Full-time consultant psychiatrist post giving senior medical input and clinical leadership to the Oxfordshire Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team, run by Oxford Health NHS Trust. The holder carries responsibility for their own patients and those seen by supervised medical staff, covering working-age adults and older adults at risk of mental health crisis. Work centres on short home treatment packages of two to six weeks, gatekeeping admissions and enabling early discharge. Consultant hours are Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm, with out-of-hours cover by duty and on-call rotas.
What the job involves
- Provide senior medical input and clinical leadership to the CRHTT
- Take responsibility for own patients and those seen by supervised medical staff
- Diagnose, manage and treat working-age adults and older adults at risk of mental health crisis
- Deliver crisis response through emergency assessments and reviews
- Deliver intensive home treatment with multiple daily visits alongside specialist psychosocial intervention
- Gatekeep admissions to psychiatric beds
- Enable early discharge from psychiatric admission
- Work within the multidisciplinary team to deliver patient care through home treatment
- Work closely with inpatient wards, community teams, Inpatient Social Work and the Patient Flow Transformation lead
- Work with system partners including Thames Valley Police, South Central Ambulance Service, OMHP organisations, Oxford University Hospitals and primary care
- Provide assessment, diagnosis and brief evidence-based psychosocial interventions
Qualifications
- Medical degree
Registration & licences
- Full GMC registration
- Eligible for inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register, or Specialist Registrar within 6 months of CCT at interview
- Section 12 approval (Mental Health Act) as approved clinician, or willing to apply once in post
Experience
- Clinical work in CRHT at SpR, SAS/specialist or consultant level within the last 3 years
Skills & knowledge
- Excellent clinical skills in relevant psychiatric specialty
Nice to have
- MSc or higher degree
- Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, or equivalent
- Experience of service development and introducing new mental health services
- Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to the post
- Experience of consultant-level work in an inpatient environment or in older adult services
What’s offered
- 33 days annual leave pro rata, rising to 35 days after seven years' service
- Protected SPA time within job plan
- Relocation allowance of up to £8,000 for external applicants, subject to eligibility
- Competitive pension scheme
- Lease car scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Tailored individual and Trust-wide learning and development, including leadership courses
- Employee Assistance Programme
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