Consultant Psychiatrist Older Adults - North CMHT

Job description

Job responsibilities

You willbe required to assess and co-ordinate the care of these patients including any medico-legal issues. It would be helpful if you were familiar withRiO but training can be given.

Person Specification

Scoring

Essential

• Full GMC registration with a licence to practice.
• MRCPsych or equivalent Eligible for approval under Section 12(2) of the Mental Health Act (1983) and Approved Clinician status.
• Obtained inclusion on the Specialist Register; or within six months of the award of a Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training (CCST) in General Adult Psychiatry; or eligible for inclusion on the Specialist Register.
• Commitment to personal programme of Continuing Professional Development.
• Experience of assessing and treating patients with rare dementias in acute and community psychiatry settings.
• Experience of providing psychological and/or social interventions.
• Evidence of effective multi-disciplinary team involvement.
• Experience of teaching and training at an undergraduate/postgraduate level.
• Evidence of effective medical leadership or potential for this.
• Commitment to clinical audit within multi-disciplinary team.
• High quality assessment skills which incorporate a comprehensive biopsycho-social understanding.
• Ability to manage own time, workload and prioritise clinical work.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to work creatively within multi-disciplinary team.
• Willingness to be involved in management of service.
• Able to participate in Consultant on-call rota.
• Able to travel.

Desirable

• Additional qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or another relevant field.
• Approved under Section 12(2) of the Mental Health Act and Approved Clinician status.
• Broad clinical training including both inpatient and community service.
• 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.
• Completed clinically relevant audit projects.
• Able to communicate in a second language.

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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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

Reservoir Court

Erdington

Birmingham

B23 6DJ

Employer's website

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