Consultant Psychiatrist - Inpatient Recovery Units (Rehabilitation)

We are excited to be able to advertise a full-time Consultant Psychiatrist to provide clinical leadership to the Inpatient Recovery Units based in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. This is a post vacated by a retiring Consultant Psychiatrist. Honeybourne Recovery Unit (10 beds) and Laurel House Recovery Unit (13 beds) are stand-alone facilities located on the St Paul's campus in Cheltenham. The majority of patients will have a psychotic illness as the primary diagnoses and range of stays between 6 to 18 months. The job will entail acting as the responsible clinician to the patients. This role is offered on a permanent basis. The hours are 10 sessions per week (1 in 20 on-call).

Main duties of the job

• The main duties of the job include the clinical care of patients.
• Working with the MDT to devise comprehensive clinical management plan for the rehabilitation of the patients within the service.
• The role also includes managerial aspects such as supervision of specialty doctor and any trainees.

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
• 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
• 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

Person Specification

• QUALIFICATIONS AND TRAINING
• Essential: Basic Medical Qualification GMC registered. On GMC Specialist Register, or eligible for such inclusion. Specialist Registrars within 6 months of their CCT date at the time of interview. Approved Clinician/S12 approval or eligibility for approval.
• Desirable: MRCPsych. Training or experience in inpatients, crisis, AOT and/or substance misuse psychiatry.
• WORK EXPERIENCE
• Essential: Higher specialist training or extensive UK experience in acute psychiatry.
• Desirable: Experience of 'Recovery' working at consultant or advance trainee level.
• SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
• Essential: Understanding of wider NHS context and recent policy developments.
• Desirable: Management, Audit, Research or Business experience.
• PERSONAL SKILLS AND QUALITIES
• Essential: Effective leadership, Good interpersonal skills, Commitment to supervising junior staff.
• Desirable: Calm but dynamic, Supportive, Training in work-based placed assessments.
• MOTIVATION
• Essential: Willingness to accept lead clinician and management responsibilities for parts of the service.
• Desirable: Ambitions to take part in the wider activities of the consultant role e.g. management, Education, Governance, research.
• OTHER RELEVANT FACTORS
• Essential: Commitment to high quality service, full driving licence or able to make own transport.
• Desirable: To start as soon as possible.

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.