Adult Psychiatry Consultant (HQ0317AQ) Barrow-In-Furness, England
Client Name: Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Role: Adult Psychiatry Consultant
Are you a Consultant Adult Psychiatrist looking for the perfect clinical placement? The prestigious Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust has announced an exciting opening for an ambitious Adult Psychiatry Consultant. This opportunity promises to provide the right candidate with unrivalled opportunities for therapeutic practice, academia, and research.
As a Consultant Adult Psychiatrist, your skills, knowledge, and experience are critical to the successful provision of psychiatry services at Furness General Hospital. Here you have extensive opportunities to develop good collaborative therapeutic alliances with patients and patients' families while being a pillar of clinical and educational support for junior doctors.
Working flexible shifts at Furness General Hospital, you will enjoy close working relationships with your fellow healthcare professionals. Together you will seek to establish a common understanding of the problems the patient is experiencing, taking a lead role in establishing the strategic management plan for a patient, utilising your therapeutic skills to develop a constructive pathway to recovery.
The Furness General Hospital takes their contribution to medical development and advancement seriously with an emphasis on ensuring excellence across the domains which matter the most to the wellbeing of patients. As a result, you will have access to some of the most advanced medical facilities in the country and unparalleled opportunities for specialism, research, and academia throughout your consultancy.
In addition to your qualifications, as an Adult Psychiatry Consultant, you will have:
* Quick thinking abilities
* Patience and the ability to teach, coach, and mentor
* Excellent attention to detail
* A systematic approach to tasks and delegation
* A pro-active approach to research and academia
* Empathy and understanding
* A dedication to improving and developing knowledge and skills
Main Duties/Responsibilities
* Carry out new referral assessments, deliver therapy or refer to psychology colleagues for relevant interventions, or to follow up patients for medication reviews.
* Formulate care and treatment plans, prescribe various types of treatment, and provide guidance on evidence-based treatment and effectiveness.
* Actively support patients and their families, communicating clinical information to explain a diagnosis and treatment options using various methods to ensure practical understanding.
* Communicate with patients and the wider multidisciplinary team on shared patient decision making.
* Work in and where appropriate, lead a multidisciplinary team.
* Assess and prioritise patient/client requirements, delegating effectively to others.
* Recognise, review, and report a patient's condition and any changes to the patient and the multidisciplinary team.
* Help teach and train other junior doctors and medical students and other multidisciplinary team members.
Qualifications/Licenses/Certifications
* MBChB (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery) or equivalent.
* Hold CCT or CESR at the time of interview or in an established training programme and within six months of CCT.
* Inclusion on GMC's Specialist Register or within 6 months of CCT or CESR (CP) at interview.
* 6 months recent NHS experience within the last 3 years.
So, if you are dedicated to achieving the very best outcomes for patients through the provision of clinical leadership, demonstrating resilience in difficult circumstances and leading the drive for quality patient care, we want to hear from you. Apply today.
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