Are you looking for an opportunity to be part of a new service model that is working in partnership with local services to meet the needs of those presenting with complex mental health needs together?
We are seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist to join our newly transformed Telford & Wrekin Community Mental Health Service which has been aligned to work with our local group of Primary Care Networks.
Telford & Wrekin Community Mental Health service provides assessment & evidence-based interventions for people who are presenting with complex mental health difficulties that are significantly impacting their daily life alongside our partner organisations.
This is a permanent full-time (10 PAs) post in General Adult Psychiatry. The emphasis is to provide timely & comprehensive assessment, interventions & treatment to service users & their families/carers while working within a multi-disciplinary team format.
We are looking for a Consultant Psychiatrist with an interest in providing strong medical leadership, as the post involves providing clinical leadership to the team as part of a collective leadership structure, which shares responsibility for ensuring that the care delivered by the service is safe and of a high-quality standard.
This post enables dedicated Consultant input into one of our five Integrated Community Mental Services (CMHS) that are based across Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin. You will be expected to provide community care & treatment, with the facility for assessment of referred service users, flexible review of complex service users & timely discharge in liaison with GPs. Service users will present with a range of mental health difficulties and needs.
The role is aligned to the Telford & Wrekin CMHS, which comprises four PCNs. This service in total has 4.2 Adult Consultants and 2 Older Adult Consultants. The post is aligned to cover 1 of the PCNs (Wrekin PCN).
The role involves providing clinical leadership to the team as part of a collective leadership structure, & providing support & supervision as required to Advanced Nurse Practitioners & Non-Medical Prescribers. The Post Holder will have responsibility to supervise a trainee attached to the team, although as with any training post this is subject to trainee availability. Opportunities are also available in the Trust to participate in postgraduate and undergraduate education for Junior Doctors and Medical Students from Keele Medical School.
We would love to hear from you to discuss how together we might design this role around you & your specialist interests. We are committed to enabling flexible working and would welcome a discussion on how this could be achieved for you, with options including working remotely from home.
By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by:
1. Dedicated SPA time of up to 25% of working hours.
2. Paid study leave (on application and approval) in addition to CPD.
3. Potential of extra PA for DCC with requisite pay per PA.
4. Inclusion on the Consultant on-call rota for the higher level with 3%, 5% or 8% requisite pay depending on frequency.
5. A range of recruitment incentives available, including up to £8k relocation package.
6. Up to 32 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 34 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave.
7. Excellent NHS Pension scheme.
8. Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave.
9. Options for flexible working.
10. Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources.
11. If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients.
12. Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate.
13. Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates.
14. Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k.
15. Free car parking at all trust sites.
And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.
We are looking for a highly motivated individual, with a passion for working with adults presenting with complex mental health difficulties. The successful person will need to encourage effective engagement of this cohort of people, maintaining compassion and hope through every contact.
You will need to have the following key skills and experience:
1. To have a genuine passion for working with adults presenting with complex mental health needs.
2. To be able to work well in a team.
3. To have excellent leadership qualities.
4. To provide evidenced-based care that is recovery-focused.
5. To comply with all Trust policies and the Living Our Values Framework.
6. To maintain professional registration with the GMC and a full Licence to Practice, be engaging in appraisal, revalidation and job planning.
7. To maintain Approved Clinician (AC) status.
8. To comply with Trust mandatory training.
9. To operate with transparency, including maintenance of an electronic diary.
If you are interested in moving to our beautiful county, we can provide a generous relocation package of up to £8,000. Please speak to Samantha.Kearns@mpft.nhs.uk to discuss this package or others our Trust could offer.
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