Consultant Psychiatrist

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Job overview

Leeds Partnerships NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to appoint a full time (10 PAs) Consultant Psychiatrist in the adolescent inpatient service based at Mill Lodge. Less than full time arrangements can be negotiated.

The post holder will work with the MDT, colleagues and other agencies to deliver safe and effective care to patients. The service commitments are divided between the 2 consultants in group job planning.

Mill Lodge is a 10 bedded General Acute Unit and interventions include nasogastric feeding for eating disorder. The post holder must be an Approved Clinician.

There will also be cross cover between the two consultants with the innovative new day service (established April 2024).

Main duties of the job

Are you committed to providing high quality patient care? We need you to help us achieve our goals; to live our lives free from stigma and discrimination; and to improve the lives of people with a learning disability and mental ill health.

Here at Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT), we are an organisation committed to providing high quality care to improve health and lives which seeks to provide outstanding mental health and learning disability services as an employer of choice while maintaining the values of simplicity, integrity and care for those in need.

The Trust strategy is built upon three priorities:

1. Delivering great care that is high quality and improves lives
2. Providing a rewarding and supportive place to work
3. Using resources to deliver effective and sustainable services

As a medical workforce, we provide outstanding secondary care mental health services that allow our service users to feel that they are safe and receiving the latest, high quality, evidence-based care, delivered by motivated, engaged and compassionate staff, who feel supported and enabled to grow in the workplace.

Working for our organisation

LYPFT now offers a revised and increased starting salary for newly appointed consultants to the Trust. All new appointments will start on £105,390 at pay point YC72 point 04.

In addition to this, we offer a wide range of benefits to help support a healthy work-life balance and support your overall health and wellbeing including:

• Excellent relocation package (if applicable)
• Annual leave entitlement as per the terms and conditions of Consultant contract
• On-site parking
• Cycle to work & car leasing schemes
• Wide range of Health & Wellbeing benefits

This is a 10 PA post plus a 1% category B availability for out of hours on-call duties.

As well as financial support for relocation (up to £8,000 ), we want to understand what flexibility means to you. Do you want to work condensed hours? Do you have caring responsibilities? Is there a certain day which you cannot work for personal reasons? Then talk to us.

subject to conditions.

What you will get:

• Supportive and friendly colleagues
• Personalised Coaching and Mentoring
• Weekly academic teaching
• Access to NHS Leadership and Development opportunities, including opportunity to become an appraiser and educational/training development opportunities
• Generous study leave allowance (averaging 10 days per year and up to 30 days leave over 3 years with a budget of £1000 per annum)

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder, supported by the MDT, will provide:

• Regular clinical reviews
• Flexibility to accommodate urgent clinical reviews
• Clinical input within the CPA framework
• To hold Approved Clinician status as defined within the Mental Health Act (1983) and undertake the duties of Responsible Clinician for those subject to the MHA 1983 under their care
• Complex prescribing and review
• Effective liaison with local mental health providers, local authority professionals and statutory organisations in support of safe care and risk management
• An expectation to work intensively and assertively with the client group
• To contribute to and work as part of the multidisciplinary community teams, being available and accessible and to provide support and supervision when appropriate
• To work collaboratively with other services within the Trust and other Trusts within the ICS
• To provide professional leadership
• To provide one hour a week protected clinical supervision to the Core Trainee
• To work jointly with the Clinical Leadership Structure, Operations Manager and Head of Operations, and those in other agencies to ensure the service is delivered successfully

Person specification Full GMC Registration AC approved and member of RCPsych

• On GMC specialist register or within 6 months of CCT/CESR; current AC approval and current member of RCPsych

WAA clinical experience

• Experience of working in CAMHS

Training experience

• Record of teaching and training at undergraduate and/or postgraduate level

Communication Skills

• MDT working skills and evidence on application of good communication skills

Applications are welcomed from candidates who wish to apply for a position on the basis of a smarter (Hybrid) or flexible working arrangement - please contact the Recruitment Team if you have any queries regarding this in terms of your initial application.

Where candidates are successful at interview, flexible working arrangement requests will be taken into consideration and may be accommodated where the needs of the service allow.

Please note that from 1st July 2018, all new employees are required to subscribe to the DBS Update Service; DBS checks for volunteers remain free of charge.

LYPFT is committed to upholding its statutory responsibilities in relation to safeguarding adults and children. Please refer to the job description for further information.

Patient Safety is a priority at LYPFT with a focus on system-based improvement and creating opportunities for learning. We will ensure compassionate engagement with all those involved in an incident and all incidents are met with a proportionate response.

LYPFT is a member of the Disability Confident scheme and is committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process.

As part of the Trust's commitment to its Gold Standard Armed Forces Covenant status, members of the Armed Forces Community are entitled to a guaranteed interview subject to meeting the role criteria.

We welcome applicants with lived experience of providing unpaid care and/or support to a family member or friend with a disability, health condition, frailty, mental health problem, addiction or other health needs.

Please note that the Trust reserves the right to close the vacancy before the closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received. It is in the candidate's best interest to apply as soon as possible.

Please note: The Trust does not offer reimbursement of interview expenses.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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