Job summary
Employer heading
Consultant Psychiatrist, West Assessment & Treatment Service
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Welcome from our Chief Executive
Our organisation is expanding and we're looking for people with the right values, skills and/or potential to join us. We need people with energy, expertise, enthusiasm to help us provide the very best possible specialist NHS mental health and learning disability care. This involves helping us achieve our strategy to improve the quality of life for the communities we serve through People, Prevention and Partnerships.
So what can we offer you in return?
We're an organisation which puts people first. We'll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. We'll help you learn, acquire new skills and gain further experience to support your career development. And we'll provide the opportunity for you to bring your fresh ideas to work about how we can do things differently and continue improving.
You will also be joining a health and care system committed to working together to do the best we can for the communities we serve. Above all, at Sussex Partnership you'll have the chance to make a difference to the lives of the patients, carers and families across our communities.
As a Trust we are committed in making a difference. Your development is important to us, so don't forget to ask us during interview what opportunities we can offer. We can offer fully funded lifelong learning opportunities such as an apprenticeship from GCSE to Masters level.
If you like the sound of that, then come and join our team.
Job overview
We are seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist to join the West Assessment and Treatment Service (ATS) in Brighton & Hove. You will be joining a mutually supportive, friendly and enthusiastic team. We are a large multi-disciplinary community mental health team, which provides specialist assessments and treatment to patients presenting with a range of complex and unstable mental health and social needs.
Main duties of the job
Provide specialist medical /psychiatric assessment and evidence-based treatment to patients referred to the service.
Provide clinical supervision to the HST and informal advice and supervision to non-medical members of the team
Fulfil the duties of Responsible Clinician for patients subject to Community Treatment Orders including attendance at Mangers Hearings and Tribunals.
Mental Health Act assessments for patients on the team caseload
Liaison with inpatient Responsible Clinicians
Liaison with the forensic team/drug and alcohol services and risk panel as required
Working for our organisation
The Trust provides mental health and learning disability care for all ages across Sussex and for children and young people in Hampshire.
Living & Working in Brighton:
·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Be spoilt for choice with Brighton's iconic seafront, vibrant lanes and array of shops and attractions
·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Travel easily between coast and countryside, with a blend of picturesque villages and seaside towns on your doorstep
·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Embrace the outstanding natural beauty spots including the renowned Devils Dyke and South Downs National Park
We’d love you to join our Trust, rated ‘good’ overall and ‘outstanding’ for caring by the CQC. Our staff agree, recent staff survey results told us that 82% recognise that care for patients is our top priority.
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Key staff survey results include:
·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 70% highlighting flexible working opportunities as a key point for satisfaction at work
·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 79% reporting feeling able to make suggestions to improve the work in their team
·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý 77% identifying the opportunities to show initiative in their roles
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description document for full details of the role and responsibilities.Ìý
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MB BS or equivalent medical qualification
- 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.
- In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice
Eligibility
Essential criteria
- Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
Transport
Essential criteria
- Holds and will use valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative.
Clinical Skills, Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- Excellent knowledge in specialty
- Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
- Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
Desirable criteria
- Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
Academic Skills & Lifelong Learning
Essential criteria
- Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
- Ability to work in and lead team
- Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership & 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
- Ability to work in a participatory way so that shared decision making and conversations around formulation/diagnosis and ongoing care are a collaborative endeavour with the people who access our service.
Desirable criteria
- Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post
- Reflected on 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
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Almas Channon
- Job title
- Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07738 756954
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