Consultant Psychiatrist -Medium Secure - x2 vacancies

Consultant Psychiatrist - Medium Secure - x2 vacancies

Working within our Medium Secure Service, you will be the Responsible Clinician in our specialist medium service. This is a male medium secure ward that will provide care and treatment for working age males with mental illnesses. This is a new ward that will form part of an established and successful medium secure male service. You will work closely with the other male wards and clinical teams to ensure the pathways between the wards/services are maximised and meet patients' needs as they progress through treatment and recovery.

Main duties of the job

You will lead a multi-disciplinary team and oversee the management of patients with often complex needs. You will be able to promote innovation and improvement of services, with scope to develop your specialist interests and grow your remit and responsibilities. We will actively encourage you to be a leader nationally in mental health and influence the future direction of services.

We are looking for an individual who wants a role where they have the autonomy to make decisions that will help improve patient care and outcomes. Someone who wants to join an organisation and be a leader of a team who also shares this passion.

Job responsibilities

Make a difference for yourself and your patients!

Location: Northampton, Northamptonshire

0.8 WTE & 0.6 WTE - We welcome Full-time applicants as we can consider you for other roles in the Charity

Salary: Total package up to £150,000 depending on experience

Suitable for an experienced Consultant or someone due to complete their CCT in the next 6 months.

The post-holder will be able to undertake non-clinical activities of interest e.g. research, teaching, governance and management - in an innovative way, and influence the direction of services in order for them to attain the best outcomes for our patients.

You will have an office and the support of an associate specialist as ward doctor and a full MDT including Clinical Administrators and Personal Assistants dedicated to your wards and service.

Why join St Andrews

• Opportunities to progress - Most of our senior medical managers started off as Consultants in the Charity
• Speciality Doctor and Physical Healthcare team support
• Infrequent non-resident second on calls with 24 hour first on call cover
• Individual study budget of £1,000 per Consultant
• Teaching Opportunities for medical students from Cambridge and Buckingham as well as Trainees
• Opportunities for research with our Research and Innovation Team
• Other benefits: Travel allowance, pension, 32 days of Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays and your birthday off, free parking, sickness policy on par with the NHS, secretarial support and more

Person Specification Qualifications

• Applicants must hold GMC Registration and must have MRCPsych or equivalent.

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.

Please send your CV to the below email address.