A full-time Consultant Psychiatrist post in the community Living Well service in Oldham, run by Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust. The consultant gives expert advice to GPs on patients not open to secondary mental health services, covering medication, signposting and diagnosis, and provides clinical leadership to a multidisciplinary team in a new service. The Monday-to-Friday service carries low-frequency on-call (one in 31) and a teaching and service development remit. Applicants must be on the GMC Specialist Register or within six months of CCT in General Adult Psychiatry at interview.
What the job involves
- Give expert advice to GPs on patients not currently open to secondary mental health services
- Advise on medication, signposting to other services and specialties, and clinical management, including diagnostic advice
- Provide clinical leadership to the multidisciplinary Living Well team
- Help develop and expand the team, train new team members and champion the service with stakeholders
- Provide high-quality care for adults with severe and enduring mental health problems in the community
- Work closely with other teams and consultants to keep care coherent across Oldham
- Support service development with other consultants, attending local and divisional development meetings
- Contribute to the teaching of medical and nursing staff
- Contribute to service redesign models
- Contribute to local service user and carer groups
What’s required
Qualifications
- MB BS or equivalent medical qualification
Registration & licences
- Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at appointment
- On the GMC Specialist Register, eligible for inclusion, or within six months of CCT
- Approved clinician status, or able to achieve it within 3 months of appointment
- Section 12 approval under the MHA, or able to achieve it within 3 months of appointment
Experience
- Participation in continuing professional development
- Participation in research or service evaluation
- Active participation in clinical audit
Skills & knowledge
- Excellent knowledge of the specialty
- Excellent clinical skills using a bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
- Excellent oral and written communication in English
- Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
- Makes evidence-based decisions, including drawing on the contribution of others
- Able to meet duties under the MHA and MCA
Other
- Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
- Able to use and appraise clinical evidence
Nice to have
- Higher degree or qualification in medical education, clinical research or management
- MRCPsych or equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists, and additional clinical qualifications
- In good standing with the GMC, with no warnings or conditions on practice
- Wide specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to the post, within the NHS or a comparable service
- Planning and delivering undergraduate and postgraduate teaching relevant to the post
- Experience in clinical research and/or service evaluation
- Has led clinical audits leading to service change, with evidence of achievement such as awards, presentations or publications
- Reflected on the purpose of CPD undertaken
What’s offered
- Ample opportunities for professional development
- Opportunities for additional paid sessions (PAs) for extra work, subject to negotiation
- Opportunity to contribute to service redesign and development
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
