Job summary
Are you a doctor interested in an exciting role in Oxfordshire delivering high quality mental health care in the community?
Oxford Health is looking for a 1 WTE consultant psychiatrist, who is an experienced and dynamic medical professional, to provide clinical leadership to the Adult Community Mental Health team based at Wallingford Community Hospital, Reading Road, Wallingford, OX10 9DU. The team is part of the well-established South Oxon Adults Community Mental Health Team. You will work alongside a dynamic multidisciplinary team made up of a variety of individuals including psychiatrists, psychologists, community psychiatric nurses, approved social workers, occupational therapists and support workers, providing the individual with a whole range of support.
The Trust is committed to high quality teaching and training for medical students, post graduate trainees in psychiatry, specialty doctors, students and other professionals. The consultant will provide direct clinical supervision and line management with opportunities to develop your skills in these areas.
Oxford is rated the top medical school in the world in THES ratings, and Psychiatry is rated by students as being the best specialty rotation on the course. Oxford has a track record of encouraging medical students to pursue psychiatry as a career, with 7% of graduates citing psychiatry as their first-choice career, equal highest of any UK medical school.
Main duties of the job
With the changing circumstances of modern mental healthcare, the ability to adapt and demonstrate new ways of working is essential. You will have experience of working in General Adult Psychiatry and have great interpersonal skills working with colleagues to work collaboratively with our team managers, and to provide leadership and clinical expertise to our highly skilled and committed multidisciplinary teams.
The Consultant will provide senior medical input and clinical leadership to the community mental health team. The post holder will have responsibility for those patients seen by himself/herself, together with those patients seen by medical staff directly supervised by the post holder.
The post holder will assess new routine, urgent and emergency referrals from other agencies alongside other clinicians, provide consultation to non-medical clinicians and offer ongoing management for patients requiring longer term care.
About us
This is an exciting time to join Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust and become part of the Oxfordshire adult service.
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust which has been rated as good by the CQC is a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do.
Benefits of working for Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust include:
- Excellent opportunities for career progression
- 33 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, with an increase to 35 days with continuous service
- Study leave allowances
- NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
- Staff accommodation
- Competitive pension scheme
- Lease car scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme and dedicated Health and Wellbeing Team
We value our staff and believe investing in you is central to delivering outstanding care. We particularly welcome clinicians seeking dedicated PAs for leadership, research, training or other special interests.
Strong supervision, robust operational structures and an excellent track record of CPD. There are good links with Oxford University, with opportunities for teaching, research and offering placements to trainees.
We are committed to providing opportunities for flexible working. If you would like to work differently or different hours to those advertised, then please get in touch to discuss this in more detail.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Are you a Consultant Psychiatrist interested in being a part of the delivery and further development of ground-breaking Mental Health Services?
See the job description attached for more information on our Trust and our service.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Are you a Consultant Psychiatrist interested in being a part of the delivery and further development of ground-breaking Mental Health Services?
See the job description attached for more information on our Trust and our service.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists or equivalent qualification (in accordance with Royal College of Psychiatrist's Guidelines)
- Fully registered with the General Medical Council
- Eligible for inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register (or Specialist Registrar within 6 months of gaining CCT at time of interview)
- Eligible for Section 12 Approval (Mental Health Act)/ Approved Clinician or willing to apply for such approval once in post.
Desirable
- A higher degree such as MD or PhD
- In good standing with RCPsych with respect to CPD
- In good standing with GMC with respect to warnings and conditions on practice
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Experience of clinical work in specialty at SpR, SAS/Specialist grade or consultant level within the last 3 years
- Excellent working knowledge and experience of the application of the Mental Health Act
- Appreciation and understanding of ethnic minority issues and a commitment to developing culturally sensitive practices
- Understanding of social factors relevant to psychiatry
Desirable
- Experience of service development and introducing new services in mental health
- Experience of working at consultant level
Organisation Skills/Abilities
Essential
- Leadership skills
- Commitment to fostering a culture in the team that is respectful, fair, supportive and compassionate and role modelling these behaviours.
- Ability to manage complex workloads and support others to do that
- Commitment to working in multidisciplinary setting
Desirable
- Formal leadership and management training
- Experience of team /service leadership
- Experience of organisational development work
- Project management ability
Clinical Skills and Supervision
Essential
- Excellent clinical skills in relevant psychiatric specialty
- Ability to work in multi-disciplinary team and provide clinical leadership to the team
- Ability to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
- Expertise in risk assessment
- Confident in therapeutic risk taking
- Commitment to clinical governance
Desirable
- Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post
- Experience in supervising resident doctors and SAS doctors
- Experience in supervising non-medical colleagues e.g. NMP
Teaching
Essential
- Experience in teaching resident doctors
- Experience of teaching medical undergraduates and postgraduates
- Experience of teaching non-medical mental health professionals
Desirable
- Medical education qualification
Research
Essential
- Experience of research work and/or ability to interpret research findings and apply them to clinical practice
- Audit or other quality improvement experience
Desirable
- Experience of grant-funded project work
- Publications in peer-reviewed journals in relevant academic fields
Registration
Essential
Other
Essential
- UK driving licence or evidence of proposed alternative
Desirable
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists or equivalent qualification (in accordance with Royal College of Psychiatrist's Guidelines)
- Fully registered with the General Medical Council
- Eligible for inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register (or Specialist Registrar within 6 months of gaining CCT at time of interview)
- Eligible for Section 12 Approval (Mental Health Act)/ Approved Clinician or willing to apply for such approval once in post.
Desirable
- A higher degree such as MD or PhD
- In good standing with RCPsych with respect to CPD
- In good standing with GMC with respect to warnings and conditions on practice
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Experience of clinical work in specialty at SpR, SAS/Specialist grade or consultant level within the last 3 years
- Excellent working knowledge and experience of the application of the Mental Health Act
- Appreciation and understanding of ethnic minority issues and a commitment to developing culturally sensitive practices
- Understanding of social factors relevant to psychiatry
Desirable
- Experience of service development and introducing new services in mental health
- Experience of working at consultant level
Organisation Skills/Abilities
Essential
- Leadership skills
- Commitment to fostering a culture in the team that is respectful, fair, supportive and compassionate and role modelling these behaviours.
- Ability to manage complex workloads and support others to do that
- Commitment to working in multidisciplinary setting
Desirable
- Formal leadership and management training
- Experience of team /service leadership
- Experience of organisational development work
- Project management ability
Clinical Skills and Supervision
Essential
- Excellent clinical skills in relevant psychiatric specialty
- Ability to work in multi-disciplinary team and provide clinical leadership to the team
- Ability to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
- Expertise in risk assessment
- Confident in therapeutic risk taking
- Commitment to clinical governance
Desirable
- Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post
- Experience in supervising resident doctors and SAS doctors
- Experience in supervising non-medical colleagues e.g. NMP
Teaching
Essential
- Experience in teaching resident doctors
- Experience of teaching medical undergraduates and postgraduates
- Experience of teaching non-medical mental health professionals
Desirable
- Medical education qualification
Research
Essential
- Experience of research work and/or ability to interpret research findings and apply them to clinical practice
- Audit or other quality improvement experience
Desirable
- Experience of grant-funded project work
- Publications in peer-reviewed journals in relevant academic fields
Registration
Essential
Other
Essential
- UK driving licence or evidence of proposed alternative
Desirable
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.
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 see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
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 see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
