Adult Consultant Psychiatrist and Medical Director

NHS; Exeter; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job description

Adult Consultant Psychiatrist and Medical Director

This is a senior leadership role as the Medical Lead for acute and locked rehabilitation mental health services in the South-west region. You will have the opportunity to become the Medical Director for Pinhoe View, The Woodmill, and The Copse, providing clinical governance and service delivery across these three sites. This is a challenging and rewarding position that requires previous medical leadership experience.

Main duties of the job

As the Medical Lead Consultant Psychiatrist, you will be responsible for providing senior clinical advisory support, participating in policy and procedure development, leading on quality improvement and clinical governance, managing other medical staff, and acting as the Responsible Clinician with an inpatient caseload. You will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team and represent the region within Elysium's clinical governance structures.

Job responsibilities

Your responsibilities as a Medical Lead Consultant Psychiatrist include:

• Senior clinical advisory role to sites on clinical matters and clinical strategy across Pinhoe View, The Woodmill and The Copse
• Participating in development and reviewing of policies and procedures
• Leadership around Quality improvement and clinical governance
• Medical management, supervision of other medics and recruitment
• Regional representation within Elysium’s clinical governance structures
• Responsible Clinician role with an inpatient caseload
• Multi-disciplinary, multi-agency and partnership working
• Mental Health Act implementation and liaison with Ministry of Justice (if applicable)
• Leadership of your chosen site’s clinical governance meetings and service development alongside the Hospital Director

There is a two-tier on-call system. The post holder will be part of the second tier on-call as the duty Responsible Clinician. The post holder will be expected to provide cover for other medical colleagues during annual leave and other absences and this is reciprocated.

To be successful as an applicant you’ll need:

• MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
• Full GMC registration with licence to practice
• MRCPsych or MRCPsych equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists
• Section 12(2) approval to work in England and Approved clinician status
• Previous medical leadership experience is desirable

What you will get:

• Competitive annual salary
• 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays and your birthday off!
• A Group Personal Pension Plan (GPPP) and pension contribution
• Life Assurance for added peace of mind.
• Enhanced Maternity Package so you can truly enjoy this special time.
• Free meals while on duty
• Employee Assistance Services
• Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals.
• Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance.
• Voluntary benefits
• Medical indemnity cover

There are also a range of other benefits including retail discounts and special offers and much more.

About your next employer

You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.