Consultant Psychiatrist

We are delighted to offer an opportunity to join the Shropshire Community Service as a Consultant Psychiatrist.

This post enables dedicated Consultant input into community care and treatment within the pathway, with the facility for rapid assessment of referred patients, flexible review of complex patients and timely discharge in liaison with General Practitioners. Service users will present with a range of mental health difficulties and need.

The role also involves providing clinical leadership and support to the team, and providing support and supervision as required to the Advanced Nurse Practitioner and Non-Medical Prescribers. In the role you will have responsibility to supervise a trainee attached to the team, although as with any training post this is subject to trainee availability.

You can expect to be clinically supported by a full multidisciplinary team. You will be expected to engage in peer supervision in a group of their choosing and can be offered clinical supervision within the team if required. The post holder will also contribute to the development of any doctors in training, (CT1-3, Spec Dr, ST4-6) attached to the Doctor and be expected to have an educational clinical supervisor role and would be encouraged and supported to take up roles within the college and outside organisations.

There is no CPA (Care Programme Approach) anymore and the NHS has moved to a Keyworker role. A Consultant may be a keyworker, where there is a service user who has no need to involve any other professional from the multi-disciplinary team, this may be required. All cases are discussed in MDT which is a core function of CMHS working.

• To comply with all Trust policies and the Living Our Values Framework.
• To maintain professional registration with the GMC and a full Licence to Practice, be engaging in appraisal, revalidation, and job planning.
• To maintain Approved Clinician (AC) status and approval under Section 12(2) of Mental Health Act 1983.
• To comply with Trust mandatory training.
• To operate with transparency, including maintenance of an electronic diary.

• To ensure, in conjunction with the multidisciplinary team, regular effective review of the care of patients in the clinical pathway – via individual assessments and follow up appointments, MDT meetings.
• To be the Responsible Clinician for service users in the pathway who are subject to Community Treatment Order (CTO) where applicable.
• To provide evidence based care.
• To be recovery focused.
• To provide cross-cover (emergency and prospective) for other Consultant Psychiatrist colleagues by mutual agreement.

Full details can be found on the attached job description, Keele University – MPFT is linked with Keele medical college. We receive at least 40 students across the Care Group. They have monthly block placements across 20 undergraduate tutors. There is scope to involve in timetable teaching during their placements at MPFT.

The MPFT Research and Innovation (R&I) department oversees research projects and promotes and encourages a research culture within the Trust. It is comprised of several portfolios:
Academic research, National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) delivery, partnerships, research governance, service evaluation, innovation, patient and public involvement and engagement and sponsorship. The Research & Innovation Department have collaborated with colleagues at Keele University and University of Worcester to develop a learning and development programme (STARS), focused around research skills. MPFT promotes research culture at work to help you have an active research portfolio.

The Care Group has three medical leads across adult, old age and CAMHS. In recent years we have few planned retirements from senior consultants who have held various portfolios. We expect the new consultant to actively involve in these leadership roles.

If you are interested in moving to our beautiful county, we can provide a generous relocation package of up to £8,000. Please speak to [email protected] to discuss this package or others our Trust could offer. By joining Team…