Consultant Psychiatrist in Community Adult Mental Health

Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand

Consultant Psychiatrist in Community Adult Mental Health Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust There is a vacancy for a full timeConsultant working into the Psychosis Team covering the area of South Durham(population 125,000 min 2008), part of the South Durham Locality. This is areplacement post. In total there are 13 Adult Mental Health Consultant postsacross the locality, which are supported by medical staff from the rotationscheme in psychiatry, GP Registrars, F2 Doctors and Speciality Doctors.

Main duties of the job The Consultant will be expected toprovide committed, proactive and responsive clinical leadership working withother staff to provide an assessment and treatment service for thoseindividuals suffering from psychosis in the South Durham Locality.As well as providing review clinics at the Goodall Centre, BarnardCastle and Enterprise House, Spennymoor, the Consultant will also undertakejoint reviews with other team members for complex, unstable and high riskindividuals. There are robust joint-working arrangements across both Affectiveand Psychosis teams based at Goodall Centre and this is aimed to supportcomplexities that may arise in patient care but also patients in whom there islack of clarity around which of the two teams they may fit into.Consultants will be fullyinvolved with the CPA process.

As the RC for patients in the team, thepost-holder will be overseeing Clozapine reviews within the team but the AdvancedNurse practitioner who is experienced in managing patients on Clozapine willtake an active role in ensuring all monitoring are in place and only concernsescalated where this is a need to.Due to the support from the juniordoctors, ANC and ANP it is only the most complex cases that are then referredfor review by the consultant psychiatrist or where there may be a legalobligation due to CTOs etc.

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 responsibilities Please see the attached job description for further information on this post. Please note the job description is currently waiting approval from the Royal College.

Person Specification Clinical Knowledge & Skills Excellent knowledge in specialty

Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge

Excellent oral and written communication skills in English

Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty

Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others

Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA

Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service

Academic Skills and Lifelong Learning Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training

Participated in continuous professional development

Participated in research or service evaluation.

Able to use and appraise clinical evidence.

Has actively participated in clinical audit.

Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post

Reflected on purpose of CPD undertaken

Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation.

Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations and publications.

Has led clinical audits leading to service change.

Leadership Reflects on own performance and behaviour, seeking and acting on feedback.

Able to influence and persuade to improve services

Able to take on leadership role in multidisciplinary team.

Knowledge of structure and management of the NHS and the Trust.

Shows commitment to quality through knowledge of quality improvement and lean thinking methodology OR able to achieve within one year of appointment

Able to adapt to and lead service change.

Able to take on a leadership role outside the multidisciplinary team.

Understanding of NHS & wider health economy and its implications for the work of the Trust.

Trained to standard equivalent to level 2 in TEWV Trust Quality improvement system

Qualifications MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.

Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.

Experience

Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.

Included on the GMC Specialist Register for Old Age Psychiatry OR included within six months.

Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment

Approved under S12 OR able to achieve with 3 months of appointment

In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice

Experience Describe your clinical experience relevant to this job role

Any other experience that may be applicable

Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust

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