Consultant in EIP / General Adult Psychiatry

Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide consultant psychiatric and medical care to clients aged 18-65 in the Hastings team of the East Sussex Early Intervention in Psychosis Service.

To provide evidence-based interventions to service users with first episode psychosis and comorbid conditions with a focus on regular reviews/CPA.

To support early intervention practitioners in the production of comprehensive care planning including relapse prevention and crisis management.

To lead the development of local evidence-based interventions for this caseload, in consultation with the multi-disciplinary team.

To optimise the physical health of clients with first episode psychosis.

To support other professionals and GPs with psychopharmacological advice consistent with guidelines developed within the wider service.

To liaise with Primary Care.

To encourage and facilitate family/carer involvement in the delivery of packages of care.

To work as part of the multi-disciplinary team seeking innovative ways of engaging with service users

To liaise with statutory and non-statutory (Probation, Police, Court, Social Services, voluntary organisations/agencies, schools/colleges) to assist in the management of early intervention clients.

To offer training to professional and non-statutory audiences as appropriate.

To participate in the planning and development of Early Intervention Services across Sussex.

To contribute constructively to improving the standards of mental health care within Sussex.

To undertake responsibilities of Approved Clinician status under the Mental Health Act.

To liaise closely with other functional teams within the locality to ensure provision of consistent and appropriate services.

To manage the input of other medical staff and establish and monitor standards including, as a minimum the recording of clinical interventions, case summary and discharge summaries, communications with GPs and attendance at agreed meetings.

To ensure that medical staff in the team have appropriate clinical supervision and training on a regular basis.

To encourage and participate in team developments and training and to provide appropriate clinical leadership.

To work closely with the team and other managers in the Trust.

To participate in the Trust Clinical Governance Programme and to contribute to Clinical Audit within the Trust.

To be a core member of the Early Intervention in Psychosis Local Leadership Team where clinical governance, service development and finance are managed.

The post holder is expected to be CPD registered and to maintain up to date knowledge and expertise.

To adhere to Trust policies, such as clinical and personnel policies of the Trust e.g. Health and Safety at Work and Equal Opportunities and to observe the Trusts responsibilities under the Data Protection Act.

Please note that the Job Description is currently awaiting Royal College approval

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.

Desirable

• Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
• MRCPsych
• Additional clinical qualifications.

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

Desirable

• In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice

CLINICAL SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE

Essential

• Excellent knowledge in specialty
• Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English

Desirable

• Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service

ACADEMIC SKILLS & LIFELONG LEARNING

Essential

• Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
• Ability to work in and lead team
• Participated in research or service evaluation.
• Has actively participated in clinical audit and quality improvement programmes

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.

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

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Bexhill Health Centre

Holliers Hill

Bexhill

TN40 2DZ

Employer's website

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