This 12-month full-time consultant post sits in Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust's Older Age Psychiatry service, on the Rowan and Cedar wards at Parklands House. The work covers inpatient and outpatient care for older people with severe and enduring mental illness, alongside community colleagues. It also takes in dementia diagnosis, family advice and smoothing transfers between community and hospital care. Fit depends on a GMC licence to practise, with Mental Health Act section 12 approval and approved clinician status either held or achievable within three months.
What the job involves
- Provide inpatient and outpatient care for older people with severe and enduring mental health problems
- Diagnose dementia early and support people living with it
- Advise and support family members of people with dementia
- Treat moderate to severe conditions such as depression, bipolar disorder, delirium and severe anxiety
- Work with community colleagues so hospital discharge is followed by prompt community support
- Make transitions between community treatment and hospital care safe and seamless
- Work closely with other teams and consultants to deliver coherent care across Oldham
What’s required
Qualifications
- MB BS or equivalent medical qualification
Registration & licences
- Full GMC registration with licence to practise at appointment
- Included on GMC Specialist Register or within six months
- Approved clinician status or achievable within 3 months
- Section 12 approval under the Mental Health Act or achievable within 3 months
Experience
- Continuous professional development
- Participation in research or service evaluation
- Participation in clinical audit
Skills & knowledge
- Excellent knowledge of the specialty
- Excellent clinical skills using a bio-psycho-social approach and wide medical knowledge
- Excellent spoken and written English
- Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
- Able to meet duties under the MHA and MCA
Checks & eligibility
- Valid UK driving licence or evidence of a proposed alternative
Other
- Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
- Able to use and appraise clinical evidence, with decisions informed by evidence, experience and others' input
Nice to have
- Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management
- MRCPsych or equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists, plus additional clinical qualifications
- Good standing with the GMC, free of warnings and conditions on practice
- Wide specialist and subspecialist experience within the NHS or a comparable service
- Experience in clinical research and/or service evaluation
- Plans and delivers teaching relevant to the post, and reflects on CPD undertaken
- Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement, such as awards, presentations and publications
- Has led clinical audits that changed services
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
