Consultant in General Adult Psychiatry & Deputy Simulation Lead

Salary: £93,666 - £126,281 per annum
Closing date: 03/11/2024, 23:59

We have a great opportunity for a Consultant Psychiatrist to join our Bedfordshire Community MH Team Structure.

The post holder will:

support the multidisciplinary team in the management of patients subject to CPA, as envisaged in relevant NICE Guidance
work with an MDT including pharmacy, psychology, social work, CPN colleagues, and trainees
clinically lead a sub-team within this service, overseeing the delivery of care under CPA for a cohort of patients registered with certain primary care clinical networks.

With support of the Medical Education Department, the post-holder will be responsible for the clinical and educational direction and good governance of simulation and skills training within ELFT Luton and Bedfordshire as well as supporting the Simulation Lead for Trust Wide simulation work.

The role will look to establish high quality simulation and skills training programmes for doctors and other healthcare professionals in the Trust within a multidisciplinary simulation training platform. This role will also work collaboratively with the Simulation Lead to set up a simulation programmed for the Trust.

The post-holder will:

Provide consultant leadership to the CPA recovery team.
Provide comprehensive assessment, diagnosis and management of issues relating to mental and physical health for adults with acute and severe mental illness in the community (over 18 years) so that intensive and timely treatment can be delivered to prevent chronicity and dependency on psychiatric services.
Attend and be the clinical leader of weekly MDT meetings, supported by the team operational lead.
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 is emphasised across the Trust, placing the service user at the centre of planning and decision-making.
Fulfil Responsibilities as a Psychiatrist approved under Section 12 of the Mental Health Act 1983, where relevant.
The service has KPI targets and a requirement to meet them. The post holder will work with the Team manager to ensure the targets are met.
Provide support and training to other health care professionals and support service users through the care pathway as required
Lead on the delivery of high-quality care in all settings and be mindful of quality targets set by the Trust and those set nationally.

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve.

Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

For further information relating to this vacancy please see the attached job description and person specification.

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Fully registered with the General Medical Council
Eligible for inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register (or Specialist Registrar within 6 months of gaining CCT at the time of interview).
Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists or equivalent qualification (in accordance with Royal College of Psychiatrists guidelines)
Section 12 Approval (Mental Health Act)

Desirable criteria

Higher Degree in the relevant area

Knowledge

Essential criteria

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

Desirable criteria

Experience of service development and introducing new services in mental health
Experience of working at the consultant level in an inpatient environment.

Organisational skills/abilities

Essential criteria

Leadership skills
Ability to work as a part of multidisciplinary, multi-model team
Ability to manage complex workloads and support others to do that
Consultation skills to services, teams and individuals

Desirable criteria

Formal leadership and management training
Experience of team /service leadership

Research

Essential criteria

Able and willing to teach medical students and lecture on undergraduate and MRCPsych courses

Desirable criteria

Interest & willingness to supervise research, audit or QI projects.
Published research

Personal skills

Essential criteria

Excellent oral and written communication skills
Ability to manage complex workloads and support others to do that
Commitment to working with service users in ongoing service development.
Cultural sensitivity, ability to work with a diverse population.
Commitment to continuing professional development.

Desirable criteria

Management, performance and leadership courses.

Teaching

Essential criteria

Experience in teaching junior staff
Good teaching and communication skills
Ability to train and supervise junior medical staff and medical students/staff from other disciplines
Experience of teaching non-medical mental health professionals

Desirable criteria

Medical education qualification

Making Things Better
Quality Improvement is a key part of our work to improve our services and refine how we do things. We have a global reputation for our quality improvement work and we don’t stand still! So we offer a fantastic opportunity for our staff to learn, lead and contribute towards improving our services.

We launched our Five Year Strategy in April 2018, which identified four main strategic outcomes to improve: population health outcomes, experience of care, staff experience and improved value. This complements the NHS Long-Term Strategy and sets out our direction of travel.

Aiming High
We were rated ‘Outstanding’ by the CQC in 2016, we're proud to be rated ‘Outstanding’ again in 2018 and continue to be rated 'Outstanding' in 2021. We were named in the HSJ’s Top 10 Best Places to work in Healthcare and were voted Provider Trust of the Year in 2018.

Diversity
ELFT Is committed to being a diverse organisation and our workforce is reflective of the population and communities we serve. We believe that having colleagues with a range of backgrounds and life experiences enriches and adds value to the outcomes we have set out to achieve.

Having partnered and endorsed by organisations who are representative and experts in various areas of equality and diversity, we can ensure we are meeting the pre-set standards all the way from recruitment stage throughout the career journey of our employees by being accessible, having fair inclusive practices and a host of staff networks to support, nurture and celebrate our valued staff in the workplace.

Our Community
We provide a wide range of community health and mental health inpatient services to children, young people, adults of working age, and older adults in The City of London, Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets, Bedfordshire and Luton. We also provide psychological therapy services to the London Borough of Richmond, and provide Forensic services to the whole of North East London.

We provide services in urban and rural settings, sometimes in our inpatient units, but mostly in the community close to where people live. Integrated care is key to making the best use of resources and providing effective care.

Staff and Service Users United
We strive to ensure that staff feel valued by the Trust and that they are truly pivotal in delivering better outcomes for our patients and service users. We aspire to help to make ELFT the best place to work.

This Trust is clinician-led and provides the highest possible level of clinical expertise throughout its services. We pride ourselves on our service user involvement. A service user will be on your assessment centre and interview panel if you are invited to meet us. We especially welcome people with lived experience of health difficulties, with insight and understanding of different backgrounds, cultures and lifestyles in our population as we believe that this will equip staff to deliver a high standard of care to our service users and patients.

Other reasons to apply
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part-time or another flexible pattern.

As part of the relocation scheme we presently have, the Trust could support you by offering up to £10,000 for removal and associated expenses. This is subject to change and terms and conditions apply.

What Next?
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