This full-time, substantive consultant psychiatrist post sits in the newly formed North East Oxfordshire adult mental health team at the Julier Centre, Oxford Health NHS Trust. The role centres on senior clinical leadership, Mental Health Act assessments and supervising trainees, while shaping pathways across secondary and primary care. It serves adults of working age with severe and enduring illness, carrying a caseload of around 200 patients and three clinics a week. Applicants need GMC Specialist Register eligibility and Section 12 approval, or willingness to apply once in post.
What the job involves
- Provide senior medical input and clinical leadership to the team
- Take responsibility for patients you see and for those seen by medical staff you supervise
- Undertake Mental Health Act assessments and responsible clinician duties as required
- Provide direct clinical care, including CPA involvement, weekly MDT ward rounds, family and professionals' meetings and seclusion reviews
- Provide clinical supervision and line management to trainees, the speciality doctor and any senior trainee placed with the team
- Run three clinics a week, with one to two new assessments and 10 to 14 follow-ups weekly
- Work with the team manager, service manager and other consultants to ensure the service functions and develops
- Contribute to referral management with the team manager and leadership team
- Jointly review care plans with care coordinators and attend daily FACT meetings
- Shape local pathways and contribute to service development across secondary care, primary care and community partners
- Provide senior oversight of the wider caseload through MDT discussion, care planning and complex case review
- Practise in line with good clinical practice based on research evidence
Qualifications
- Medical degree
Registration & licences
- Full GMC registration
- Eligibility for the GMC Specialist Register, or SpR within six months of CCT at interview
- Eligibility for Section 12 approval / Approved Clinician status, or willingness to apply once in post
Experience
- Clinical work with adults of working age at SpR, SAS/specialist or consultant level within the last three years
Skills & knowledge
- Excellent working knowledge and experience of applying the Mental Health Act
- Appreciation of ethnic minority issues and commitment to culturally sensitive practice
- Understanding of social factors relevant to psychiatry
Nice to have
- MSc or higher degree
- Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, or equivalent qualification
- Experience of service development and introducing new mental health services
- Experience of working at consultant level in a community environment
What’s offered
- 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, rising to 35 days with continuous service
- Competitive pension scheme
- Lease car scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- NHS discount across a range of shops, restaurants and retailers
- Access to individual and Trust-wide learning and development
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Staff accommodation (waiting lists apply)
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Contact Details:
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