What are the responsibilities and job description for the Adult Consultant Psychiatrist position at NHS?
This is an exciting opportunity for a Consultant Psychiatrist to join The Farndon Unit, a friendly, committed, and long-established Mental Health Service. You will be part of a multidisciplinary team, providing trauma-informed and compassion-focused care, utilizing positive behavioral support to empower and assist service users in their recovery.
Main duties of the job
As a Consultant Psychiatrist, you will act as a Responsible Clinician for 18 inpatients across the level 2 rehab and acute wards. You will be responsible for managing complex cases, formulating care plans and treatments, and guiding evidence-based treatment and effectiveness. You will have access to excellent CPD opportunities and a supportive peer group of enthusiastic and high-calibre doctors.
Job responsibilities
Working 37.5 hours a week, you will join an established multidisciplinary team, including 2 other psychiatrists, 2 associate specialists, nursing, OT, psychology, and social work. You will need a CCT in General Adult or Forensic Psychiatry or equivalent qualification and experience of working with and leading multidisciplinary teams. You will be part of an environment that specializes in providing trauma-informed and compassion-focused care and that utilizes positive behavioral support to empower and assist service users in their recovery.
As a Consultant Psychiatrist, some of your key responsibilities will include management of complex cases, formulating care plans and treatments for individual needs of service users, and guiding on evidence-based treatment and effectiveness.
You will have the opportunity for career development and you will have access to excellent CPD opportunities, a peer group of enthusiastic and high-calibre doctors, and study leave funding to support your continuing education and training in line with your goals.
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
- Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
- To hold Section 12(2) approval to work in England and Approved clinician status.
- Experience in General Adult settings and have experience of working in a multidisciplinary team.
- Experience of working within acute inpatient or community settings, ideally inpatient settings and have experience in risk assessment and risk management.
What you will get :
Where you will be working :
Location : Farndon Road, Newark, Nottinghamshire, NG24 4SW. You will be working at the Farndon Unit, a hospital which offers personalised assessment and recovery-based treatment pathways for women with complex care needs.
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.
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