Consultant Psychiatrist in Adult Mental Health Community in Durham

The post is a replacement 10 PA post. Sedgefield treatment and intervention team is based in Spennymoor. The Team provides secondary mental health service input for all mental health conditions for the working age adult population. The team receives referrals mostly from GP surgeries via the central Access team and other sources such as Crisis team, Liaison Psychiatry, and wards. The team provides specialist support to patients with significant mental health difficulties such as mood disorders, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, personality disorder, and adult neurodevelopmental conditions such as ADHD and Autism. The Team is able to obtain expert advice from Trust-wide specialist services which include an ADHD service, the Autism Spectrum Assessment Team, and the eating disorder service. The Crisis Team manages access to inpatient services.

The post-holder will develop effective working relationships with members of the Crisis Team and Inpatient Team by closely liaising with these services when patients are referred to the crisis team or needing alternatives to hospital beds. Patients who need to be in hospital will be managed by the inpatient team. The post holder will join a dedicated multidisciplinary team and contribute to compassionate and evidence-based patient care and service improvement. Situated within Spennymoor, County Durham, working into Sedgefield North PCN which consists of 10 GP Practice groups in the area.

Main duties of the job:

• The Consultant will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and provide clinical expertise for both new and ongoing cases, particularly issues around psychopharmacology, diagnosis, and risk assessments including liaison with the local GPs and inpatient units.
• All referrals for inpatients will be seen initially by the Crisis Team who are based nearby. West Park Hospital is the receiving mental health inpatient unit.
• Most outpatient work will be at Enterprise House with some clinics based at the Pioneering Care Centre in Newton Aycliffe. However, there is also an expectation to do home visits and outreach as necessary.
• The consultant is expected to liaise with inpatient teams for instance formulation meetings and transfer of care meetings.

About us:

We are one of the largest specialist mental health and learning disabilities trusts in the country, with an annual income of £320m and a workforce of some 6,700 staff operating from around 100 sites in Durham, Teesside, North Yorkshire, and York and Selby. We provide a range of inpatient and community services to 2 million people living in County Durham, the Tees Valley, Scarborough, Whitby, Ryedale, Harrogate, Hambleton, and Richmondshire. We also provide additional specialist services to other parts of Northern England.

We deliver our services by working in partnership with eight local authorities and clinical commissioning groups, a wide range of voluntary organisations, as well as service users, their carers, and the public. Psychiatrists are essential contributors to our mental health teams. Service users expect and are justified to expect collaborative relationships with dedicated psychiatrists who work consistently as part of effective services.

The Medical Directorate and Medical Development Team are striving to improve medical workforce recruitment and retention in a variety of ways and the cornerstone of these efforts is The TEWV Charter for the Medical Workforce.

Person Specification:

• Leadership: Essential: Reflects on own performance and behaviour, seeking and acting on feedback. Able to influence and persuade to improve services. Able to take on leadership role in multidisciplinary team. Knowledge of structure and management of the NHS and the Trust. Shows commitment to quality through knowledge of quality improvement and lean thinking methodology or able to achieve within one year of appointment. Able to adapt to and lead service change.
• Desirable: Able to take on a leadership role outside the multidisciplinary team. Understanding of NHS & wider health economy and its implications for the work of the Trust. Trained to standard equivalent to level 2 in TEWV Trust Quality improvement system.
• Academic Skills & Lifelong Learning: Essential: Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training. Participated in continuous professional development. Participated in research or service evaluation. Able to use and appraise clinical evidence. Has actively participated in clinical audit.
• Desirable: Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post. Reflected on purpose of CPD undertaken. Experienced in clinical research and/or service evaluation. Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit, and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations, and publications. Has led clinical audits leading to service change.
• Qualifications: Essential: MB BS or equivalent medical qualification. Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment. Eligible for inclusion in the Specialist Register or within 6 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.
• Desirable: Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research, or management. MRCPsych or equivalent postgraduate qualification. Included on the GMC Specialist Register in the relevant specialty. In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice.
• Clinical Knowledge & Skills: Essential: Excellent knowledge in specialty. Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge. Excellent oral and written communication skills in English. Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty. Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others. Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA.
• Desirable: Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service.
• Experience: Essential: Describe your clinical experience relevant to this job role.
• Desirable: Any other experience that may be applicable.

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.