Consultant Psychiatrist - Community Mental Health Service

Consultant Psychiatrist - Community Mental Health Service

LivewellSouthwest CIC is seeking a motivated Consultant Psychiatrist in GeneralAdult Psychiatry to join our Community Mental Health Team in Plymouth.

This 12-month fixed termrole offers the chance to contribute to the development of our new communitymental health core model, strengthening collaboration with primary care andsupporting service transformation across the City.

We are aflexible working, friendly organisation and welcome discussions about parttimehours, or alternative working patterns. Flexibility around baselocation may also be supported where service needs allow.

For furtherinformation, please contact: Dr Fiona Kinnarney (Medical Lead) or Teresa Barrett (Medical Workforce Manager) Email: Livewell.Medical-Workforce@nhs.net

Main duties of the job

Thesuccessful candidate will provide Consultant input to a City-wide assessmentservice offering a range of therapeutic interventions to adults and their carers/families,with severe and enduring mental illness/disorder.

Advicealso provided to primary care GPs, primary care mental health team and otherLivewell services.

• Full GMC Registration with a licence topractise
• Evidence of having worked as a senior doctor in a CMHS setting
• A commitment to recovery-focused, collaborativecare

About us

Livewell Southwest is an independent, award-winning socialenterprise delivering integrated health and social care services acrossPlymouth, South Hams, and West Devon, with specialist services in parts ofDevon and Cornwall. Our teams work in community hospitals, GP practices, sportscentres, and health hubs.

As an organisation with a strong social conscience we areguided by our values, kindness, respect, inclusivity, ambition, responsibility,and collaboration. We focus on transforming services to ensure sustainability,while empowering staff and those we serve.

We involve the people we care for, along with their familiesand carers, in shaping the care they receive, striving to deliver the rightcare at the right time and place. Centering our work on individual needs helpspeople lead healthy, independent lives.

Livewell Southwest values diversity and encouragesapplications from all sections of the community, including those with armedforces experience, lived experience of mental health, neuro-diverse conditionsand learning disabilities. If you need assistance or reasonable adjustmentsduring the application process, contact the Medical Workforce Team listed in thejob advert.

Job responsibilities

Please find attached a copy of the Job Description for Consultant Psychiatrist with Community Mental Health Services.

Person Specification

Experience

• Knowledge of Mental Health Legislation. Participation in Continual Professional Development. MDT Working. Ability to offer expert psychiatric opinion on full range of emergency and routine clinical situations.
• Experience in Community psychiatry, experience in working in a Community Mental Health Team and CPA. Evidence of special interest.

Research, Communication, Interpersonal Skills, Management & Practical Requirements

• Ability to apply evidence-based approach to management of clinical problems. Ability to teach undergraduates. Ability to communicate with patients and staff both orally and in writing, to a high standard. Computer and IT skills. Reliability. Excellent team working skills. Caring attitude to patients and relatives. Advise on efficient running of the service. Participate in department management. Experience in audit. Sensitivity to the importance of considering user's views in individual treatment plans and also service development. Ability to access transport to undertake duties as appropriate. Willingness to work expected hours of the job and on-call with reasonable adjustment to any disability. Ability to deal with stressful situations and emergency care.
• Completion of clinical research. Enthusiasm toward developing research in partnership with the University. Publications in refereed journals. Experience in designing teaching curricula for undergraduates. Ability to provide educational supervision to SpRs/junior doctors. Ability to maintain and build relationships across multiple physical and organisational boundaries. Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional or national levels. Ability to motivate a multidisciplinary team. Excellent organisational and time management skills. Evidence of service improvement and design specific to community settings. Practical experience of Care Programme Approach.

Qualifications

• Eligibility for full registration with GMC with a licence to practice. Eligibility for Section 12 and Approved Clinician Approval. Extensive experience in Community/ Adult Psychiatry essential.
• Higher academic qualification (MSc, PhD or other relevant higher qualifications). Inclusion on the Specialist Register in Psychiatry at the time of taking up the Post (Specialist Registrars applying in advance must be within six months of their CCT at the point of being interviewed). MRCPsych. Specialist areas e.g. Personality Disorder, Eating Disorders, Autistic Spectrum Disorders. Qualification in Teaching Learning. RCPsych Endorsement in Liaison Psychiatry and/or older Adults.

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.