Job summary
This vacancy is for an existing post for a ConsultantPsychiatrist, for adult acute inpatient wards in Roseberry park hospital (RPH),Marton Road, Middlesbrough TS4 3AF.
The Tees Adult Mental health services comprises of 4localities: Middlesbrough, Stockton, Hartlepool and Redcar and Cleveland. Eachlocality has Intensive Home Treatment and Crisis Services, functionally splitAffective & Access and Psychosis (with embedded Assertive Outreach)Community Teams. Each locality has its own EIP Service with close links to theCommunity Psychosis Teams.
Teesside Adult mental Health Service also has a CrisisAssessment Suite located in Roseberry Park.
In Patient Services for Middlesbrough, Stockton,Hartlepool, and Redcar & Cleveland are based at Roseberry Park Hospital,Middlesbrough, a new purpose built Inpatient (IP) hospital opened in 2010.There are 4 Adult Mental Health Wards (64 beds in total) and a 10 beddedPsychiatric Intensive Care Unit.
Rehabilitation Services is provided from In Patient unitsbased in Stockton. There is a 24 hour Liaison Service which provides a serviceto all Acute Hospitals in the Tees area.
Commissioning arrangements are through two CCGs:Hartlepool and Stockton CCG and South Tees CCG.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will act as ResponsibleClinician for In Patients admitted under care in the ward (responsibilityshared with paired Consultant).
The Consultants will jointly chair the 24 hourMorning Report Out meeting when decisions are made about patient care and themanagement plan, risk and leave arrangements are reviewed. Tasks are allocatedat the meeting and reviewed the following morning.
The Consultant will attend and fully contributeto the 72 formulation meeting and discharge planning meetings for their ownpatients.
The post holderwill be expected to provide appropriate supervision to Junior Medical Staff.
The post holderwill be expected to liaise with community teams and Consultants.
Consultant annualleave is arranged on mutual cover basis with paired consultant or otherinpatient consultants or if required with Community Consultants as appropriate
About us
We are one of the largest specialist mental health and learning disabilities trusts in the country, with an annual income of £320m and a workforce of some 6,700 staff operating from around 100 sites in Durham, Teesside, North Yorkshire and York and Selby. We provide a range inpatient and community services to 2m people living in County Durham, the Tees Valley, Scarborough, Whitby, Ryedale, Harrogate, Hambleton and Richmondshire. We also provide additional specialist services to other parts of Northern England.
We deliver our services by working in partnership with eight local authorities and clinical commissioning groups, a wide range of voluntary organisations, as well as service users, their carers and the public. The services are spread over a wide geographical area of around 3,600 square miles, which includes coastal, rural and industrial areas.
We are a multi-award winning trust and are included within the Health Service Journals Best 100 Places to Work. The trust take a positive and proactive approach to support staff in their personal development and has embedded the Talent Management approach within the Trust, with the vision of helping people to be as good as they can be, helping TEWV to do things better.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for further information on this post. Please note this post has been approved by The Royal College.
Person Specification
Clinical Knowledge & Skills
Essential
1. Excellent knowledge in specialty
2. Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
3. Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
4. Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
5. Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others
6. Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA
Desirable
7. Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
Academic Skills and Lifelong Learning
Essential
8. Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
9. Participated in continuous professional development
10. Participated in research or service evaluation.
11. Able to use and appraise clinical evidence.
12. Has actively participated in clinical audit.
Desirable
13. Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post
14. Reflected on purpose of CPD undertaken
15. Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation.
16. Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations and publications.
17. Has led clinical audits leading to service change.
Leadership
Essential
18. Reflects on own performance and behaviour, seeking and acting on feedback.
19. Able to influence and persuade to improve services
20. Able to take on leadership role in multidisciplinary team.
21. Knowledge of structure and management of the NHS and the Trust.
22. Shows commitment to quality through knowledge of quality improvement and lean thinking methodology OR able to achieve within one year of appointment
23. Able to adapt to and lead service change.
Desirable
24. Able to take on a leadership role outside the multidisciplinary team.
25. Understanding of NHS & wider health economy and its implications for the work of the Trust.
26. Trained to standard equivalent to level 2 in TEWV Trust Quality improvement system
Qualifications
Essential
27. MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
Desirable
28. Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
29. Experience
30. MRCPsych
Eligibility
Essential
31. Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
32. Included on the GMC Specialist Register for Old Age Psychiatry OR included within six months.
33. Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
34. Approved under S12 OR able to achieve with 3 months of appointment
Desirable
35. In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice
Experience
Essential
36. Describe your clinical experience relevant to this job role
Desirable
37. Any other experience that may be applicable