This consultant psychiatrist post sits within the South Kent Coast Community Mental Health Team, alongside two other consultants. The work centres on clinical leadership, medical input for the team's patients, and leading on referral screening and assessment. It is community-based and flexible, with part-time and job-share applications welcome, and vacancies also open in Dover and Folkestone. Fit depends on GMC registration, Approved Clinician status and S12 approval, which may be achieved within three months of appointment.
What the job involves
- Provide clinical leadership within the South Kent Coast Community Mental Health Team alongside two other consultant colleagues
- Provide medical input as required to patients under the care of the Community Mental Health Team
- Take an active leadership role in screening referrals and assessing new referrals jointly with other team members
- Be actively involved in strengthening relationships with external agencies, including the local CCG
What’s required
Qualifications
- MB BS or equivalent medical qualification
- On the GMC Specialist Register, or within six months of completing CCT in adult psychiatry
Registration & licences
- Full GMC registration with licence to practise
- Approved Clinician status and S12 approval, or both achievable within 3 months of appointment
Experience
- Participation in research or service evaluation
- Active participation in clinical audit and quality improvement programmes
- Participation in continuing professional development
Skills & knowledge
- Excellent knowledge of the specialty
- Excellent clinical skills using a bio-psycho-social perspective, with wide medical knowledge
- Excellent oral and written communication in English
- Managing clinical complexity and uncertainty
- Using and appraising clinical evidence to make decisions, drawing on others' contribution
- Meeting duties under the MHA and MCA
Checks & eligibility
- Valid UK driving licence, or evidence of a proposed alternative
Other
- Delivering undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
- Working in and leading a team, with commitment to shared leadership and collaborative working
Nice to have
- Higher degree or qualification in medical education, clinical research or management, or additional clinical qualifications
- MRCPsych
- Good standing with the GMC, free of warnings and conditions on practice
- Wide specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to the post, in the NHS or a comparable service
- Planning and delivering undergraduate and postgraduate teaching relevant to the post
- Reflection on the purpose of CPD undertaken
- Experience in clinical research and/or service evaluation
- Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement, such as awards, presentations or publications, including leading audits that led to service change
What’s offered
- Recruitment bonus of £20,000, subject to terms
- Relocation allowance of up to £8,000, subject to terms
- Access to the in-house research team and academic opportunities through Kent's medical school
- Generous annual and study leave, a leave banking scheme and the NHS pension scheme
- Flexible working on request
- Learning and development in leadership, education, research and quality improvement
- Free independent counselling service
- Blue Light Card discounts and a car lease scheme
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
