This newly created consultant psychiatrist post covers Dee ward, a female acute adult inpatient ward at Clock View Hospital. The work centres on assessing and treating 17 patients, leading ward and multidisciplinary reviews, and acting as responsible clinician under the Mental Health Act. It also brings medical leadership of the inpatient team, supervision of junior doctors and tribunal reporting. Section 12(2) approval is needed, or must be achieved within three months of appointment.
What the job involves
- Responsibility for 17 patients on Dee ward
- Carry out comprehensive psychiatric assessments and provide treatment for inpatients
- Support ward-based staff to manage psychiatric emergencies
- Conduct patient reviews and lead multidisciplinary ward reviews, CPA reviews and multi-professional meetings
- Act as responsible clinician under the Mental Health Act 1983 (amended 2007) and follow the code of practice
- Give verbal and written evidence to Mental Health Review Tribunals and hospital managers' hearings
- Carry out comprehensive risk assessments and take part in risk management processes, including H-RAMM and MAPPA meetings
- Provide medical leadership to the inpatient team and lead a team focused on continuous improvement and learning
- Liaise with families, carers, the criminal justice system and other stakeholders about patients
- Maintain effective communication with other services, including inpatient and community mental health teams and primary care
- Provide clinical and educational supervision to junior colleagues
- Take part in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and the training of other disciplines
Qualifications
- MB BS or equivalent medical qualification
Registration & licences
- Full GMC registration with a licence to practise at the time of appointment
- Included on the GMC Specialist Register, or within six months
- Approved clinician status, or able to achieve it within three months of appointment
- Section 12(2) MHA approval, or able to achieve it within three months of appointment
Experience
- Participation in research or service evaluation
- Participation in continuous professional development
Skills & knowledge
- Excellent knowledge of the specialty
- Excellent clinical skills using a bio-psycho-social approach and wide medical knowledge
- Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
- Able to use and appraise clinical evidence and make evidence-based decisions, including with input from others
- Able to meet duties under the MHA and MCA
- Excellent oral and written communication in English
Checks & eligibility
- Holds and will use a valid UK driving licence, or provides evidence of a proposed alternative
Other
- Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
- Able to lead a team and show shared leadership and collaborative working to deliver improvement
Nice to have
- Higher degree or qualification in medical education, clinical research or management
- MRCPsych
- Additional clinical qualifications
- In good standing with the GMC, with no warnings or conditions on practice
- Wide specialist and sub-specialist experience within the NHS or a comparable service
- Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching relevant to the post
- Experience in clinical research or service evaluation, with awards or prizes for education, research, audit or service improvement
- Has led clinical audits that changed services or improved patient outcomes
What’s offered
- Flexible working requests considered for all roles
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
