Consultant in Inpatient General Adult Psychiatry

Job summary

Consultant General Adult Psychiatrist,

Sherbourne Ward, Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)

Based at the Caludon Centre, Coventry

1 x Post (10 PAs)

(£88,364 - £119,113 per annum)

This is a replacement post as an inpatient consultant in General Adult Psychiatry. The appointee will have the clinical responsibility for the care of male inpatients on the Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) comprising of 11 beds.

We believe that high quality Consultant appointments are key to providing quality services and ensuring senior clinical leadership. We are looking for self-motivated, enthusiastic, forward thinking individuals who can work within the Trust and with partners to develop a dynamic, responsive, and patient centred service.

Main duties of the job

For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.

The postholder will be providing clinical leadership for the MDT on the ward, leading ward and management rounds and undertaking relevant reviews of inpatients, supporting the bed management processes, and maintaining high quality care for the patients on the ward. They will actively support an effective interface with other wards, Crisis and Home treatment teams and the community teams when relevant, as well as other stakeholders such as in-reach mental health services in prison

This is a strategically important post, as it enables dedicated consultant input into inpatient care and treatment, with the facility for frequent and flexible review of patients and timely discharge in liaison with CRHT and Community IPU's.

The post is based on a 10 PA job plan with 7.5 PAs in Direct Clinical Care and 2.5 PAs in Supporting Professional Activities. Participation in the Consultant Psychiatrist on-call rota is also expected at a frequency of around one in fifteen, with responsibility for both inpatient and community adult and older-adult patients

About us

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust provides a full range of expanding physical, mental health and learning disability services to children, young adults, adults and older adults over many sites across Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull.

Services are provided to a population of over one million people living in Coventry and Warwickshire and also a wider geographical area in some of our specialist services, we see on average around 5,000 patients every day.

Rated good by the CQC, the Trust is an organisation that is continuously improving, and we welcome interest from individuals who want to make a difference.