Consultant Psychiatrist

North Devon is a great place to live and work, with an outstanding natural environment (beaches and surf), great schools, and great links with the regional city of Exeter. This new post will increase the most senior clinical capacity (Consultant Psychiatrists and Nurse Consultants) within our Adult Community Mental Health Services, following the partial retirement of one of the current Consultants.

You will be part of a friendly, cohesive, multidisciplinary team, keen to lead and work collaboratively within the national Community Mental Health Services Framework, which is a priority area of development for the Trust. Clinical practice is increasingly integrated with Primary Care and the Devon Mental Health Alliance (VCSEs) through PCN-aligned Multi-Agency-Teams. There are also Specialist Community teams (Rehabilitation, Community Eating Disorders and Complex Emotional Needs), and Acute Psychiatry teams (Home Treatment, Liaison Psychiatry and Inpatients). We share our Electronic Patient Record (SystmOne) with the vast majority of our GPs.

The Trust also has a range of other Specialist teams such as CAMHS, OPMH, Perinatal Psychiatry, Eating Disorder inpatient Unit, Tertiary Complex Emotional Needs service, Learning Disability, Neurodiversity (Autism and ADHD) and Forensic Services (Community and Inpatient).

The Trust encourages and supports Senior Clinical Leadership involvement in service development and quality improvement work, as well as personal CPD for your own development., The post, based in Barnstaple and Ilfracombe, covers the General Adult Community CMHT and the Specialist Team for Early Intervention in Psychosis (STEP) team for the same GPs/PCN. You will provide clinical leadership to the teams, and work closely with the Team and Locality Managers within the Trust governance structures. You will be invited to the in-person quarterly Medical Advisory Committee (MAC) meeting. This is well attended, provides good professional support, and gives the Consultant body considerable opportunity to influence Trust practice and policy.

Clinical consultations will be by Outpatient Clinics (in person, with phone/video/online options), a weekly MDT meeting, and ad-hoc advice to the (co-located) teams. Collaborative working with Primary Care and VCSE is mainly via a weekly online Multi-Agency Team meeting, and routine communication with GPs (email, letters etc.). Practice visits are encouraged. GP referrals are made through a Trust-wide Referral Management Team, with local triage within the CMHTs and STEP. The majority of new assessments are done by team members, with only a few triaged direct to Consultants.

You will be an Approved Clinician and S12 approved, able to undertake MHAA work.

About Devon Partnership Trust

We provide mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe & focused on people's recovery.

We are committed to developing a culture of coproduction, involving patients, families & carers in everything we do