Consultant Psychiatrist - Home Treatment Team

NHS; Redditch; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000

Job description

Consultant Psychiatrist - Home Treatment Team

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

We are looking to recruit a dynamic, motivated Consultant to work in our Mental Health Home Treatment Team situated in the north of the County. This full-time post is based at the Hillcrest Unit in Redditch and is supported by a SAS grade colleague. Designated office space will be provided along with a Trust laptop and smartphone.

The Trust is committed to delivering the best mental health care and support the leadership development of their clinicians. We aim to reflect the diversity of our population and practice social inclusion. Less than full-time and flexible working applicants are welcome to apply. Consideration will be given around flexibility in your timetable.

There is a weekly local teaching programme and a Trust's Grand Rounds monthly. You will be supported in your CPD and development of a special interest. You will be joining a supportive, cohesive group of consultants who work together to provide the services locally.

This post has been deemed by the Trust as eligible for relocation expenses which will be applicable for suitable successful candidate(s). Please see attached policy for more information.

Main duties of the job

Herefordshire & Worcestershire Health & Care NHS Trust covers the whole of Worcestershire, a mixed rural and urban area of over 500 square miles and around a million population. It covers the City of Worcester together with the towns of Kidderminster, Stourport, Bewdley, Tenbury Wells, Bromsgrove, Redditch, Droitwich, Evesham, Pershore, Malvern and Upton upon Severn.

There are 2 Home Treatment Teams in the north of the County. Wyre Forest Home Treatment covers approx. 25 GP surgeries throughout Kidderminster, Bewdley, Stourport, Tenbury Wells and parts of Stourbridge. Redditch and Bromsgrove covers approx. 28 GP surgeries throughout Redditch, Bromsgrove, Romsley, Alvechurch, Wythall and Belbroughton. We offer intensive patient care for patients as an alternative to hospital admission and also to those who are at risk of significant deterioration. We have close links with the acute wards and offer support to patients on leave and to help facilitate discharge from hospital. We also provide a 72-hour Crisis Support Service for patients who require shorter-term interventions. The working age population for Home Treatment North is Bromsgrove 58,000, Wyre Forest 60,700 and Redditch 55,800.

About us

At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.

We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.

What we offer:

• 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
• Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
• Flexible and agile working opportunities
• Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
• Wide range of supportive staff networks
• Health and wellbeing opportunities

If you would like to know more, please visit our website.

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Job responsibilities

Behave consistently with the values and beliefs of the organisation and promote these on a day-to-day basis.

Act as a role model to colleagues, always seeking to maintain the highest standards of professionalism.

Use their initiative and take responsibility for themselves and the quality of their work and the service they provide to patients.

On a day-to-day basis, the Consultant Psychiatrist will be in a close working relationship with the Home Treatment Team in the North Locality including Redditch, Bromsgrove and Wyre Forest.

The team has two subgroups, one dedicated to the Redditch and Bromsgrove area with a base in Redditch and the second providing service for the Wyre Forest Area based in Kidderminster. The teams are made up of Clinical leads, Senior and Junior Nurses, Social workers, OT, Recovery Workers and has access to psychology including close working relationship with the Community Neighbourhood mental Health Teams and Inpatient units.

The post holder will have a close working relationship on clinical matters with both Multi-disciplinary teams and liaise with the Home Treatment Clinical Leads to maintain ongoing communication with the Inpatient, Crisis Team, Liaison Team and Community Services in order to promote a safe and seamless service. There is an overall Lead for HT North and South Localities overseeing leadership and management of the service.

Supervise and manage two SAS doctors (1 WTE) within the team covering Redditch and Bromsgrove and Wyre Forest locality.

On a more strategic level, they will relate to the leadership and management structures of the Adult Mental Health and Learning Disability Service Delivery Unit.

From an overall operational perspective, the post holder will be accountable to the Clinical Directors and professional responsibility will relate to the Medical Director; all are ultimately responsible within the Trust to the Chief Executive.

For more details see the attached Job Description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• MBBS or equivalent medical qualification.
• CCT holder or equivalent (or within 6 months of becoming eligible for CCT)
• Current full registration with the GMC (or eligible for full registration with the GMC at the time of appointment).
• GMC Licence to practice.
• Approval (or eligible for approval) under Section 12 (2) of the Mental Health Act.
• Eligible to work in the UK.

Experience

• Provision of high quality mental health services, as trainee or Consultant.
• Previous experience of working in a clinical leadership role with positive relationships with team members.

Skills & Abilities

• Excellent communication skills, diplomacy and tact. Efficiency in clinical work.

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.

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Depending on experience Pro rata for part time.