This consultant psychiatrist post sits within the Learning Disability Team at Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, covering the Daventry and South Northamptonshire area. The work centres on clinical leadership within a multidisciplinary team, including supervising and developing junior medical staff. The Trust runs a research portfolio in old age dementia and physical health and hosts medical undergraduates for teaching, and the role requires travel across all Trust locations. Fit depends on specialist or CCT-in-learning-disabilities registration and Section 12 approval to act as Responsible Clinician.
What the job involves
- Provide consultant psychiatry care within the Learning Disability Team
- Work as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Motivate and develop junior medical staff and other MDT members
- Balance individual requirements against those of the Directorate and Trust
- Present complex information to varied audiences, including tribunals
- Take part in clinical research, with access to Trust research fellows
- Teach undergraduate medical students from Leicester Medical School
- Travel to all Trust locations
Qualifications
- MRCPsych or equivalent
Registration & licences
- Full GMC registration
- Specialist register or CCT in learning disabilities, or within six months of CCT on the Advisory Appointment Committee date
- Section 12 approval under the Mental Health Act, able to act as Responsible Clinician
Experience
- Minimum of six years postgraduate experience, including three years as SpR in an approved training post
Skills & knowledge
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to communicate with patients, colleagues and staff at all levels
- Ability to present complex information to varied audiences, including tribunals
- Ability to motivate and develop junior medical staff and other MDT members
- Ability to balance individual requirements against those of the Directorate and Trust
- Understanding of the political and financial framework within which services operate
Other
- Commitment to clinical excellence
- Ability to travel to all Trust locations
Nice to have
- Additional postgraduate qualifications
- Publication of original research
- Management training
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