Consultant in General Adult Psychiatry

Main duties of the job

Provide the highest quality of clinical care to patients and carers.

• Work in partnership at both strategic and operational levels with internal and external stakeholders.
• Ensure that people who use services, carers and advocates are treated with respect and dignity.
• Deliver clinical leadership, actively develop the team, and give expert advice to hospital and community specialists, managers, and directors on what is needed to deliver excellent care and to develop future strategic directions.
• Maintain continuing responsibility for the care of patients and for the proper functioning of the department.
• Liaise with general practitioners, hospital and community specialists, and other agencies wherever relevant.
• Engage in the development of the Job Plan and agree a workable timetable within the current framework.

About us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages across over 100 settings. With 6,500 staff we serve more than one million people in Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland.

We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from under-represented groups.

Job benefits and support

We offer:

• Protected time for research and special clinical interest.
• Relocation expenses (up to £8,000).
• Funding for CPD, study leave (30 days over 3 years, budget £1,000).
• NHS pension, childcare vouchers, salary sacrifice scheme, discount schemes, cycle to work and lease car schemes.
• Staff health and wellbeing support, subsidised gym membership.

Qualifications

• MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
• MRC Psych or equivalent.
• Fully registered with GMC with a licence to practice at the time of appointment.
• Included on the GMC Specialist Register or equivalent within 6 months of the interview date.
• Approved clinician status or ability to achieve within 3 months of appointment.
• Approved under S12 or ability to achieve within 3 months of appointment.
• Qualifying or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
• Additional clinical qualifications.
• In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice.

Experience

• Clinical expertise in specialty/sub specialty.
• Excellence in clinical skills using a bio psycho social perspective and wide medical knowledge.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.
• Ability to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty.
• Decision making based on evidence and experience, including contribution from others.
• Ability to meet duties under MHA and MCA.
• Ability to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training.
• Ability to work in and lead a team.
• Demonstrated commitment to shared leadership and collaborative working.
• Participation in continuous professional development.
• Participation in research or service evaluation.
• Ability to use and appraise clinical evidence.
• Active participation in clinical audit and quality improvement programmes.
• Personal skills and attributes: influencing, leadership, communication, motivation.
• Ability to undertake on call duties and work in the community, including travel to LPT sites.
• Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience within NHS or comparable service.
• Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement.
• Experience leading clinical audits resulting in service change or improved patient outcomes.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and a Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service is required to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Equal Opportunities

We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from under represented groups.

Legal and Practical Information

• New staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6 month probationary period.
• All jobs require permission to work in the UK.
• Cost of DBS disclosure is borne by the individual and will be deducted from salary once commenced.
• Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.