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Consultant Psychiatrist - Acute Service

St Andrews Healthcare

Consultant Psychiatrist - Acute Service

£155000

St Andrews Healthcare, Northampton

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Remote working

Posted 2 weeks ago, 4 Sep | Get your application in now before you miss out!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 89110cdfd9444560a547f9dbdcd56e9c

Full Job Description

  • Opportunities to progress - Most of our senior medical managers started off as Consultant Psychiatrists in the Charity

  • Speciality Doctor and Physical Healthcare team support, including access to GP on site.

  • Infrequent non resident second on calls with 24 hour first on call cover

  • We sponsored some of our doctors to undertake MBA degrees

  • The chance to be part of a community of over 30 Consultant Psychiatrists and 8 Clinical Directors on one site with a weekly multidisciplinary CPD and Grand Rounds programme that includes colleagues from the NHS

  • Only 10 per cent of our Consultant Psychiatrist roles are occupied by locums. Our posts fill up fast

  • Support in undertaking indemnified private practice and medicolegal work though our community partnerships

  • Opportunities for joint roles with the NHS in some areas

  • Teaching Opportunities for medical students from Cambridge and Buckingham as well as Trainees

  • Opportunities for research with our Research and Innovation Team

  • Class leading analytics and data monitoring with extensive integration with our Electronic Records

  • Electronic Prescribing on all our wards.

  • £1000 dedicated study allowance

  • Opportunities for flexible working and some remote working too.

  • Located centrally in UK with great transport networks to London and the midlands whilst also having very good schools and great value for money properties.


    • Other benefits:

    Pension, 32 days of Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays and your birthday off, free parking, sickness policy on par with the NHS, secretarial support and more.

    Acute Services

    Our aim is to provide high-quality assessment, care and treatment, helping patients to progress to the least restrictive setting by equipping them with the skills required to live as independently as possible, closer to communities of their choosing.

    Our teams are multi-disciplinary, with extensive knowledge, skills and experience of working with services like below and therefore we are looking to speak with Consultant Psychiatrists who have an interest in working within Acute services we have set up that will work alongside our existing PICU services and teams too.

    We include patients in planning their care, valuing and embracing each individual's unique qualities.

    Our teams use compassion to be inclusive, motivated, open and honest. We are focused on outcomes and value by driving continuous improvements for our patients and treating everyone with equal respect, trust and dignity.

    The Role

    If you would like to be part of working with an innovative and dynamic team; be able to develop and deliver up to date treatments; and work in a supportive environment then this is the place for you! This will be a personally and professionally rewarding role. The post-holder will be able to undertake non-clinical activities of interest e.g. research, teaching, governance and management - in an innovative way, and influence the direction of services in order for them to attain the best outcomes for our patients.

    You will lead a multi-disciplinary team and oversee the management of patients with often complex needs. You will be able to promote innovation and improvement of services, with scope to develop your specialist interests and grow your remit and responsibilities. You will have an office and the support of an associate specialist as ward doctor and a full MDT including Clinical Administrators and Personal Assistants dedicated to your wards and service.

    You will be data driven and will have the data dashboards to support your clinical decisions. You will provide leadership to an established ward team, create a culture of speaking up and building / maintaining psychological safety within your teams. You will drive quality improvements, underpinned by our quality management system that is being embedded, as part of the Quality strategy.

    We are looking for a Consultant Psychiatrist who wants a role where they have the autonomy to make decisions that will help improve patient care and outcomes and has a passion about transforming care. Someone who wants to join an organisation and be a leader of a team who also shares this passion.

    St Andrew's is a not for profit Charity - we have no shareholders and any surplus we make is ploughed straight back into our services. We are part of the Specialist Provider Collaboratives in the East and West Midlands and are a member of the East Midlands Alliance. Our services in Northampton, set in 150 plus acres of woodland greenery are spread across 5 Divisions - Medium Secure, Low Secure and Specialist Rehabilitation, Learning Disability and Autism, Neuropsychiatry and CAMHS. We have a number of unique specialist national services including our Deaf Forensic Service, Huntington's Service, Secure Brain Injury Service, Older Adults Secure Services, Blended Women's Service (one of 3 National Pilots) and a specialist inpatient DBT service.