Adult Consultant Psychiatrist

This is an excellent opportunity to join the 'Outstanding' team at The Chimneys Clinic as a Consultant Psychiatrist. You will be part of a passionate team committed to delivering the highest quality of care for the patients they support. The role offers a supportive learning environment, regular career development, and access to excellent CPD and a large peer group of consultants.

Main duties of the job

As a Consultant Psychiatrist, you will have clinical responsibility for patients, including multidisciplinary ward rounds, risk reviews, and the development of a therapeutic milieu. You will also fulfill the role of Responsible Clinician for patients detained under the Mental Health Act and contribute to the management and clinical governance of the hospital's services. Additionally, you will offer a psychiatric perspective to the multidisciplinary team, contribute to training programs, and maintain your CPD and revalidation requirements.

Job responsibilities

Join the 'Outstanding' team at The Chimneys Clinic, as rated by the CQC. As a Consultant Psychiatrist, you would join a passionate team who are keen to continue to drive and deliver the highest quality of care for the patients they support.

As a Consultant Psychiatrist, you will work closely with multi-disciplinary teams to ensure that clients receive a holistic and person-centric care and treatment programme based on the recovery model. You will also be expected to support providing high-quality clinical care for the services of the hospital.

As a Consultant Psychiatrist, you will be:

• Taking clinical responsibility for patients, including multidisciplinary ward rounds, risk reviews, strategic reviews, and the development of a therapeutic milieu.
• Fulfilling the role of Responsible Clinician to patients detained under the Mental Health Act (1983).
• Offering a psychiatric perspective to the multidisciplinary team in relation to the assessment, formulation, and treatment of patients.
• Contributing to management meetings and clinical governance meetings for the services provided at the hospital, and contributing to the development of service strategy.
• Contributing to in-house training programmes within the services and offering supervision to other members of the multi-disciplinary team, particularly junior medical staff.
• Maintaining CPD and re-validation requirements, as determined by the Royal College of Psychiatrists or other relevant statutory bodies.
• Being part of an on-call RC rota.

To be successful in this role, you will:

• Be medically qualified, MRC Psych or equivalent.
• Be innovative and imaginative with the ability to initiate corporate decisions.
• Have essential understanding of current developments in psychiatry and other aspects of mental health.
• Have substantial knowledge of change management, relevant legislation, contemporary issues in mental health, knowledge of, and experience in purchaser/provider contractual issues.
• Have previous Consultant experience in a management role.

What you will get:

• Competitive annual salary.
• 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays and your birthday off!
• A Group Personal Pension Plan (GPPP) and pension contribution.
• Life Assurance for added peace of mind.
• Enhanced Maternity Package so you can truly enjoy this special time.
• Free meals while on duty.
• Employee Assistance Services.
• Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals.
• Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance.
• Voluntary benefits.
• Medical indemnity cover, which may include on-call for The Chimneys and other sites in Elysium.

There are also a range of other benefits including retail discounts and special offers and much more.

Person Specification Qualifications

• You will be medically qualified, with MRC Psych or equivalent, and have previous Consultant experience in a management role. You should also have an essential understanding of current developments in psychiatry and other aspects of mental health, as well as substantial knowledge of change management, relevant legislation, and contemporary issues in mental health.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.