Consultant Neuropsychiatrist Active Care Group

Hours

Hours: 7.5 Hours Per Week

Active Care Group are inviting applications for a Consultant Neuropsychiatrist with a special interest in Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) to join their expanding service at The Laurels Neurorehabilitation and Specialist Residential Service in Lincolnshire.

Applications are welcomed from Consultants who are looking for 1 day per week

The Laurels is developing a dedicated inpatient FND treatment pathway alongside its established neurorehabilitation provision. This is a unique opportunity to play a pivotal leadership role across both areas of our service, helping to shape and deliver high-quality, evidence-based care for individuals with complex neurological and functional disorders.

You will provide expert psychiatric input for patients with FND, lead on clinical decision-making within a highly skilled interdisciplinary team, and contribute to the further development of integrated rehabilitation pathways across the Lincolnshire region. As a Consultant, you'll also have the opportunity to engage in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, with support for the development of academic and research interests.

The Role:

Clinical

• Leading the multidisciplinary team that undertakes assessments for admissions to the service within our partner acute hospitals
• Providing outstanding neuropsychiatric care linked to national guidelines and working in collaboration with community mental health services
• Leading the multidisciplinary team in the care and treatment of our patients, including weekly ward round review
• Leading on MHA and MCA within the unit
• Attend family meetings, case review meetings and discharge planning meetings as required
• Practise evidence-based care through national standards and guidelines
• Provide supervision to their allocated junior doctor
• Prepare for and participate in external reviews (CQC, Quality Network reviews); liaison with NHSE and participation in local networks and pathways

Management

• Attendance, and contribution to, the Active Care Group Neuro clinical governance meeting.
• Participate in service development, through research, innovation and local audit.
• Continue strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, particularly our partners in the NHS
• Supervision and support of the site based junior doctor.
• Engagement in National Networks
• Ongoing personal development through CPD and annual appraisal (and adhering to the GMC's "Good Medical Practice"

Requirements:

• Full registration with GMC with licence to practice
• MRPsych (Required)
• CCT in Neuropsychiatry, General Adult or Liaison Psychiatry or any other psychiatric CCT with evidence of experience working with adults with neuropsychiatric conditions
• Working within an inpatient rehabilitation setting treating those with neurological or brain injury (Desirable)
• Experience working within an FND setting
• Evidenced based practice
• Confidence in engaging internal and external stakeholders
• Patient centred, outcomes-based care

Active Care Group are a Disability Confident employer.

Working Environment:

• Participate in 2nd Tier on call rota
• Junior doctor support
• Site based clinical governance and Medical Advisory Committee Meeting
• Opportunity to develop leadership skills through the existing Group wide committee meetings (e.g. Research and Development and Drugs and Therapeutics Committee)

Benefits

• 25 days plus bank holidays
• Birthday off
• Active Learning Hub which gives a wide range of e learning and face to face training and development opportunities
• Benefits Hubgiving discounts and savings on your weekly shop
• Free 24 hour confidentialEmployee Assistance Programme Helpline & Appto support with legal, health, wellbeing, relationship and consumer advice
• ANest Personal Pensionaccount
• Access to join aMedicash Health Planfor you and your family to save money on everyday health essentials - like going to the dentist or opticians
• We recognise outstandingActive Behavioursvia theActive Awardsprogramme
• Enhanced Sick & Maternity Pay benefits
• Refer a FriendSchemeand earn yourself up to£1000by recommending someone you know
• and, of course, the support and guidance of our qualified clinical and business leadership teams so that you can really develop your career with Active Care Group