A full-time consultant psychiatrist post leading clinical work in the Buckinghamshire Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team, run by Oxford Health NHS Trust from Saffron House. The role covers diagnosis, management and treatment for working-age and older adults at risk of a mental health crisis, delivered through home treatment that supports early discharge from inpatient care. It combines clinical leadership with responsibility for your own patients and those seen by medical staff you supervise, plus daytime and out-of-hours cover. GMC Specialist Register eligibility, or being within six months of CCT, is required.
What the job involves
- Provide senior medical expertise and clinical leadership across the crisis team, overseeing your own patients and those managed by medical staff you supervise
- Lead crisis response, including emergency assessments and reviews
- Deliver direct clinical care and keep care plans under active medical review
- Gate-keep admissions to psychiatric beds
- Enable early discharge from inpatient care through intensive home treatment with multiple visits each day
- Write timely clinical records of assessments, treatment plans, progress and discharges in Trust IT and clinical systems
- Liaise with inpatient wards, community teams and partner agencies to manage patient transitions into and out of the team
- Work with the team manager and senior colleagues on running and developing the service
- Attend directorate and managerial meetings, including the Medical Advisory Committee
- Collect and record clinical data and take part in clinical audits
- Cover daytime rota, annual leave, study leave and sickness with medical colleagues, and contribute to the Buckinghamshire adults of working age out-of-hours rota (1 in 16, including full resident on-call shift cover)
- Maintain your own training and CPD programme, with clinical supervision and CPD peer groups alongside medical colleagues
What’s required
Qualifications
- Medical degree
Registration & licences
- Full GMC registration
- Eligibility for the GMC Specialist Register, or Specialist Registrar within six months of CCT at interview
- Approved Clinician (AC) status and Section 12 MHA approval (applicants in process of gaining AC approval will be considered)
Experience
- Higher specialist training in dual or general adult/older adult psychiatry for at least three years, equivalent overseas training, or relevant previous consultant experience
- Experience of the full range of consultant clinical responsibilities in general adult or older adult psychiatry
- Experience of close collaborative work with social care and other agencies
Skills & knowledge
- Ability to undertake the full range of consultant responsibilities
Nice to have
- Higher degree or equivalent in a relevant medical, psychological or other field, or a postgraduate teaching qualification
- Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, or equivalent
- Sub-specialty or specialist clinical training relevant to the post, particularly crisis and home treatment experience
- Application of evidence-based practice and interest in clinical and policy developments for this care group
- Development of close collaboration with primary care services
- Experience of early intervention in psychosis services and knowledge of prodromal states for psychosis
What’s offered
- 33 days annual leave, rising to 35 days after seven years' seniority
- Protected SPA time within the job plan
- Study leave of up to 30 days over three years, with expenses of £2,700 over three years
- Relocation allowance of up to £8,000 for external applicants, subject to eligibility criteria
- Competitive pension scheme
- Lease car scheme
- Access to tailored individual and Trust-wide learning and development
- NHS discount across a range of shops, restaurants and retailers
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