Job summary
We are seeking to recruit a motivated Consultant Psychiatrist to join a mature multi-disciplinary Psychiatric Liaison team in the Good Hope Hospital, Birmingham to provide senior medical input and leadership. Good Hope Hospital (GHH) is a General Hospital (about 300 patient base) in Birmingham under the University Hospitals Birmingham (UHB). The Psychiatric Liaison service itself is provided by the Birmingham & Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust (BSMHFT).
You will provide senior medical input and leadership to the GHH Liaison Psychiatry team and be accountable for supporting the provision of psychiatric services through the comprehensive assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and discharge planning of patients.
You will be responsible for establishing positive communication channels with colleagues from the general hospital and other mental health services, including contributing to the medical teaching programme at GHH. You will be innovative and help to develop services to enhance mental health care amongst patients with physical health problems and be responsible for maintaining the highest standards of clinical governance.
BSMHFT is one of the largest mental health Foundation Trusts in the country, providing mental health services to a culturally and socially-diverse population within Birmingham and Solihull.
Main duties of the job
As part of the job role, you will assess and review patients referred from the GHH Emergency Department or wards to the Psychiatric Liaison team or advise and supervise assessments by other clinicians within your team in a timely manner. You will be responsible for providing ongoing care to patients allocated to you, and hold the responsibility as Responsible Clinician where appropriate.
You will be expected to work as part of the wider medical team across the service for mutual cover arrangements and to contribute to the general adult consultant on-call rota.
For further details please see the detailed Job Description.
About us
This is an opportunity to join one of the largest providers of mental health services in the country, serving a culturally and socially-diverse population within Birmingham and Solihull. The Trust operates out of more than 40 sites, serves a culturally and socially diverse population of 1.3 million, has an income of more than £240million and a dedicated workforce of around 4,000 staff. A wide range of local and regional services and partnerships covering inpatient, community, and specialist mental healthcare as well as medium secure care make it one of the most innovative and complex mental health foundation trusts in the country.
Liaison Psychiatry services across the city are delivered through partnership working with our local acute care hospital trusts and have developed from an innovative service that was pioneered by BSMHFT in 2009. The Birmingham model has at its heart, the focus on improving quality of care, to drive down lengths of stay, and to reduce readmission rates across the whole spectrum of mental health co-morbidities in the acute hospital.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the accompanying job description for full details of the roles and responsibilities of this post.
If you have any questions or would like to arrange to visit the service, please contact Dr Shrikaanth Krishnamurthy, Consultant Psychiatrist/Clinical Director for Urgent Care in Psychiatry via his PA (Nerinder Mal) on 0121 301 2318.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the accompanying job description for full details of the roles and responsibilities of this post.
If you have any questions or would like to arrange to visit the service, please contact Dr Shrikaanth Krishnamurthy, Consultant Psychiatrist/Clinical Director for Urgent Care in Psychiatry via his PA (Nerinder Mal) on 0121 301 2318.
Person Specification
Interview
Essential
- Full GMC registration
- MRC psych or equivalent
- On the Specialist register for General/ Old Age Psychiatry or eligible for inclusion within 6 months of gaining CCT
- Approved under Section 12(2) of the Mental Health Act (1983)
- Eligibility for Approved Clinician status
- Comprehensive training in Liaison Psychiatry leading to Endorsement or eligibility of that or equivalent
- High standards and knowledge in General/ Old Age Psychiatry
- Evidence of working in a liaison psychiatry service
- Demonstrates enthusiasm for and commitment to developing liaison psychiatry services
- Demonstrate the ability to treat service users with respect and dignity, adopting a culturally sensitive approach
- Commitment to clinical audit within multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of teaching and training at an undergraduate/postgraduate level
- Experience in research, publications, grants and clinical trials
- Evidence of effective leadership or potential for this
- Excellent communication skills.
- Ability to work creatively within multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to be involved in service management and development
- Able to participate in Consultant on-call rota.
- Ability to provide own transport
Desirable
- Additional post registration qualification
- Additional training/experience in a range of liaison psychiatry services
- Additional experience of Substance Misuse
- Additional experience of Older adult Psychiatry
- Experience in a providing clinical services to a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic population
- Experience in psychological therapies and working within a psychological framework
- Experience of service planning and development
- Management experience or training.
- Completed clinically relevant audit projects
- Evidence of organisation of structured teaching programmes in medical education
- Evidence of formal training/qualifications in medical education
- Evidence of recent attendance at an accredited Train the Trainer course
- Evidence for excellent inter-personal skills.
- Evidence of service development and delivery informed by service user engagement
Person Specification
Interview
Essential
- Full GMC registration
- MRC psych or equivalent
- On the Specialist register for General/ Old Age Psychiatry or eligible for inclusion within 6 months of gaining CCT
- Approved under Section 12(2) of the Mental Health Act (1983)
- Eligibility for Approved Clinician status
- Comprehensive training in Liaison Psychiatry leading to Endorsement or eligibility of that or equivalent
- High standards and knowledge in General/ Old Age Psychiatry
- Evidence of working in a liaison psychiatry service
- Demonstrates enthusiasm for and commitment to developing liaison psychiatry services
- Demonstrate the ability to treat service users with respect and dignity, adopting a culturally sensitive approach
- Commitment to clinical audit within multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of teaching and training at an undergraduate/postgraduate level
- Experience in research, publications, grants and clinical trials
- Evidence of effective leadership or potential for this
- Excellent communication skills.
- Ability to work creatively within multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to be involved in service management and development
- Able to participate in Consultant on-call rota.
- Ability to provide own transport
Desirable
- Additional post registration qualification
- Additional training/experience in a range of liaison psychiatry services
- Additional experience of Substance Misuse
- Additional experience of Older adult Psychiatry
- Experience in a providing clinical services to a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic population
- Experience in psychological therapies and working within a psychological framework
- Experience of service planning and development
- Management experience or training.
- Completed clinically relevant audit projects
- Evidence of organisation of structured teaching programmes in medical education
- Evidence of formal training/qualifications in medical education
- Evidence of recent attendance at an accredited Train the Trainer course
- Evidence for excellent inter-personal skills.
- Evidence of service development and delivery informed by service user engagement
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
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).
