Old Age Consultant Psychiatrist - South CMHT

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please contact the Prof Farooq Khan, Clinical Director Dementia & Frailty & Specialtiesvia email at farooq.khan@nhs.net if you would like to discuss this post further.

Person Specification

Scoring

Essential

• Recognised basic Medical Degree
• MRCPsych or equivalent
• Full GMC Registration and a licence to practise.
• Eligibility for inclusion on the Specialist Register
• CCT in Older Adult Psychiatry (or within 6 months at time of interview) or equivalent
• Eligibility for approval under Section 12 of the Mental Health Act & Approved Clinician status
• Eligible for inclusion on the Specialist Register or within 6 months of gaining CCT
• Experience of teaching and training at an undergraduate/postgraduate level
• Experience of assessing and treating patients with rare dementias in acute & community psychiatric settings
• Experience of providing psychological and/or social interventions.
• Knowledge and evidence of participation in CPD
• Evidence of effective multidisciplinary team involvement.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
• High quality assessment skills which incorporate a comprehensive biopsycho-social understanding
• Ability to manage own time, workload and prioritise clinical work.
• Commitment to clinical audit & quality improvement within multi-disciplinary team.
• Evidence of effective medical leadership or potential for this.
• Excellent leadership and team working capability.
• Ability to work creatively within multi-disciplinary team.
• Ability to be involved in service management and development
• Able to travel within the community

Desirable

• Relevant Higher Degree e.g. MD, PHD, MSc or other additional clinical qualifications
• Section 12 Approval MHA and Approved Clinician status already held
• Broad clinical training including both inpatient and community service
• Organisation of further teaching programmes in medical education or multi professional education
• Ability to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
• Experience in Brief Psychological Therapies
• Broad experience in Risk Management
• Experience of contributing to or completion of a service improvement project.
• Experience of stakeholder engagement in service delivery
• Ability to communicate in a second language.
• Experience in research, publications, grants and clinical trials
• Experience of leading or contributing to service development
• Able to participate in Consultant on-call rota.

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

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Juniper Centre

Alcester Road, Moseley

Birmingham

B13 8LN

Employer's website

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