Consultant Psychiatrist in Community Mental Health, South Warwickshire

Consultant Psychiatrist in Community Mental Health, South Warwickshire Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust

Consultant General Adult Psychiatrist - Inpatients

We're looking for a consultant general adult psychiatrist to oversee clinical responsibility on one of our inpatient wards at the Cauldon Centre. The Cauldon Centre is the main mental health inpatient facility in Coventry with a range of wards to suit clinical specialisms and interests.

High-quality consultant appointments are key to creating quality services and ensuring senior clinical leadership, and your input will enable frequent and flexible review of patients and timely discharge.

Our inpatient consultants receive an additional programmed activity (PA) and an increase in the usual annual study leave allowance from 10 to 15 days, pro rata for consultants working part-time.

About you

Experienced and forward-thinking, you will share our enthusiasm for developing responsive, patient-centred services. To apply, you will need:

• Full GMC registration
• Inclusion on the Specialist Register in General Adult Psychiatry
• To be eligible for Approved Clinician Status
• Be Section 12 approved.

Main duties of the job

The role is based on a 10 PAs job plan with 7.5 PAs in Direct Clinical Care and 2.5 PAs in Supporting Professional Activities. Participation in the Consultant Psychiatrist on-call rota is also expected at a frequency of around one in fifteen, with responsibility for both inpatient and community adult and older-adult patients.

You'll be the responsible clinician for inpatient beds and provide clinical leadership for the MDT on the ward, lead ward and management rounds, and undertake regular reviews of patients to support the bed management process and maintain high-quality care. You'll communicate with other wards, the crisis home treatment team, community teams and other stakeholders when appropriate.

As a part of the role, there will also be plenty of opportunities to get involved in:

• Service planning and development, with other services and agencies
• Research and audit activities.

About us

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we provide all-age mental health services for a population of around one million in Coventry and Warwickshire. We also provide learning disability and autism, and community paediatric services.

CWPT is a teaching Trust and has been involved in the development of Warwick University Medical School since it began. We provide placements for medical students, and medics from CWPT contribute to the academic programme.

We are proud of our involvement in postgraduate medical education. We have trainees on rotation at all levels, including speciality trainees from the West Midlands School of Psychiatry, trainees from the West Midlands GP training scheme and Foundation trainees.

We are forward-thinking and always seeking to improve, with a Quality Improvement approach to service development.

Job responsibilities

About the place

Located next to University Hospitals Coventry, the Caludon Centre sits between the modern and diverse city of Coventry and beautiful Warwickshire landscapes. Both the city centre and open parks are just a 15-minute drive away.

At the heart of the country, Coventry offers excellent connectivity to Birmingham, Solihull, Oxford, Rugby and London. For consultants looking to make a home here, we are pleased to offer relocation packages in line with our relocation policy.

Person Specification Qualifications

• GMC registration and inclusion on the specialist register in Mental Health or Specialty Trainees within 6 months of completing CCT
• A postgraduate qualification in Psychiatry e.g. Membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists
• Eligible for Approved Clinician status and Approval under section 12 of the Mental Health Act
• Significant postgraduate experience in psychiatry including substantial training/experience in General Adult psychiatry in inpatient based settings.

Other

• Willing to undertake DBS Check
• Willing to participate in on-call rota

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.

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust

Deputy Chief Medical Officer for Mental Health