Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a Consultant Psychiatrist based in the Crisis and Home Treatment Service and CAMHS Liaison Service.
This is a full time permanent post (10 PA and in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Main duties of the job
To offer consultation to the team and relevant partner agencies.
Ensure the Mental Health Act is used appropriately, providing medical recommendations for assessments taking place in the community, acute hospitals and 136 Suites. Involvement in MHA assessments of emergency cases as part of on call duties.
To maintain good record keeping, ensure the high quality of clinical information including discharge summaries and specialist reports, and contribute to audit and outcome monitoring.
To supervise medical trainees when placed with them.
To maintain own continued professional development for revalidation and to support clinical needs of the team.
About us
#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.
We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.
We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.
The health and wellbeing of our colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.
The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment
Job description
Job responsibilities
To manage, appraise and give clinical supervision to junior medical staff as agreed between consultant colleagues and the medical director and in accordance with the Trusts personnel policies and procedures. This may include assessing competences under the Modernising Medical Careers framework
To ensure that junior medical staff working with the post holder operate within the parameters of the New Deal and are Working Time Directive compliant
To undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of patients
To record clinical activity accurately and comprehensively, and submit this promptly to the Information Department
To participate in service and business planning activity for the locality and, as appropriate, for the whole mental health service
To participate in annual appraisal for consultants
To attend and participate in the academic programme of the Trust, including lectures and seminars as part of the internal CPD programme
To maintain professional registration with the General Medical Council, Mental Health Act Section 12(2) approval, and to abide by professional codes of conduct
To participate annually in a job plan review with the clinical manager, which will include consultation with a relevant manager in order to ensure that the post is developed to take into account changes in service configuration and delivery associated with modernisation
To work with local managers and professional colleagues in ensuring the efficient running of services, and share with consultant colleagues in the medical contribution to management
To comply with the Trusts agreed policies, procedures, standing orders and financial instructions, and to take an active role in the financial management of the service and support the Medical Director and other managers in preparing plans for services.
To provide high quality evidence-based senior medical care to patients in the acute care and locked rehabilitation settings.
To work closely with multidisciplinary teams to help deliver person-centered care to patients.
To foster close collaborative therapeutic relationships with patients and carers to deliver person-centered care.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
1. MB BS or equivalent medical qualification
2. CCT in CAMHS OR Eligible for CCT within 6 months of interview date OR an equivalent approved indicator of training, and eligible for entry onto the Specialist Register
Desirable
3. Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management
4. MRCPsych OR MRCPsych equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists
5. Additional clinical qualifications
Eligibility
Essential
6. Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment
7. Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months
8. Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
9. Approved under S12 OR able to achieve with 3 months of appointment
Desirable
10. In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice
Transport
Essential
11. Holds and will use valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative
Clinical Skills, Knowledge & Experience
Essential
12. Excellent knowledge in specialty
13. Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
14. Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
15. Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
16. Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others
17. Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA
Desirable
18. Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
19. Experience of working in liaison psychiatry
20. Experience of working with young people with co-morbid physical and mental health needs, functional illness and medically unexplained symptoms
21. Experience of working with young people experience acute mental health crisis
Academic Skills and Lifelong Learning
Essential
22. Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
23. Ability to work in and lead team
24. Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement
25. Participated in continuous professional development
26. Participated in research or service evaluation
27. Able to use and appraise clinical evidence
28. Has actively participated in clinical audit and quality improvement programmes
Desirable
29. Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post
30. Reflected on purpose of CPD undertaken
31. Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation
32. Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations and publications
33. Has led clinical audits leading to service change or improved outcomes to patients
34. Interest in participating in further research projects related to Child and Adolescent Liaison Psychiatry