Job summary
We are seeking an Old Age Consultant Psychiatrist to join our dynamic and forward thinking services, which are transforming to work more closely with our communities and our local Primary Care Networks
This is a Permanent full-time (10 PAs) post in Old Age Psychiatry. The emphasis is to provide timely and comprehensive assessment, interventions and treatment to service users and their families/carers, whilst working within a multi-disciplinary team format.
We are looking for and Old Age Consultant Psychiatrist with the interest in 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.
As a Trust we are proud to offer agile and flexible working opportunities as part of our ways of working, and we are happy to talk flexible working at the interview stage.
The post covers Community Mental Health Service work related to functional older adults (65+), as well as to those suspected or living with Dementia and challenging behaviours. This is a community post only and there is no inpatient responsibilities.
Main duties of the job
The role enables dedicated OA Consultant input into one of our five Integrated Community Mental Services (CMHS) located across Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin for those aged over 65, as well as providing Consultant input into our Specialist Dementia Service. You will be expected to provide community care and treatment, with the facility for assessment of referred service users, flexible review of complex service users and timely discharge in liaison with General Practitioners.
The post is aligned to North Shropshire area, which comprising of one PCN. In total, there are two Adult Consultants and one Older Adult Consultant that cover the area, alongside the wider Multi-Disciplinary Adult Mental Health and Dementia Teams.
The role involves providing clinical leadership to the team as part of a collective leadership structure, and providing support and supervision as required to Advanced Nurse Practitioner and 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.
About us
By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;
- Supporting your career development and progression
- Excellent NHS Pension scheme
- Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
- Options for flexible working
- Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
- 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, milage paid at business rate s
- Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
- Free car parking at all trust sites
- Free flu vaccinations every year
- Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We are looking for a highly motivated individual, with a passion for working with older adults presenting with dementia and 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:
- Have a genuine passion for working with older adults
- Be able to work well in a team
- Have excellent leadership qualities
- Provide evidence based care and interventions
Professional
- Comply with all Trust policies and the Living Our Values Framework
- Maintain professional registration with the GMC and full Licence to Practice, be engaging in appraisal, revalidation and job planning.
- Maintain Approved Clinician (AC) stratus
- Comply with Trust mandatory training
- Operate with transparency, including maintenance of an electronic diary
Clinical
- Ensure, in conjunction with the multidisciplinary team, regular effective review of the care of service users in the clinical pathway- via individual assessments and follow up appointments, MDT meetings, particularly where the complexity requires it
- Be the Responsible Clinician for service users in the pathway who are subject to Community Treatment Order (CTO) where applicable
- Provide evidence based care
- Be recovery focused
- Provide cross-cover (emergency and prospective) for other Consultant colleagues by mutual agreement
- Communicate with all key partners in an appropriate and timely way including service users, carers and GPs
- Work within the requirements of service contracts including compliance with nationally agreed quality standards
- Fully utilise Trust IT systems as appropriate to enable fulfilment of clinical duties; including the electronic prescribing system
Non- clinical
- Participate in the training and supervision of doctors in training and medical students where applicable
- Participate in the supervision and training of non-medical prescribers (NMPs) Advanced Clinical Practitioners (ACPs) and non-medical Responsible Clinicians (RCs) within the pathway
- Lead in Clinical Governance, Audit and Quality Improvement activities
- Provide clinical leadership in the collective leadership structure
- Be actively involved in shaping and improving the services offered in secondary care mental health services to best meet the needs of users and carers
- Participate in CPD, including peer supervision, and to remain up-to-date with requirements for revalidation
Job description
Job responsibilities
We are looking for a highly motivated individual, with a passion for working with older adults presenting with dementia and 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:
- Have a genuine passion for working with older adults
- Be able to work well in a team
- Have excellent leadership qualities
- Provide evidence based care and interventions
Professional
- Comply with all Trust policies and the Living Our Values Framework
- Maintain professional registration with the GMC and full Licence to Practice, be engaging in appraisal, revalidation and job planning.
- Maintain Approved Clinician (AC) stratus
- Comply with Trust mandatory training
- Operate with transparency, including maintenance of an electronic diary
Clinical
- Ensure, in conjunction with the multidisciplinary team, regular effective review of the care of service users in the clinical pathway- via individual assessments and follow up appointments, MDT meetings, particularly where the complexity requires it
- Be the Responsible Clinician for service users in the pathway who are subject to Community Treatment Order (CTO) where applicable
- Provide evidence based care
- Be recovery focused
- Provide cross-cover (emergency and prospective) for other Consultant colleagues by mutual agreement
- Communicate with all key partners in an appropriate and timely way including service users, carers and GPs
- Work within the requirements of service contracts including compliance with nationally agreed quality standards
- Fully utilise Trust IT systems as appropriate to enable fulfilment of clinical duties; including the electronic prescribing system
Non- clinical
- Participate in the training and supervision of doctors in training and medical students where applicable
- Participate in the supervision and training of non-medical prescribers (NMPs) Advanced Clinical Practitioners (ACPs) and non-medical Responsible Clinicians (RCs) within the pathway
- Lead in Clinical Governance, Audit and Quality Improvement activities
- Provide clinical leadership in the collective leadership structure
- Be actively involved in shaping and improving the services offered in secondary care mental health services to best meet the needs of users and carers
- Participate in CPD, including peer supervision, and to remain up-to-date with requirements for revalidation
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- 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
Clinical
Essential
- oExperience in Old Age Psychiatry at ST 4 -6 level or equivalent senior level in a variety of settings including in-patient and community.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- 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
Clinical
Essential
- oExperience in Old Age Psychiatry at ST 4 -6 level or equivalent senior level in a variety of settings including in-patient and community.
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).
