Consultant Psychiatrist - Carshalton and Wallington IRH

Consultant Psychiatrist - Carshalton and Wallington IRH South West London and St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Carshalton and Wallington IRH which has recently undergone a service transformation. We are looking for a full-time consultant with the interest and skills in providing strong medical leadership to take our services forward. The role is being offered on a permanent basis, alongside a tailored management leadership programme for those individuals who would be interested in pursuing this.

As a Trust, we are proud to offer agile and flexible working opportunities as part of our new ways of working, and we are happy to talk flexible working at the interview stage. Additionally, we offer a number of enhanced benefits, including a relocation package available - Up to £8,000 relocation package available terms and conditions apply

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will be a Consultant Psychiatrist providing medical leadership to the Carshalton and Wallington Integrated Recovery Hub (C&W IRH), and sessional consultant psychiatric assessment and advice to patients referred to the Sutton Single Point of Access Team. The Consultant in partnership with the team manager shares responsibility for ensuring the care delivered by the team is safe and of a good standard. This includes participating in systems of audit and clinical governance.

The post sits within a well-established MDT that works alongside a separate Consultant-led Primary Care/Assessment team and interfaces with a Consultant-led Home Treatment Team and in-patient wards. There are also specialist teams for Early Intervention in Psychosis, Personality Disorder, and adult ADHD.

The post-holder will be responsible for the provision of training to Foundation, GPVTS, and psychiatry trainees, and the teaching of St George's University of London Medical Students.

If you are a dynamic established consultant psychiatrist fully registered with the GMC as well as holding Approved Clinician and S12 approval under the Mental Health Act, or a specialist trainee within six months of inclusion on the Specialist Register and would be keen to be involved in developing and expanding the service, we would be delighted to hear from you.

Person Specification QUALIFICATIONS:

• Primary Medical degree.
• Full GMC registration.
• MRCPsych, or equivalent. Included on the GMC Specialist Register for General Adult Psychiatry or eligible for such inclusion on the Specialist Register within three months of completing their CCT.
• Section 12 (2) approval of the Mental Health Act.
• Qualification in another specialism.
• Qualification in a talking therapy such as CBT, DBT, or MBT.
• Qualifications in change management and service development skills.

KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE:

• Completed a minimum of three years full-time training in an approved higher psychiatric training scheme.
• A detailed knowledge of main treatment approaches for severe mental illness including psychopharmacological interventions.
• Knowledge and experience of the CPA process, risk assessment, and risk management.
• Experience of teaching medical and non-medical staff, including those who may not have a formal qualification.

AUDIT AND MANAGEMENT:

• Commitment to developing practice through clinical audit and/or research.
• Commitment to working with allied agencies including carer's groups and local charities.
• Experience of service planning and development.
• Experience of working with third sector partners.

RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS:

• Evidence of participation in research and outcomes of studies.
• Completion of a research project and evidence of its dissemination.
• Publication in a peer-reviewed journal.

TEACHING:

• Experience of teaching undergraduate and postgraduate psychiatry.
• Teaching Qualification.
• Evidence of good feedback from students.

PERSONAL SKILLS AND CHARACTERISTICS:

• Ability to remain calm under pressure.
• Ability to inspire others.
• Ability to provide good clinical leadership.
• Ability to effect change.
• Ability to negotiate and collaborate with first, second, and third sector organizations to identify shared agendas and meet common goals.
• Willingness to supervise junior medical staff and staff from allied disciplines.
• Willingness to take on a fair share of Trustwide duties.
• Commitment to personal, team, and service development.
• Ability to work cooperatively in multi-disciplinary teams.
• Ability to manage and adapt to change.
• Personal experience of mental illness.
• Personal experience of social distress.
• Evidence of helping others who have suffered physical, mental, or social misfortune.
• Evidence of seeking feedback as a way of improving one's skills.

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.

Salary: £105,504 to £139,882 a year per annum pro rata plus London Zone allowance.