Consultant in General Adult Psychiatry - Bedford Recovery CMHT

Consultant in General Adult Psychiatry – Bedford Recovery CMHT

East London NHS Foundation Trust is looking for a Consultant in General Adult Psychiatry to lead the CPA recovery team.

Job Overview

Provide consultant leadership to the CPA recovery team, comprehensive assessment, diagnosis and management of adults with acute and severe mental illness, attendance and leadership of weekly MDT meetings, provision of clinical advice and guidance to primary care physicians, and work within a recovery approach.

Main duties

• Provide consultant leadership to the CPA recovery team.
• Provide comprehensive assessment, diagnosis and management of mental and physical health issues for adults over 18.
• Attend and be the clinical leader of weekly MDT meetings.
• Provide clinical advice and guidance to primary care physicians to manage patients in the least restrictive environment.
• Undertake all work in the context of the recovery approach which places the service user at the centre.

Essential Qualifications

• Fully registered with the GMC.
• Eligible for inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register (or Specialist Registrar within 6 months of gaining CCT).
• Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists or equivalent qualification.
• Eligible for Section 12 Approval (Mental Health Act) / Approved Clinician or willing to apply for such approval once in post.

Desirable Qualifications

• A higher degree such as MD or PhD.

Knowledge and Experience – Essential criteria

• Experience of clinical work in Acute Adult Psychiatry at SpR, SASG or consultant level within the last 3 years.
• Excellent working knowledge and experience of the application of the Mental Health Act.
• Appreciation and understanding of ethnic minority issues and commitment to culturally sensitive practices.
• Understanding of social factors relevant to psychiatry.
• Robust experience of working with severe and enduring mental illness and risk assessment, management.

Knowledge and Experience – Desirable criteria

• Experience of service development and introducing new services in mental health.
• Experience of working at consultant level in a community environment.

Organisational Skills / Abilities – Essential criteria

• Leadership skills.
• Ability to work as part of multidisciplinary, multi-model team.
• Ability to manage complex workloads and support others to do that.
• Consultation skills to services, teams and individuals.
• Commitment to working in multidisciplinary setting.
• Commitment to working with service users on service development.

Organisational Skills / Abilities – Desirable criteria

• Formal leadership and management training.
• Experience of team/service leadership.
• Experience of organisational development work.
• Project management ability.

Clinical Skills and Supervision – Essential criteria

• Ability to work in multi‑disciplinary team and provide leadership for the team.
• Self‑motivating and innovative.
• Expertise in risk assessment.
• Confidence in therapeutic risk taking.
• Commitment to clinical governance.

Clinical Skills and Supervision – Desirable criteria

• Experience in supervising trainee doctors and SAS doctors.

Teaching – Essential criteria

• Experience in teaching junior staff.
• Good teaching and communication skills.
• Experience of teaching medical undergraduates and postgraduates.
• Experience of teaching non‑medical mental health professionals.

Teaching – Desirable criteria

• Medical education qualification.

Research and Audit – Essential criteria

• Experience of research work, especially in general hospital patients and/or patients with medically unexplained symptoms.
• Audit experience.

Research and Audit – Desirable criteria

• Experience of grant‑funded project work.
• Publications in peer‑reviewed journals in relevant academic fields.

Other Requirements – Essential criteria

• UK driving licence.

Other Requirements – Desirable criteria

• Car owner.

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level.

Employment type

Full‑time.

Job function

Consulting.

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