Rehabilitation Consultant Psychiatrist

This is a great opportunity to join an established multidisciplinary team at The Copse and make a real difference to men who have enduring mental health problems. As a Consultant Psychiatrist, you will be responsible for managing complex cases, implementing the Mental Health Act, formulating care plans and treatments, and guiding on evidence-based treatment and effectiveness.

Main duties of the job

As a Consultant, you'll be expected to provide leadership to the team, always striving for better. Your key responsibilities will include liaison and collaborative working with care co-ordinators, commissioners, families and carers, and other services/agencies, implementation of the Mental Health Act, and multi-disciplinary, multi-agency and partnership working. You will also have a key role in the clinical governance of the hospital and oversight of the service user care pathway.

Job responsibilities

As a Consultant Psychiatrist, some of your key responsibilities will include:

• Management of complex cases
• Implementation of the Mental Health Act
• Formulating care plans and treatments for individual needs of service users
• Guiding on evidence-based treatment and effectiveness
• Liaison and collaborative working with care co-ordinators, commissioners, families and carers, and other services/agencies
• Mental Health Act implementation and liaison with Ministry of Justice (if applicable)
• Multi-disciplinary, multi-agency and partnership working
• Clinical leadership of the service with a key role in the clinical governance of the hospital
• Oversight of the service user care pathway from assessment and admission until discharge

The post holder will be expected to provide cover for other medical colleagues during leave and other absences and this is reciprocated.

Minimum Requirements

To be successful as an applicant you'll need:

• MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
• Full GMC registration with licence to practice
• MRCPsych or MRCPsych equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists
• Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
• To hold Section 12(2) approval to work in England and Approved clinician status
• Experience in General Adult or rehabilitation settings and have experience of working in a multidisciplinary team
• Experience of working within acute inpatient or community settings, ideally inpatient settings and have experience in risk assessment and risk management

Where you will be working:

Location: The Copse, Beechmount Close, Oldmixon, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, BS24 9EX

You will be working at The Copse, providing inpatient rehabilitation for men with mental health conditions who require active rehabilitation in order to progress into future community placements.

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

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.