Consultant Psychiatrist

This is a great opportunity to join an established medical team at Pinhoe View and make a real difference to men and women who have enduring mental health problems. As a Consultant Psychiatrist, you'll be responsible for managing complex cases, formulating care plans, and guiding evidence-based treatment and effectiveness.

Main duties of the job

As a Consultant Psychiatrist, you'll know what it means to lead a team. This is a great opportunity to join an established medical team at Pinhoe View and make a real difference to men and women who have enduring mental health problems. Pinhoe View is a 32 bedded inpatient service which includes another full time Consultant Psychiatrist and two full-time associate specialists. In this role, you will have the opportunity to work as part of a multidisciplinary team (Nursing, OT, Psychology and Social Work) to provide care and treatment for up to 16 patients supported by an Associate Specialist doctor.

Job responsibilities

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

• Management of complex cases
• 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
• Undertaking the administrative duties associated with the care of patients including ensuring all NHSE contractual obligations are met and to ensure initial discharge summaries are sent out within 24 hours of discharge
• Maintaining professional registration with the General Medical Council and to abide by professional codes of conduct
• Maintaining section 12(2) and approved clinician status

The hospital runs a two-tier on-call system with first tier on-call provided by associate specialists and agency on-call. The post holder will be required to be part of the second tier hospital on-call as the duty Responsible Clinician.

You will be expected to provide cover for other medical colleagues during leave and other absences, which is reciprocated.

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 settings and have experience of working in a multi disciplinary team
• Experience of working within acute inpatient or community settings, ideally inpatient settings and have experience in risk assessment and risk management

What you will get:

• Competitive annual salary
• Relocation up to £8,000
• 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

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

Person Specification Qualifications

• 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 settings and have experience of working in a multi disciplinary team
• Experience of working within acute inpatient or community settings, ideally inpatient settings and have experience in risk assessment and risk management

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.