Consultant Psychiatrist

Join the 'Outstanding' team at The Chimney's Clinic, as rated by the CQC. As a Consultant Psychiatrist, you would be part of a passionate team committed to delivering the highest quality of care for the patients they support. You would work in a supportive learning environment, with the backing of a Medical Secretary and Specialist Doctor.

Main duties of the job

As a Consultant Psychiatrist, you will be responsible for the clinical care of patients, including multidisciplinary ward rounds, risk reviews, strategic reviews, and the development of a therapeutic environment. You will fulfill the role of Responsible Clinician for patients detained under the Mental Health Act and provide a psychiatric perspective to the multidisciplinary team. You will contribute to management and clinical governance meetings and offer supervision and training to other members of the team.

Job responsibilities

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 using 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.

About your next employer

You will be working for an established, stable, and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person's individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.