Consultant Psychiatrist - CMHT, Wiltshire in Devizes

We are seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist to join our Community Mental Health for West Wiltshire and Devizes (WWKD). This post is an existing post, which has become vacant due to the post-holder moving into a new post. The WWKD CMHT covers patients from the CCG of the same name. The area is a mix of small villages and market towns including Devizes, Melksham, Bradford on Avon, Trowbridge, Westbury and Warminster. There are 18 GP practices in the area with a total population of approximately 165,000 of all ages. The team has office bases in Shearwater Lodge in Warminster and Green Lane Hospital Devizes. Community clinic facilities are available on a series of other sites within the catchment area.

Main duties of the job:

• Deliver direct interventions to service users at a level of intensity according to need including those service users who require an assertive approach who are difficult to engage.
• Ongoing assessment, diagnoses (including review and clarification) and treatment of mental and physical health needs.
• Provide Medical input and leadership to the WWKD CMHT with particular responsibility for patients from surgeries in Melksham and Trowbridge.
• Provide advice to members of the Multi-Disciplinary Teams in the WWKD CMHT Team and attend regular Team MDT meetings.
• Assessment and treatment of outpatients in clinics.
• Hold CPA meetings for outpatients.
• Visit patients in their own place of residence if clinically indicated.
• Liaise with other parts of the service and GPs and non-NHS organisations wherever applicable.
• Liaise with the Intensive and Inpatient services as appropriate to facilitate the smooth handover of clients between services.
• Fulfil the Responsible Clinician role with respect to patients subject to Community Treatment Orders.

About us:

We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust), a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care. We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset. Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.

Person Specification:

• Qualifications: MB BS or equivalent medical qualification; Relevant Higher Degree e.g. MD, PHD, MSc or other additional clinical qualifications; MRCPsych OR MRCPsych equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
• Eligibility: Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment; Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months of gaining CCT; Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment; Approved under S12 OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment.
• Experience: Experience of assessing and treating patients in a community setting.
• Personal Skills: Leadership skills and ability to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team; Ability to manage own time, workload and prioritise clinical work; Excellent communication skills, in order to effectively work with patients, carers and staff; Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Clinical Skills: Ability to assess and treat psychiatric problems in Adults of working age and to deal with crisis situations.
• Knowledge: Understanding of the management skills required to function successfully as a Consultant.
• Teaching: Commitment to and experience of undergraduate and postgraduate learning and teaching; Understand principles of teaching.
• Research and Audit: Experience or involvement in a research project and publication; Experience of carrying out an audit project.
• Management: Evidence of management/leadership skills training.

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.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.