Consultant in Community General Adult Psychiatry - Poole West

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Consultant in Community General Adult Psychiatry - Poole West, Poole

Client:

Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust

Location:

Poole, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

EU work permit required:

Yes

Job Reference:

39b6496dd462

Job Views:

76

Posted:

22.02.2025

Job Description:

We are looking to recruit a full-time consultant for Poole West CMHT, one of 3 linked CMHTs providing mental health care across the Poole area. Having 3 linked CMHTs all based on the same site at Alderney hospital provides advantages to the working environment and patient care.

We would love to hear from you to discuss how together we might design this role around you and your specialist interests. Work-life balance is important to all of us; when we support staff to achieve this, there are benefits for you, our patients, and the Trust. We are committed to enabling flexible working and would welcome discussions around this. This may include but is not limited to compressed hours over four days, job sharing, part-time working, and home working.

Alongside this, we offer fantastic career development and enhancements:

• This post attracts a Recruitment and Retention payment of £10,000 to be paid in monthly instalments for the first year of employment.
• We can provide a generous relocation package of up to £10,000 if you are interested in moving to our beautiful county.
• General medical qualification e.g. MBBS, or equivalent and hold a Licence to Practise.
• MRCPsych or recognised equivalent, e.g. membership of a psychiatry college in another country.
• Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research, or management.
• Must be in possession or within 6 months of possession of a CCT in Psychiatry or on the Specialist Register in Psychiatry.
• On Specialist Register in General Adult Psychiatry.
• Section 12(2) approval and Approved Clinician approval or ability to obtain approval before starting post.
• Experience of medicine outside psychiatry e.g. general practice, medicine.

Clinical Skills, Knowledge & Experience
Essential

• Excellent knowledge in specialty.
• Evidence of effective multidisciplinary team involvement.
• Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wider medical knowledge.
• Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA.
• Make decisions based on evidence and experience including contributions of others.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Teaching experience.
• Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within the NHS or comparable service.

Dorset HealthCare Values
Essential

• Proactive, respectful, supportive, reliable and trustworthy, and positive.
• Understand the importance of working with managers in the interest of good patient care.
• Able to manage priorities.
• Evidence of management/leadership skills training.
• Previous management experience including that of other junior medical staff.
• Understand principles of leadership and give examples of leadership in own practice.
• Able to provide clinical leadership to a multi-disciplinary team.

Clinical Governance
Essential

• An understanding of the importance of Clinical Governance in NHS organisations and its importance in patient care.
• Awareness of current issues in mental health service provision, policy, and legislation.
• To have an understanding of own strengths and weaknesses and how these attributes affect professional functioning.
• To have an understanding of the stresses involved in being a consultant psychiatrist and how to manage these appropriately.

Employer details
Employer name:
Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust
Address:
Alderney Hospital
Ringwood Road
Poole
BH12 4NB