Consultant in Community General Adult Psychiatry – Bournemouth West

Employer Location Bournemouth Salary £88,364 to £119,133 a year pa Closing date 13 Nov 2022

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This is a new opportunity for a Consultant Psychiatrist to join Bournemouth West Community Mental Health Team, Based at Hahnemann House in Bournemouth. We are looking for a full-time (10PA per week) consultant, with part time candidates also considered and encouraged to apply.

The post holder will join the Trust at an exciting time, as we build on our Outstanding CQC rating and start work with newly formed Primary Care Networks, to further develop mental health services that meet the needs of local communities. Bournemouth West CMHT is well-established and has excellent relationships with other services.

We would love to hear from you to discuss how together we might design this role around you and your specialist interests.  Work-life balance is important to all of us, when we support staff to achieve this there are benefits for you, our patients, and the Trust. We are committed to enabling flexible working and would welcome discussions around this. This may include but is not limited to; compressed hours over four days, job sharing, part time working and home working.

Alongside this, we offer fantastic career development and enhancements:

  • This post attracts a  Recruitment and Retention payment of 10,000 to be paid in monthly instalments for the first year of employment.
  • We can provide a generous  relocation package of up to 10,000 if you are interested in moving to our beautiful county
  • Main duties of the job

    We are seeking a resilient psychiatrist who can work as part of a team and willing to work with a range of complex and difficult psychiatric conditions. This post would be an ideal fit for someone who is interested in research and developing and growing our service alongside the service manager and team leader.

    The base, Hahnemann House is a Hub for several other services including, Assertive Outreach East, Acute Day Services, Homeless Health Services, Recovery Education Centre, Veteran’s service and a Retreat drop in (out of Hours).

    Hahnemann House is in the centre of Bournemouth, a few minutes’ walk from the beaches and all the amenities in the town centre. The coastline around Bournemouth and the wider area is an area of great natural beauty and vibrant local culture and offers a fantastic work-life balance.

    About us

    At Dorset HealthCare we’re on a mission to empower people to make the most of their lives through our outstanding, joined-up healthcare services. We’re a dynamic, forward-looking Trust, running 12 community hospitals, specialist inpatient facilities and a wide range of integrated community and mental health services for a population of almost 800,000 people.

    We do things differently here – it’s one of the reasons the CQC rated us ‘outstanding’ in 2019. It’s also why 95% of patients across our services say they have a good or very good experience of our services and 89% of staff feel they can really make a difference. Whether you’re looking to work with us in one of our bustling market towns, vibrant urban locations, thriving seaside spots, or among the rolling hills of Dorset, there are lots of ways you can make a difference in our communities.

    Our 7,000-strong workforce is at the heart of what we do and our success is a testament to our brilliant people. We’re all about building a workplace for the future, we believe in equal opportunities and we celebrate diversity. We’re an inclusive workplace, where everyone is welcome, everyone can be authentic, and we are all encouraged to be the best version of ourselves.

    Working with us you’ll be part of a strong team, challenge yourself, build a career, and teach us what we don’t know. And you’ll be working towards our vision to be better every day through excellence, compassion and expertise in all we do

    Job description
    Job responsibilities

    The post holder will be expected to provide assessment and ongoing care for service users, along with advice and guidance to local GPs and clinical leadership of the multi-professional team.

    The post holder will be expected to work with the community team to cover emergency work and to keep waiting lists within Trust agreed waiting times, which are currently four weeks for routine referrals.

    The CMHT has a duty system which involves non-medical staff. The post holder will be expected to support the duty worker and carry out urgent assessments when needed, including Mental Health Act assessments.

    The post holder will take part of the on call rota. The on call rota is Dorset wide and paid at 3% on call availability plus additional 0.25PA for full time participation. This is a joint general adult, learning disability, child psychiatry and old age psychiatry senior on call rota supported by a further two tier non residential (CT1-3 and ST4-6) on call rota. When on-call the post holder is expected to provide advice and support to junior colleagues on-call, out of hours nursing and social work colleagues. When necessary, it is expected that the on-call consultant will review patients personally. At weekends and on bank holidays there is a consultant led review for newly admitted patients to address problems with inpatients. This ensures that all patients admitted to our units are seen by a consultant within the first 24 hours of their admission.

    The post holder will provide cross cover for annual, study and emergency sick leave with the consultant psychiatrist in the Turbary Park Sector CMHT.

    Person Specification
    Qualifications/Training
    Essential

  • General medical Qualification e.g. MBBS, or equivalent and hold a Licence to Practise.
  • MRCPsych or recognised equivalent, e.g. membership of a psychiatry college in another country.
  • Desirable

  • Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
  • Additional clinical qualification.
  • Eligibility
    Essential

  • Must be in possession or within 6 months of possession of a CCT in Psychiatry or on Specialist Register in Psychiatry.
  • On Specialist Register in General Adult Psychiatry.
  • Section 12(2) approval and Approved Clinician approval or ability to obtain approval before starting post.
  • Desirable

  • Experience of medicine outside psychiatry e.g. general practice, medicine.
  • Clinical Skills, Knowledge & Experience
    Essential

  • Excellent knowledge in specialty.
  • Evidence of effective multidisciplinary team involvement.
  • Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wider medical knowledge.
  • Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA.
  • Make decisions based on evidence and experience including contribution of others.
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills.
  • Desirable

  • Teaching Experience.
  • Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within the NHS or comparable service.
  • Dorset HealthCare Values
    Essential

  • Proactive, respectful, supportive, reliable and trustworthy, and positive.
  • Management Skills
    Essential

  • Understand the importance of working with managers in the interest of goo patient care.
  • Able to manage priorities.
  • Evidence of management/Leadership skills training.
  • Desirable

  • Previous management experience including that of other junior medical staff.
  • Leadership Skills
    Essential

  • Understand principles of leadership and give examples of leadership in own practice.
  • Able to provide clinical leadership to a multi-disciplinary team.
  • Clinical Governance
    Essential

  • An understanding of the importance of Clinical Governance in the NHS organisations and importance in patient care.
  • Awareness of current issues in mental health service provision, policy and legislation.
  • Self Awareness
    Essential

  • To have an understanding of own strengths and weaknesses and how these attributes affect professional functioning.
  • To have an understanding of the stresses involved in being a consultant psychiatrist and how to manage these appropriately.
  • Supervision of Junior medical Staff
    Essential

  • Knowledge of requirements for supervision and appraisal of junior medical staff.
  • Approved educational supervisor training.
  • Research and Audit
    Essential

  • Experience of carrying out an audit project.
  • Experience or involvement in a research project and publication.
  • Ability to supervisor junior medical staff undertaking research projects.
  • Desirable

  • Published audit project.
  • Ability to critically appraise published research.
  • BMJ Ref: BMJ-96036/152-ME34.22

    Company

    Dorset Healthcare is a dynamic and forward-thinking Trust delivering both hospital and community based care. We serve a population of nearly 800,000 people and employ around 6,000 outstanding staff. We are the largest provider of heathcare in Dorset and our services continually evolve and develop to meet the needs of our community.

    As well as a wide range of professional challenges, Dorset offers the opportunity for an outstanding work/life balance, with great weather, stunning countryside, picture-postcard villages and award-winning beaches.

    There are also excellent schools, top-rated family attractions and endless sporting/leisure opportunities. Good transport links offer speedy access to Southampton and London in the east, and Bristol, Devon and the West Country.

    Find Us Website Telephone 01202 277000 Location Sentinel House
    Poole
    Dorset
    BH17 0RB
    United Kingdom

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