Employer: Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Weymouth and Portland CMHT
Town: Weymouth
Salary: £105,504 - £139,882 p.a.
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 19/01/2025 23:59
Consultant Psychiatrist in Community General Adult Psychiatry - Weymouth
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Job overview
We are looking for an experienced, enthusiastic and highly motivated Consultant psychiatrist to join us and play a key leadership role and influence the evolvement of the existing service in line with the Long-Term Plan and Community Mental Health Framework. You will form part of a high calibre consultant peer group in the heart of Dorset and will work in an established multidisciplinary community mental health team in Weymouth.
This role is Full Time, and we are committed to enabling flexible working and would welcome a discussion on how this could be achieved for you.
You will take part in the consultant on-call rota, remunerated at 3% plus 0.75APA.
This post attracts a Recruitment and Retention payment of £20,000 plus a further relocation package of up to £10,000 if relocating to Dorset. In addition, we offer a commitment to flexible working, career development opportunities and our excellent NHS benefits.
Main duties of the job
Weymouth and Portland CMHT is a large multidisciplinary team with a clinical team leader, 2 Band 7 specialists who co-work complex cases, 8 CCO posts, dedicated duty workers, support workers, and a very experienced admin team. We also have social workers who are part of the wider team.
As part of its integrated service for service users on CPA and Standard Care, the team offers a variety of services including a Physical Health Checks Service, Depot Clinic (including Olanzapine monitoring), Nurse led ADHD Clinic, Community Resource Team (social inclusion, employment, education), designated Duty service, psychological therapies (including a DBT pathway and individual therapy), Education and Quality Assurance meetings.
The post also attracts 10 days per year of study leave and an annual study leave budget of up to £1000.
We would love to hear from you to discuss how together we might design this role around you and your specialist interests.
Person specification
Qualifications/Training
* General medical Qualification e.g. MBBS, or equivalent and hold a Licence to Practise.
* MRCPsych or recognised equivalent, e.g. membership of a psychiatry college in another country.
* Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
* Must be in possession or within 6 months of possession of a CCT in Psychiatry or on Specialist Register in Psychiatry.
* Section 12(2) approval and Approved Clinician approval or ability to obtain approval before starting post.
* Experience of medicine outside psychiatry e.g. general practice, medicine.
Clinical Skills, Knowledge & Experience
* Knowledge in specialty.
* Evidence of effective multidisciplinary team involvement.
* Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA.
* Excellent written and oral communication skills.
* Teaching Experience.
Management Skills
* Understand the importance of working with managers in the interest of good patient care.
* Able to manage priorities.
* Evidence of management/Leadership skills training.
* Previous management experience including that of other junior medical staff.
Leadership Skills
* Understand principles of leadership and give examples of leadership in own practice.
* Able to provide clinical leadership to a multi-disciplinary team.
Clinical Governance
* An understanding of the importance of Clinical Governance in NHS organisations and its importance in patient care.
* Awareness of current issues in mental health service provision, policy and legislation.
Supervision of Junior Medical Staff
* Knowledge of requirements for supervision and appraisal of junior medical staff.
* Approved educational supervisor training.
Research and Audit
* Experience of carrying out an audit project.
* Experience or involvement in a research project and publication.
* Ability to supervise junior medical staff undertaking research projects.
* Published audit project.
At Dorset HealthCare we want to offer all our staff the opportunity to work flexibly, putting health and wellbeing first, whilst continuing the delivery of excellent patient care. Flexible working looks different for everyone and we welcome applicants to discuss flexible working opportunities with the recruiting manager.
What working for us will provide:
* 27 days of annual leave, rising to 33 over ten years (for staff on Agenda for Change terms and conditions).
* Health and wellbeing services.
* Flexible working options, including family-friendly hours.
* Free training and one-to-one career coaching to reach your career goals.
* Preceptorship programme for newly qualified nurses and AHPs.
* Access to nine staff networks – have a voice and transform our Trust.
* Relocation costs where applicable.
* Salary sacrifice scheme opportunities – including childcare vouchers, car lease and cycle scheme, home technology equipment, and buying annual leave.
* NHS discounts to save on your shopping, gym membership and more.
Visit our careers website to learn more about our culture, staff stories, benefits, development programmes and opportunities.
What you need to do:
Before applying for this post, please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification requirements. If you think you have everything we're looking for, then we'd love to hear from you; alternatively, if you would like more information about the role, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Regrettably, we are not able to offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you attempt to apply for a role that we do not offer sponsorship for, you will receive notification of this at the time of starting your application and you will not be able to proceed. At this point, we wish to thank you for your interest in working for us and apologise we cannot take your application any further.
Please note that from January 2021, to work in the UK, candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship unless you have permission to work via another route. Further guidance can be found on the gov.uk website. It is vital that you provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form. Overseas applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided in continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years.
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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.
Name: Dr Rodi Karadimova
Job title: Lead Consultant - Community General Adult Psychiatry
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 01202 858300
We would welcome the opportunity to meet with any interested candidates prior to the interviews or submission of an application. If you have any role-specific questions please contact Dr Rodi Karadimova, Lead Consultant for Community General Adult Psychiatry ([email protected] / 01202 858300) or Marc Flute, Service Manager for Weymouth & Portland CMHT ([email protected] / 01305 362060).
If you would like a pre-application conversation with the Chief Medical Officer, please contact Julie Street (Executive PA to the Chief Medical Officer) on 01202 277011 or via email to [email protected]
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