Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to work in a well-established CTT with several exciting opportunities in the region. This is a new post that has been created to manage a retirement gap in the service to support the West Northumberland Adult Community Treatment Team (Psychosis/Non Psychosis)
You will join a skilled and well-established adult community multi-disciplinary team which provides assessment and treatment for patients experiencing a wide range of mental health problems. The multi-disciplinary workforce includes doctors, pharmacists, non-medical prescriber (NMPs), community psychiatric nurses (CPNs), occupational therapists (OTs), psychologists, and support workers (SWs). You will work with Dr Valerica Gherasim, Consultant Psychiatrist who will provide clinical supervision for this post.
As a medical member in the service, you will typically provide outpatient reviews of new and current patients. You will also provide support and consultative advice to the clinicians in the service and support to junior doctors as well as visiting medical students on an ad-hoc basis. Your role will involve liaison with GP' and other multi-agency staff.
Please note we can not sponsor GMC for this role.
Please note this vacancy will close once sufficient applications have been received.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder is expected to:
- Participate in the engagement, assessment, diagnosis and formulation of patients referred to the CTT.
- Support the medical workforce on the west CTT
- Be committed to delivering excellence in clinical care,
- Work effectively with the multidisciplinary community team and in-patient teams.
- Promote the safety and well-being of the patients we serve.
- To respect the rights and the dignity of patients.
- To consider the individual and cultural needs of patients and
- To work with families and carers in the best interest of the patient (in line with the Trust Carers' Charter).
Workload:
The post holder will form part of the joint Clinical and Management Leadership team and provide assessment, treatment and support to the MDT which holds a current total caseload of 576.
The post holder will have a caseload around 90-100 including 31 patients as lead professional. There are plans to decrease the number of lead professional cases.
There are about 8 new assessments to the team weekly (across Psychosis and Non-Psychosis Pathway) across the locality and post holder will have one slot weekly for assessment done jointly with a community practitioner.
The post holder would be expected to have 4 clinics per week with slots for follow up and urgent patient reviews. Clinical activity also will include weekly MDT Triage Meeting and weekly Post-assessment Feedback Meeting.
About us
Why us?
- Up to £8k relocation package
- 30 days study leave (every 3 years)
- Flexible working opportunities created with you involved in your job plan
- Remote working available as suits service needs
- Dedicated and protected SPA time
- Focus on creating a healthy workforce by investing heavily in health and wellbeing accessible support including emotional, physical, social, psychological financial and career well being
- Teaching and research opportunities available
- Stimulating CPD sessions and programs including mentoring, medical leadership, and coaching
- Teaching opportunities in our brand-new state of the art Medical Education Centre
- Employee Excellence awards
- Plus, lots more employee benefits including discounts. Find out more at www.thriveatcntw.co.uk
As an added bonus, the Trust is located in the Northeast of England and Cumbria which is an area of outstanding natural beauty, containing national parks, ancient heritage sites and major cities supported by excellent national and international transport links. The area is predominantly rural and contains the Lake District National Park which is considered one of England's finest areas of natural beauty.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details, including main roles and responsibilities of the role.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
- MBBS (or equivalent)
- Registration with the GMC (or eligible to become registered) with a licence to practice
Desirable
- MRCPsych or equivalent qualification
- Postgraduate qualifications in a relevant field
- Has undergone training in educational supervision
- Has undergone training in appraisal
- Approved under Section 12(2) of the Mental Health Act 1983
- Approved Clinician Status
Knowledge
Essential
- Up to date knowledge in the field of psychiatry
Desirable
- Awareness of current issues and controversies in service provision, mental health policy and legislation
Experience
Essential
- Minimum of 4 years full-time postgraduate training including 2 years work experience in psychiatry
- Experience of multidisciplinary team working
- Wide clinical experience in psychiatry in different clinical settings
Desirable
- Experience in multi-agency work especially with service user, carer and voluntary agencies
- Experience in service management or development
- Experience of clinical audit
Skills
Essential
- High level of clinical skills
- Able to work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Proven competence in diagnosis and management of psychiatric disorders
- Excellent communication skills
- Good teaching skills
- Ability to work in a time efficient manner
Desirable
- Established record of clinical leadership
- Established ability as a clinical teacher
- Training in specific and relevant treatment skills eg a brief form of psychological therapy
Personal Characteristics
Essential
- Able to sustain self and support others
- Trustworthiness, maturity, openness and flexibility
Desirable
- Able to meet the mobility requirements of the post
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
Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and wear (CNTW) NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Fairnington Centre
Hexham
NE46 1QJ
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.cntw.nhs.uk/careers/ (Opens in a new tab)
