Consultant in General Adult Psychiatry

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Are you looking for an opportunity to be part of a new service model that is working in partnership with local services to meet the needs of those presenting with complex mental health needs together?

We are seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist to join our newly transformed Telford & Wrekin Community Mental Health Service which has been aligned to work with our local group of Primary Care Networks

Telford & Wrekin Community Mental Health service provide assessment & evidence based interventions for people who are presenting with complex mental health difficulties that are significantly impacting on their daily life alongside our partner organisations

This is a permanent full-time (10PAs) post in General Adult Psychiatry. The emphasis is to provide timely & comprehensive assessment, interventions & treatment to service users & their families/carers, whilst working within a multi-disciplinary team format

We are looking for a Consultant Psychiatrist with the interest in providing strong medical leadership as the post involves providing clinical leadership to the team as part of a collective leadership structure, which shares responsibility for ensuring that the care delivered by the service is safe and of a high quality standard

Why move to our County? Shropshire is often described as a 'rural gem' it combines the best of old and new, has vast open spaces and a strong range of education provisions

Main duties of the job

This post enables dedicated Consultant input into one of our five Integrated Community Mental Services (CMHS) that are based across Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin. You will be expected to provide community care & treatment, with the facility for assessment of referred service users, flexible review of complex service users & timely discharge in liaison with GPs. Service Users will present with a range of mental health difficulties and need.

The role is aligned to the Telford & Wrekin CMHS, which comprising of four PCNs. This service in total has 4.2 Adult Consultants and 2 Older Adult Consultants. The post is aligned to cover 1 of the PCNs (Wrekin PCN)

The role involves providing clinical leadership to the team as part of a collective leadership structure, & providing support & supervision as required to Advanced Nurse Practitioner & Non-Medical Prescribers. The Post Holder will have responsibility to supervise a trainee attached to the team, although as with any training post this is subject to trainee availability. Opportunities are also available in the Trust to participate in postgraduate and undergraduate education for Junior Doctors and Medical Students from Keele Medical School.

We would love to hear from you to discuss how together we might design this role around you & your specialist interests. We are committed to enabling flexible working and would welcome a discussion on how this could be achieved for you, with options including working remotely from home

About us

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;

• Dedicated SPA time of up to 25% of working hours
• Paid study leave (on application and approval) in addition to CPD
• Potential of extra PA for DCC with requisite pay per PA
• Inclusion on the Consultant on-call rota for the higher level with 3%, 5% or 8% requisite pay depending on frequency
• A range of recruitment incentives available, including up to £8k relocation package
• Up to 32 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 34 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Options for flexible working
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
• Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
• Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
• Free car parking at all trust sites

And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.

Date posted

13 December 2024

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

£105,504 to £139,882 a yearPer Annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

301-MS-23-5246287-E

Job locations

Hall Park Way

Telford

TF3 4NF

Job responsibilities

We are looking for a highly motivated individual, with a passion for working with adults presenting with complex mental health difficulties. The successful person will need to encourage effective engagement of this cohort of people, maintaining compassion and hope through every contact.

You will need to have the following key skills and experience:

• To have a genuine passion for working with adults presenting with complex mental health needs
• To be able to work well in a team
• To have excellent leadership qualities
• To provide evidenced based care that is recovery focused

Professional

• To comply with all Trust policies and the Living Our Values Framework.
• To maintain professional registration with the GMC and a full Licence to Practice, be engaging in appraisal, revalidation and job planning.
• To maintain Approved Clinician (AC) status
• To comply with Trust mandatory training
• To operate with transparency, including maintenance of an electronic diary

For Clinical and Non-clinical please refer to the attached Job Description

If you are interested in moving to our beautiful county, we can provide a generous relocation package of up to £8,000. Please speak to Samantha.Kearns@mpft.nhs.uk to discuss this package or others our Trust could offer

Job responsibilities

We are looking for a highly motivated individual, with a passion for working with adults presenting with complex mental health difficulties. The successful person will need to encourage effective engagement of this cohort of people, maintaining compassion and hope through every contact.

You will need to have the following key skills and experience:

• To have a genuine passion for working with adults presenting with complex mental health needs
• To be able to work well in a team
• To have excellent leadership qualities
• To provide evidenced based care that is recovery focused

Professional

• To comply with all Trust policies and the Living Our Values Framework.
• To maintain professional registration with the GMC and a full Licence to Practice, be engaging in appraisal, revalidation and job planning.
• To maintain Approved Clinician (AC) status
• To comply with Trust mandatory training
• To operate with transparency, including maintenance of an electronic diary

For Clinical and Non-clinical please refer to the attached Job Description

If you are interested in moving to our beautiful county, we can provide a generous relocation package of up to £8,000. Please speak to Samantha.Kearns@mpft.nhs.uk to discuss this package or others our Trust could offer

Person Specification

Qualifications

• oMedical Degree
• oMRC Psych or equivalent
• oEligible for inclusion on the specialist register (senior trainees must be within six months of CCT at the point of interview)
• oSpecialty Training

Clinical and Professional Competence

• oExperience in General Adult Psychiatry at ST 4 -6 level or equivalent senior level in a variety of settings including in-patient and community.
• oAwareness of current guidelines for the assessment and treatment of mental disorder
• oEligibility for Approved Clinician status and knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act.

Job summary

Are you looking for an opportunity to be part of a new service model that is working in partnership with local services to meet the needs of those presenting with complex mental health needs together?

We are seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist to join our newly transformed Telford & Wrekin Community Mental Health Service which has been aligned to work with our local group of Primary Care Networks

Telford & Wrekin Community Mental Health service provide assessment & evidence based interventions for people who are presenting with complex mental health difficulties that are significantly impacting on their daily life alongside our partner organisations

This is a permanent full-time (10PAs) post in General Adult Psychiatry. The emphasis is to provide timely & comprehensive assessment, interventions & treatment to service users & their families/carers, whilst working within a multi-disciplinary team format

We are looking for a Consultant Psychiatrist with the interest in providing strong medical leadership as the post involves providing clinical leadership to the team as part of a collective leadership structure, which shares responsibility for ensuring that the care delivered by the service is safe and of a high quality standard

Why move to our County? Shropshire is often described as a 'rural gem' it combines the best of old and new, has vast open spaces and a strong range of education provisions

Main duties of the job

This post enables dedicated Consultant input into one of our five Integrated Community Mental Services (CMHS) that are based across Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin. You will be expected to provide community care & treatment, with the facility for assessment of referred service users, flexible review of complex service users & timely discharge in liaison with GPs. Service Users will present with a range of mental health difficulties and need.

The role is aligned to the Telford & Wrekin CMHS, which comprising of four PCNs. This service in total has 4.2 Adult Consultants and 2 Older Adult Consultants. The post is aligned to cover 1 of the PCNs (Wrekin PCN)

The role involves providing clinical leadership to the team as part of a collective leadership structure, & providing support & supervision as required to Advanced Nurse Practitioner & Non-Medical Prescribers. The Post Holder will have responsibility to supervise a trainee attached to the team, although as with any training post this is subject to trainee availability. Opportunities are also available in the Trust to participate in postgraduate and undergraduate education for Junior Doctors and Medical Students from Keele Medical School.

We would love to hear from you to discuss how together we might design this role around you & your specialist interests. We are committed to enabling flexible working and would welcome a discussion on how this could be achieved for you, with options including working remotely from home

About us

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;

• Dedicated SPA time of up to 25% of working hours
• Paid study leave (on application and approval) in addition to CPD
• Potential of extra PA for DCC with requisite pay per PA
• Inclusion on the Consultant on-call rota for the higher level with 3%, 5% or 8% requisite pay depending on frequency
• A range of recruitment incentives available, including up to £8k relocation package
• Up to 32 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 34 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Excellent NHS Pension scheme
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Options for flexible working
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
• Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
• Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
• Free car parking at all trust sites

And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.

Date posted

13 December 2024

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£105,504 to £139,882 a yearPer Annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

301-MS-23-5246287-E

Job locations

Fuller House Hall Court

Hall Park Way

Telford

TF3 4NF

Job description

Job responsibilities

We are looking for a highly motivated individual, with a passion for working with adults presenting with complex mental health difficulties. The successful person will need to encourage effective engagement of this cohort of people, maintaining compassion and hope through every contact.

You will need to have the following key skills and experience:

• To have a genuine passion for working with adults presenting with complex mental health needs
• To be able to work well in a team
• To have excellent leadership qualities
• To provide evidenced based care that is recovery focused

Professional

• To comply with all Trust policies and the Living Our Values Framework.
• To maintain professional registration with the GMC and a full Licence to Practice, be engaging in appraisal, revalidation and job planning.
• To maintain Approved Clinician (AC) status
• To comply with Trust mandatory training
• To operate with transparency, including maintenance of an electronic diary

For Clinical and Non-clinical please refer to the attached Job Description

If you are interested in moving to our beautiful county, we can provide a generous relocation package of up to £8,000. Please speak to Samantha.Kearns@mpft.nhs.uk to discuss this package or others our Trust could offer

Job responsibilities

We are looking for a highly motivated individual, with a passion for working with adults presenting with complex mental health difficulties. The successful person will need to encourage effective engagement of this cohort of people, maintaining compassion and hope through every contact.

You will need to have the following key skills and experience:

• To have a genuine passion for working with adults presenting with complex mental health needs
• To be able to work well in a team
• To have excellent leadership qualities
• To provide evidenced based care that is recovery focused

Professional

• To comply with all Trust policies and the Living Our Values Framework.
• To maintain professional registration with the GMC and a full Licence to Practice, be engaging in appraisal, revalidation and job planning.
• To maintain Approved Clinician (AC) status
• To comply with Trust mandatory training
• To operate with transparency, including maintenance of an electronic diary

For Clinical and Non-clinical please refer to the attached Job Description

If you are interested in moving to our beautiful county, we can provide a generous relocation package of up to £8,000. Please speak to Samantha.Kearns@mpft.nhs.uk to discuss this package or others our Trust could offer

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• oMedical Degree
• oMRC Psych or equivalent
• oEligible for inclusion on the specialist register (senior trainees must be within six months of CCT at the point of interview)

Desirable

• oSpecialty Training

Clinical and Professional Competence

Essential

• oExperience in General Adult Psychiatry at ST 4 -6 level or equivalent senior level in a variety of settings including in-patient and community.
• oAwareness of current guidelines for the assessment and treatment of mental disorder
• oEligibility for Approved Clinician status and knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act.

Qualifications

Essential

• oMedical Degree
• oMRC Psych or equivalent
• oEligible for inclusion on the specialist register (senior trainees must be within six months of CCT at the point of interview)

Desirable

• oSpecialty Training

Clinical and Professional Competence

Essential

• oExperience in General Adult Psychiatry at ST 4 -6 level or equivalent senior level in a variety of settings including in-patient and community.
• oAwareness of current guidelines for the assessment and treatment of mental disorder
• oEligibility for Approved Clinician status and knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please seeNHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please seeNHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Fuller House Hall Court

Hall Park Way

Telford

TF3 4NF

Employer's website

https://www.mpft.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Fuller House Hall Court

Hall Park Way

Telford

TF3 4NF

Employer's website

https://www.mpft.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)