Locum Consultant Psychiatrist Intellectual Disability - Little Plumstead
NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
Main area: Psychiatry of Learning Disability
Grade: NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant
Contract: Locum: 12 months
Hours: Full time - 10 sessions per week
Job ref: 367-HPFT-MEDICAL-477-A
Site: Little Plumstead Hospital
Town: Norfolk
Salary: £105,504 - £139,882 Per annum pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 01/12/2024 23:59
Values Based Screener
At Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust, we are looking for people to join us who share our values and those of the NHS. Before your application can be considered, please take part in our online values questionnaire, which you can find below. When you have finished, you will be sent a 'completion code' by email, which will be valid for 6 months and required to submit your application form.
The successful applicant for this post will be the North Norfolk Consultant Psychiatrist in Intellectual Disability.
There will be support for the post from a Specialty Doctor.
Main duties of the job
1. Undertake the clinical duties associated with the care of patients, including outpatient clinics, home visits, and multidisciplinary case discussions.
2. Record clinical activity accurately and comprehensively and submit this promptly to the Information Department.
3. Manage, appraise, and give professional supervision to junior medical staff as agreed by consultant colleagues and the medical director and in accordance with the Trust’s personnel policies and procedures.
4. Ensure that junior medical staff operate within the parameters of the New Deal and are Working Time Directive compliant.
5. Undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of patients.
6. Participate in service and business planning activity for the locality and, as appropriate, for the whole mental health service.
7. Participate in annual appraisal for consultants.
8. Attend and participate in the academic programme of the Trust and the team including lectures and seminars as part of the internal CPD programme.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. Undertake clinical assessments of referrals within the North Norfolk CLDT where there appears to be a complex mental disorder or complex challenging behaviour.
2. Provide advice about the management of highly complex mental disorder and complex challenging behaviour in people with intellectual disability.
3. Support CPA and S117 review processes through outpatient clinics and domiciliary visits.
4. Support the rehabilitation of patients from the North Norfolk locality who are within inpatient services.
5. Act as Responsible Clinician for patients with intellectual disability living within West Norfolk.
6. Participate in multi-disciplinary, multi-agency, and partnership working for complex cases.
7. Ensure patients are subject to best practice in the management of risk and outcome measurement.
Person specification
Qualifications
* MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
* MRCPsych or Equivalent Clinical Experience.
* Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research, or management.
* Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
* In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice.
* Section 12/Approved clinician approval.
Clinical Skills, Knowledge & Experience
* Experience of the full range of clinical responsibilities expected of a consultant in psychiatry of intellectual disability.
* Excellent oral and written communication skills.
* Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post.
* Excellent degree of medical knowledge in relation to neurodevelopmental conditions.
About us
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is rated by the Care Quality Commission as an Outstanding provider of mental health and learning disability services.
Additional Information
HPFT is committed to being an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from all areas of the community.
All staff will need to comply with current Infection Prevention and Control measures.
If you have problems applying, contact
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AL10 8YE
Telephone: 07971639527
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