include assessment and interventions with patients in the Acute Trust and involve working with an expanding multidisciplinary liaison mental health team. The team will promote the development of skills in this area within the Acute Trust and pathway development

Person Specification

EDUCATION / QUALIFICATIONS

Essential

• MBChB or equivalent.
• Section 12 Approval or a willingness to seek approval.

Desirable

• MRCPsych or equivalent
• Registered as completed Higher Training with the Royal College of Psychiatrists
• Progress towards additional Post Graduate Degree, such as MSc. or MD.

SKILLS / KNOWLEDGE

Essential

• Good Interpersonal and team working skills
• Leadership skills
• Knowledge of relevant requirements and legislation such as the Mental Health Act, Care Programme Approach etc

Desirable

• An additional area of relevant special interest e.g. ECT
• Actively involved in continuing professional development

EXPERIENCE

Essential

• A minimum of 4 years post graduate experience, at CT, ST or Staff Grade level
• Experience relevant to working Age Psychiatry
• Experience of teaching and training

Desirable

• Experience of management
• Experience of service development and planning.
• Worked for a total of 10 years since primary qualification (which is acceptable by GMC for full/limited or temporary registration)

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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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).

Employer details

Employer name

Pennine Care NHS FT

Address

Bury Fairfield hospital

Bury

BL9 7TD

Employer's website

https://www.penninecare.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)