At a Glance
- Tasks: Join our team to provide expert mental health care and support for young people.
- Company: Dorset HealthCare, a forward-thinking NHS Trust with a focus on community health.
- Benefits: Generous salary, relocation package, flexible working, and study leave opportunities.
- Other info: Join a diverse team dedicated to excellence and compassion in mental health care.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in people's lives while developing your career in a supportive environment.
- Qualifications: Must be a qualified psychiatrist with experience in General Adult Psychiatry.
The predicted salary is between 113565 - 150569 £ per year.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full-time General Adult Consultant Psychiatrist to join our Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) and At-Risk Mental State (ARMS) Services across Dorset. As the Consultant Psychiatrist, you will provide clinical expertise in assessment and management of a broad range of mental health conditions.
In the EIP team, you'll be involved in new patient assessments, medical reviews, CPA reviews, mental health act assessments, mental health review tribunals and making decisions about discharging patients. This is often in the home setting. You will have excellent communication, organisational, and management skills. It is a Pan Dorset service, with a multidisciplinary model of team working.
Referrals can arise from the community, CMHT, primary care and inpatient services. You'll be expected to manage the interface between general adult community teams and inpatient services, including around differing opinion and discharge of patients. You will liaise closely between EIP and ARMS service and primary care. The age range for EIP service is 14-65 and 14-35 for ARMS.
The EIP team are based in the Hillcrest Unit in Bournemouth. The ARMS service is primarily a psychologically led service, with the Consultant Psychiatrist providing medical oversight to the team.
We offer a generous relocation package of up to £10,000 if relocating to Dorset. In addition, we offer a commitment to flexible working, career development opportunities and our excellent NHS benefits.
You will be offered the opportunity to participate in the county-wide senior on-call rota, which attracts a 3% on-call availability supplement plus 0.75 APA per week. The on-call frequency is approximately 1 in 21. The post also attracts 10 days per year of study leave and an annual study leave budget of up to £1,000.
You will have access to dedicated time from the administrative team to facilitate the smooth running of outpatient clinics and timely written communication with clinicians, referrers and patients.
At Dorset HealthCare we're on a mission to empower people to make the most of their lives through our outstanding, joined-up healthcare services. We're a dynamic, forward-looking Trust, running 12 community hospitals, specialist inpatient facilities and a wide range of integrated community and mental health services for a population of almost 800,000 people.
Our 7,000-strong workforce is at the heart of what we do and our success is a testament to our brilliant people. We're all about building a workplace for the future, we believe in equal opportunities and we celebrate diversity. We're an inclusive workplace, where everyone is welcome, everyone can be authentic, and we are all encouraged to be the best version of ourselves.
Working with us you'll be part of a strong team, challenge yourself, build a career, and teach us what we don't know. And you'll be working towards our vision to be better every day through excellence, compassion and expertise in all we do.
For the main duties and responsibilities for this role please read the attached job description and person specification. When completing your application please ensure your supporting statement reflects the criteria set out in these documents by showing how your experience and skills apply to this post.
We understand that AI can be a useful tool when completing your application. However, we are seeing an increasing over-reliance of AI tools, which can negatively affect your application as it reduces a candidate's individuality, and makes it difficult for us to gain a clear and authentic understanding of your experience, skills, and in turn your suitability for the role. All submissions must be truthful and if you do use AI, it should only be used to enhance your application and not create your supporting statement in its entirety.
As part of our vision to have a skilled, diverse and caring workforce, Dorset HealthCare offers support for people getting into work. We offer an employability service to support individuals with application writing, interview skills and other employment support.
Qualifications/Training:
- General medical Qualification e.g. MBBS, or equivalent and hold a Licence to Practise.
- On Specialist Register in General Adult Psychiatry (open to Specialist Register on other Psychiatric specialities).
- Must be in possession or within 6 months of possession of a CCT in Psychiatry or on Specialist Register in Psychiatry.
- Section 12(2) approval and Responsible Clinician approval or ability to obtain approval before starting post.
Clinical Skills, Knowledge & Experience:
- Demonstrable experience in General Adult Psychiatry at senior/specialist registrar level.
- 3 years core training in psychiatry or equivalent.
- Experience of work in the NHS for at least two years.
Management Skills:
- Understand the importance of working with managers in the interest of good patient care.
- Able to prioritise work as needed.
- Evidence of management/Leadership skills training.
- To understand principles of multi-disciplinary team working.
Leadership Skills:
- Understand principles of leadership and give examples of leadership in own practice.
- Able to provide clinical leadership to a multi-disciplinary team.
- To be able to prioritise work to meet competing clinical demands.
Clinical Governance:
- To understand and actively support the principles of Clinical Governance including audit and outcome measures.
- To demonstrate a good understanding of continuing professional development needs and revalidation.
Self Awareness:
- To have an understanding of own strengths and weaknesses and how these attributes affect professional functioning.
Supervision of Junior Medical Staff:
- Knowledge of requirements for supervision and appraisal of junior medical staff.
Research and Audit:
- Experience of carrying out an audit project.
- Experience or involvement in a research project and publication.
- Ability to supervise junior medical staff and/or other staff from the MDT to undertake research projects.
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 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.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.
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