Site Green Parks House, PRUH Town Kent Salary £105,504 - £139,882 Plus £2162 LW + 1% on-call availability allowance Salary period Yearly Closing 03/02/2025 23:59
Job overview
We are seeking an experienced Consultant Psychiatrist who will work on Norman ward in Green Parks House, Princess Royal University Hospital, Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust.
The post-holder will provide senior medical cover for 18 acute inpatients admitted to Norman ward and will be the Responsible Clinician (RC) for all detained inpatients.
The post-holder, along with their designated 2 wte Core Trainees, will be responsible for all clinical work and related administrative work, including mental health act work, ensuring that patients receive quality care and that the Trust’s quality indicators are met. It is expected that the post-holder will work closely with the ward manager to deliver high-quality, evidence-based clinical care to inpatients and take a lead on clinical governance, including the delivery of key performance targets, learning from incidents, and service user feedback.
Main duties of the job
There are three general adult wards based at Green Parks House, Princess Royal University Hospital. These wards, Norman, Betts, and Goddington, admit both informal and detained patients. Norman ward has 18 beds, and all wards are mixed-sex wards.
The inpatient wards at Green Parks House successfully completed the College Research Unit’s accreditation programme for inpatient units in 2008. The focus of all the acute wards is on multidisciplinary team assessment and treatment of mental illness through a range of treatments and collaborative care.
Treatment is achieved with high levels of observation and a range of treatment strategies, including pharmacological and psychological approaches, within a safe and secure environment.
Working for our organisation
At Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, we offer a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people living in South-East London and to individuals in prison across England. Our services include community health care, such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, and care for people with learning disabilities and mental health issues, such as psychiatry, nursing, and therapies.
Oxleas is a great place to work. It has been recognized as one of the Top 10 Best Places to Work 2023 by the Sunday Times among very big employers. Our staff survey results show that we are in the Top 5 in England and the highest in London for staff experience among similar trusts.
“We are always delighted to welcome new colleagues to the Oxleas family. We care about making Oxleas a great place to work - it’s a big priority in our strategy. Come and join us - it’s a place where our values, teamwork, equity, and wellbeing matter and where you can really help to improve people’s lives.”
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. RC chairs and leads a multidisciplinary review meeting of patients on the ward at least three times a week to ensure that there are enough opportunities to see each new patient at the earliest opportunity and that all patients are seen at least once a week.
2. Attend clinical governance meetings where the quality of care the ward provides is reviewed at least once a month.
3. Attend the business meeting to support and provide a senior clinical view and perspective on issues that affect the ward and have a good understanding of the directorate’s priorities in relation to patient safety, patient experience, and clinical effectiveness.
4. Regular one-on-one meetings with the ward manager.
5. Ensure effective and appropriate use of medical resources within the team to address the needs of service users.
6. Ensure regular and adequate supervision of trainees and non-training medical staff as necessary.
7. Ensure that the views of families and carers are sought when making decisions about patient care and discharge planning.
8. Participate in directorates and sub-directorate meetings, including task and finish, ad-hoc, and regular meetings to address specific issues affecting the directorate or sub-directorate that require clinical input.
9. Ensure that there are no statutory breaches, such as allowing sections to lapse. Ensure that capacity assessments or section 58 (consent to treatment) are completed in a timely fashion.
10. Engage in regular service reviews and developments such as the use of outcome measures like NICE audits of their practice and the use of new technology when these become available to support their work, for example, iPads, Docman, and Video Conferencing.
Person specification
GMC registration
* Must have full GMC registration.
MBBS
* MBBS or equivalent.
Psychiatry experience
* Must have relevant psychiatry experience.
We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that welcomes and supports individuals of all abilities. If you meet the minimum criteria for this role and have a disability, you can be guaranteed an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme. Please ensure you select this on your application form. We encourage you to be open about your needs so we can work with you to design a comfortable and accessible interview experience.
If you require any adjustments to participate fully in the interview process, please let us know by adding the relevant details when scheduling your preferred interview date and time. Feel free to contact the appointing manager to discuss your needs.
We encourage applicants to contact the hiring manager before their interview if they have any questions about the role or the process. This is a great way to get clarity and prepare effectively for the interview.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020, and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
If you'd like to explore opportunities to work for us, please submit an expression of interest form.
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