Job summary
Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to make full time appointment for a consultant psychiatrist to work in the Older Age Psychiatry service.
The Older age wards are Rowan and Cedar which are situated at Parklands House at Royal Oldham Hospital.
To provide high-quality Mental Health Care for Older people with severe and enduring mental health problems both inpatient and outpatients. To work closely with other teams and Consultants to ensure coherent and high-quality mental health care for older people within the Oldham area.
Main duties of the job
Our services are specialised to help diagnose dementia as early as possible, so we can support you to remain as healthy as possible while living with the illness. We can also provide advice and support if a family member of someone you look after has dementia. Our services can also support you with a range of moderate to severe mental health problems, such as depression, bi-polar disorder, delirium, and severe anxiety. Some of our services are based in community buildings and clinics, but we also have the specialist wards and units located on hospital sites.
Close co-working with colleagues from the community services is essential to guarantee that patients are safely and effectively treated, and that discharge from hospital is followed by prompt and reliable community support. The consultant in this post will have a part to play, with others, in ensuring that the transitions from community treatment to hospital care and back again are safe and seamless as far as possible.
About us
We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.
Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We're really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we're a great place to work.
All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification to support your application for this post. Please refer to the essential criteria in the person specification which will highlight the skills, knowledge and experience you will need to demonstrate in your application, by way of example, to give yourself the best opportunity to be shortlisted.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
1. MB BS or equivalent medical qualification
Desirable
2. Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management
3. MRCPsych OR MRCPsych equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists
4. Additional clinical qualifications
Eligibility
Essential
5. Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment
6. Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months.
7. Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
8. Approved under S12 OR able to achieve with 3 months of appointment
Desirable
9. In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice
Transport
Essential
10. Holds and will use valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative
Clinical skills, knowledge and experience
Essential
11. Excellent knowledge in specialty
12. Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
13. Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
14. Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
15. Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others
16. Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA
Desirable
17. Wide range of specialist and subspecialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
Academic skills and lifelong learning
Essential
18. Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
19. Participated in continuous professional development
20. Participated in research or service evaluation
21. Able to use and appraise clinical evidence
22. Has actively participated in clinical audit
Desirable
23. Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post
24. Reflected on purpose of CPD undertaken
25. Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation.
26. Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations and publications
27. Has led clinical audits leading to service change.