Consultant Psychiatrist - Male PICU or Female Acute

NHS; Cheltenham; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000

Job description

Consultant Psychiatrist - Male PICU or Female Acute

We are seeking an experienced full-time Consultant Psychiatrist who will work at Cygnet Hospital Kewstoke and provide senior medical cover either on Nash Ward, our 12 bed PICU service for men or Sandford Ward, our 16 bed Female acute service.

The post holder will be the Responsible Clinician and will oversee and maintain the care of all ward inpatients as required and will also have responsibility for auditing the medical services rendered at the ward and ensuring their good quality in accordance to GMC standards of good medical practice and other relevant professional guidelines.

In this role, your expertise will be the driving force for life-changing treatment fully supported by a Specialty Doctor and first-class multidisciplinary team including qualified nurses, psychologists, and occupational therapists.

You'll have the opportunity to progress to Medical Director Level through our management schemes.

Main duties of the job

Cygnet Hospital Kewstoke has a "Good" overall CQC rating and provides emergency admissions services for men and women, and a pathway for women to rehabilitation including a specialist service for personality disorder for up to 71 patients.

The post holder will be the Responsible Clinician and have overall medical responsibility for patient treatment, whilst liaising closely with the Multi-Disciplinary Team (Psychologists, Occupational Therapists, Registered Mental Health Nurses, Social Workers, etc.)

The post holder will be expected to act as a positive role model, maintaining and demonstrating a positive attitude towards patients, their families, visitors, and other staff.

Job responsibilities

Service Line: Male PICU or Female Acute

Professionally Accountable to: Medical Director

Managerially Responsible to: Hospital Manager

The post holder will lead on the provision of high-quality care to the service users admitted to Nash Ward or Sandford Ward.

• Act as a positive role model, maintaining and demonstrating a positive attitude towards patients, their families, visitors, and other staff.
• Take overall responsibility for patient treatment plans in conjunction with the multi-disciplinary team.
• Assess referrals & undertake mental state examinations of service users.
• Undertake appropriate investigations, diagnosis & treatment.
• Conduct ward rounds, patient reviews & clinical audits.
• Lead the implementation of risk assessment, risk management & embed clinical governance within the service.
• Supervise reports for Mental Health Act tribunals & managers hearings & attend hearings.
• Liaise with the Ministry of Justice for transfer of patients and approval of leave as required.
• Maintain good patient records.
• Ensure and maintain regular communications with the Site Medical Director and Hospital Manager.
• Communicate effectively through regular contact with patients, relatives, staff, directors, and any other concerned bodies; maintaining appropriate reports.
• Attend and contribute to academic meetings and adhere to the professional standards for CPD as set out by the GMC, the Department of Health, and the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
• Contribute to 1:6 Telephone On-call rota.

Why Cygnet? We'll offer you

• Generous annual leave entitlement that increases with length of service.
• 5 days study leave, study budget, and in-house CPD/peer group programme.
• Company paid Life Assurance scheme covering 3x salary.
• Contributory pension scheme.
• Research opportunities to include publishing in The Cygnet Journal (Cygnet's co-produced peer review journal) and joining the Cygnet Research & Development Group.
• Teaching opportunities including teaching medical students, teaching on the Cygnet CESR programme, and Cygnet MRCPsych programme.
• Opportunity to lead and participate in QI & Audit initiatives.
• Company Funded Cash plan with the ability to claim up to £1000 per annum worth of benefits including free Physiotherapy, Osteopaths, Optical, dental, consultations, scans, and free prescriptions.
• Gym Discounts across the UK as well as free online fitness classes with ClassPass, Nutritional Programmes, and Fitness Consultations.
• Discount schemes including Reward Gateway, NHS Discount, and Blue Lights Card.
• Free meals, on-site parking, and EAP support.
• Smart Health Toolkit, including 24-hour GP service with the option of prescription delivery to your local pharmacy.
• Electric Car Scheme.

We are looking for someone who is...

• Fully GMC registered & MBBS (or equivalent) qualified.
• Registered on the specialist register (CCT/CESR).

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.