Adult Consultant Psychiatrist

Introduction

Join the 'Outstanding' team at The Chimney's Clinic, as rated by the CQC. As a Consultant Psychiatrist, you will be part of a passionate team dedicated to delivering the highest quality of care for patients. You will be supported in a collaborative and supportive learning environment.

This role offers the support of a Medical Secretary and a Specialist Doctor, providing a supportive team environment.

As a Consultant Psychiatrist, you will work closely with multi-disciplinary teams to ensure clients receive holistic, person-centric care based on the recovery model. You will also provide high-quality clinical care within the hospital services.

You will have opportunities for regular career development to keep your practice relevant, including access to excellent CPD and a large peer group of high-calibre consultants.

As a Consultant Psychiatrist, your responsibilities will include:

• Taking clinical responsibility for patients, including multidisciplinary ward rounds, risk reviews, strategic reviews, and developing a therapeutic milieu.
• Fulfilling the role of Responsible Clinician for patients detained under the Mental Health Act (1983).
• Providing psychiatric perspectives to the multidisciplinary team regarding assessment, formulation, and treatment of patients.
• Contributing to management and clinical governance meetings and service strategy development.
• Participating in in-house training programmes and offering supervision to other team members, especially junior medical staff.
• Maintaining CPD and re-validation requirements as per the Royal College of Psychiatrists or relevant bodies.
• Being part of an on-call Responsible Clinician rota.

To be successful, you should:

• Be medically qualified, MRC Psych or equivalent.
• Be innovative with the ability to initiate corporate decisions.
• Have an understanding of current developments in psychiatry and mental health.
• Possess knowledge of change management, relevant legislation, and contemporary mental health issues, including contractual issues.
• Have previous consultant experience in a management role.

What you will receive:

• Competitive annual salary.
• £8,400 car allowance.
• 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays and your birthday off.
• Group Personal Pension Plan (GPPP) with contributions.
• Life Assurance.
• Enhanced Maternity Package.
• Free meals on duty.
• Employee Assistance Services.
• Career development and training opportunities.
• Wellbeing support and activities.
• Additional voluntary benefits.
• Medical indemnity cover, possibly including on-call duties for The Chimneys and other sites.

Additional benefits include retail discounts and more.

About your next employer

You will work for a well-established, stable, and agile organization with over 8,000 employees, offering diverse care across Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, and Children & Education services. There are opportunities for growth and advancement.

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care, a global network in 10 countries with over 86,000 employees.

Elysium Healthcare is committed to safer recruitment, is a Disability Confident employer, and emphasizes safeguarding and welfare of service users. All staff require a DBS disclosure.