Job overview
The Trust seeks to appoint a motivated Professional Lead Psychiatrist to take responsibility for the overall professional governance of Acute Psychiatry within East Sussex Division. This will complement our current lead posts in Older age Psychiatry and working age adult community. These roles will be pivotal in leading Psychiatry strategy and service planning, ensuring quality of care and supporting performance management and effective use of resources in the Division.
This role will be a full-time Consultant level post with the post holder working 5 PAs as Professional Lead and up to 6 PAs in a clinical Consultant Psychiatrist role (external applicants must agree the clinical post prior to interview based on one of the current vacancies within the Division).
The clinical element of the role will be as a Consultant Psychiatrist in a clinical service within the Division. This can be flexible depending on the qualifications, experience and personal preference of the successful candidate.
Main duties of the job
The Lead Psychiatrist will play a key role in ensuring there is participation from Psychiatry/medical workforce in all main areas of service development of the Division, as well as the suitable delegation of medical responsibilities to colleagues. Some of the roles will have remits across the localities (i.e. work streams of service development, audits, research and teaching and training) and will link with the other medical Clinical Leads within East Sussex Division, professional leads across Sussex and other key members of the Division leadership team.
Together with the Divisional leadership team and Chief Medical Officer, the Lead Psychiatrist will support and agree the respective responsibility for ensuring that all non-training grade medical staff in the Division receive appropriate clinical supervision. This will include contributing to annual team and individual job planning of consultants as well as their professional appraisals ensuring sufficient psychiatric cover and good medical practice across the service. Further remits include optimising the use of Psychiatry resources and leading on processes of changes to medical staffing in the locality including locums.
Job responsibilities
* To support medical staff to follow policies, procedures, good practice guidance and codes of conduct so as to provide safe and effective care.
* Contribute to the building and maintenance of sound professional relationships with internal and external colleagues promoting effective care.
* To support colleagues to maintain a positive commitment to problem solving and innovation.
* Promote the Trust's key policies on equality and diversity.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
* MRCPsych or equivalent professional qualification
Desirable
* Qualification or higher degree in clinical research at least at Masters level
* Qualification or higher degree in medical education, or management
* Additional clinical qualifications
Eligibility
Essential
* 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
* In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice
Clinical Skills, Knowledge & Experience
Essential
* Excellent knowledge in specialty
* Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
* Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
* Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
* Ability to work in and lead teams
* Participated in continuous professional development
* Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement
Desirable
* Experience of having been involved in clinical research.
Employer details
Employer name
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Inpatient & Urgent Care East Sussex
East Sussex
BN21 2UD
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