Consultant Psychiatrist OA Memory Clinic

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust are proud award winners of the HSJ Provider of the Year 2019.

Job Overview

The Trust is seeking a consultant psychiatrist to join our established multi-professional team at the Memory Clinic at Coltman Street, Hull.

The service provides Memory services for the local population of Hull and East Yorkshire, commissioned by the local NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership. This is an Assessment and Diagnostic Service only. There are Nurse prescribers who also prescribe Cognitive enhancers along with the Consultant Psychiatrist.

The established team works collaboratively and with clinical expertise as a multi-disciplinary team including nursing and psychology.

Main Duties of the Job

This is an integral post in the delivery of multi-professional memory services to older people across Hull and the East Riding. Based at our Coltman Street unit in Hull, the post holder will have clinical responsibility for diagnosing complex cases, formulating treatment plans, prescribing Cognitive Enhancers, reviewing CT Scan results, and informing GPs if there are physical health problems. The Consultant will work with nursing and psychology services to provide an Assessment Service.

There will be a requirement to hold and maintain S12 (2) and Responsible and Approved Clinician Status for on-call commitments which are 1 in 7.5 on the Old People and Learning Disability Rota.

Working for Our Organisation

We are an award-winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website.

We are a forward-thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.

We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas, demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work, we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you'll need to get you started.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promote equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Work-life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where, and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.

We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.

From city to countryside, market towns to moors, you'll find a place to call home, including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.

Minimum Qualifications

• MB BS or equivalent medical qualification
• Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research, or management
• Additional clinical qualifications or endorsements.

Eligibility

• Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
• Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months.
• Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment (the Trust will appoint a section 12(2) to provide this role in the sector during the transition).
• Approved under S12 OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment.
• In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice.

Academic Skills and Lifelong Learning

• Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training.
• Ability to work in and lead a team.
• Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership and collaborative working to deliver improvement.
• Participated in continuous professional development.
• Participated in research or service evaluation.
• Able to use and appraise clinical evidence.
• Has actively participated in clinical audit and quality improvement programmes.
• Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post.
• Reflected on the purpose of CPD undertaken.
• Experienced in clinical research and/or service evaluation.
• Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit, and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations, and publications.
• Has led clinical audits leading to service change or improved outcomes to patients.

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.