Locum Consultant Psychiatrist Rehabilitation Psychiatry

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, Adeyfield, Dacorum

Locum Consultant Psychiatrist Rehabilitation Psychiatry

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Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust, Adeyfield, Dacorum

  • Full time
  • Temporary
  • Onsite working

Posted 4 days ago, 18 Dec | Get your application in now to be included in the first week's applications.

Closing date: Closing date not specified

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Full Job Description

To maintain professional registration with the General Medical Council, Mental Health Act Section 12(2) approval, and to abide by professional codes of conduct. To participate annually in a job plan review with the clinical manager, which will include consultation with a relevant manager in order to ensure that the post is developed to take into account changes in service configuration and delivery associated with modernisation. To work with local managers and professional colleagues in ensuring the efficient running of services and share with consultant colleagues in the medical contribution to management. To comply with the Trust's agreed policies, procedures, standing orders and financial instructions, and to take an active role in the financial management of the service and support the medical director and other managers in preparing plans for services. To provide psychiatric care and clinical leadership through evaluation, diagnosis and use of appropriate treatment strategies to patients with complex psychosis in the To provide Consultant Care and hold RC responsibility for patients discharged from To provide a second opinion to colleagues from rehab and other services for the management of patients with complex psychosis if requested To act as Section 12(2) approved doctor for Mental Health Act Assessments and prepare for and attend Mental Health Act review tribunals and renewal hearings., To manage, appraise and give professional supervision to junior medical staff as agreed by consultant colleagues and the medical director and in accordance with the Trust's personnel policies and procedures. This may include assessing competences under the Modernising Medical Careers framework. To ensure that junior medical staff working with the post holder operate within the parameters of the New Deal and are Working Time Directive compliant. To undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of patients. To record clinical activity accurately and comprehensively and submit this promptly to the Information Department. To participate in service and business planning activity for the locality and, as appropriate, for the whole mental health service. To participate in annual appraisal for consultants.

  • MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
  • MRC Psych OR MRC Psych equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
  • Desirable criteria
  • Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management
  • Relevant higher degree, e.g. MD, PhD,MSc or other additional clinical qualifications, Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment
  • Section 12/Approved clinician approval/willingness to complete S12/AC approval
  • Desirable criteria
  • In good standing with GMC with respect o warning and conditions on practice
  • Endorsement in Rehabilitation Psychiatry
  • CCT in Psychiatry; OR Inclusion on theGMC Specialist Register in Psychiatry; OR within six months of achieving CCT/CESR at the time of interview, Experience of the full range of clinical responsibilities expected of a consultant in psychiatry.
  • Experience of close collaborative working with social care and other agencies
  • Experience of working with service users who have complex needs within psychiatry
  • Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
  • Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others
  • Desirable criteria
  • Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service.
  • Excellent degree of medical knowledge in relation to Complex psychosis and Rehabilitation Psychiatry
  • Academic Skills Lifelong learningEssential criteria
  • Able to deliver undergraduate or post graduate teaching and training.
  • Participated in continuous professional development.
  • Participated in research or service evaluation
  • Able to use and appraise clinical evidence
  • Has actively participated in clinical audit
  • Holds a full valid driving license and access to a car (Unless you have a disability as defined by the Disability Discrimination Act 1995), Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post.
  • Reflected on purpose of CPD undertaken.
  • Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation
  • Evidence of achievement in education ,research, audit and service improvement: awards, prizes ,presentations and publications
  • Has led clinical audits leading to service change.
  • Experience of organising and overseeing psychotherapy training program for psychiatry trainees, You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

    Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission.
  • Our family of over 4,000 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout, Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is rated by the Care Quality Commission as an Outstanding provider of mental health and learning disability services. In 2021, we won the prestigious Health Service Journal award for Mental Health Trust of the Year, with the judges saying they were "blown away" by our people's achievements and that everything they saw "sings and hums". This year, our staff rated us the 4^th best mental health and learning disability trust to work for out of all 52 trusts in the country. Our staff tell us that they are proud to be part of the HPFT team, proud of the standard of care we provide and proud that service users are our top priority. Our people tell us they feel supported though a great development, wellbeing and work-life balance offer and a highly compassionate, values-driven culture. We are equally proud of our staff, who live our values of being welcoming, kind, positive, respectful and professional