Consultant Psychiatrist in PICU and Flow Capacity Lead

Job description

Job responsibilities

For Hadleigh PICU:

To provide clinical leadership for the assessment and management of general adult PICU inpatients admitted to Hadleigh ward.

Typically, the part-time consultant will be responsible for a third of the current bed occupancy on the ward.

Currently there are 15 beds on Hadleigh PICU and the post holder will be typically responsible for up to 5 patient, admitted from across Essex. The consultant will conduct weekly ward reviews, any Care Programme Approach meetings, any other ad hoc reviews, seclusion/segregation reviews during working hours, etc.

Take part in the out of hours on-call rota.

To provide medical leadership into the flow and capacity team as highlighted above.

To provide clinical expertise into the management of complex cases.

To provide clinical leadership to the teams they work with.

To provide input into assessment of referrals/admissions.

To participate in care plan and treatment formulation, guidance on evidence-based treatment and effectiveness.

To maintain liaison and collaborative working with other services/agencies.

To perform RC input to aid Mental Health Act implementation on the ward.

To follow principles of Multi-disciplinary, multi-agency and partnership working.

For Flow and Capacity:

The medical Lead for flow and capacity aspect of the job includes;

Delivery of a cohesive pathway and to monitor capacity and report risks where beds cannot be identified

Attendance at meetings and engagement with discharge co-ordinators and bed management team

Ensure robust system of pre-admission assessments and reviewing the purpose of admission to ensure that patients are treated in the clinically appropriate environments

To work with the flow team to review all clinically ready for discharge patients and ensuring robust systems to minimize delays in throughput

Lead weekly Consultant flow and capacity meetings

Work collaboratively with system partners to ensure consistency in service delivery and best practice approaches

To use evidence-based approach to review patients who are re-admitted within 28 days and to support in development of individualized management plans

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• MB BS or equivalent medical qualification
• Registration with the General Medical Council and on the Specialist Register.
• Meets Royal College of Psychiatrists criteria for appointment to the post of Consultant.
• Section 12 Approval and Approved Clinician Status.

Desirable

• Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
• MRCPsych
• On the Specialist Register with qualifications General Adult.
• Postgraduate degree in psychiatry MRC Psych or equivalent.
• Additional clinical qualifications.

Eligibility

Essential

• Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practice at the time of appointment.
• Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months.
• Approved clinician status.
• Approved under Section 12.

Desirable

• In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice.

Clinical skills, knowledge and experience

Essential

• Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty.
• Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others
• Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA.

Desirable

• Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service.
• Utilises a quality improvement approach to think systemically about complex problems, develop potential change ideas and test these in practice using a systematic QI methodology.

Transport

Desirable

• Holds and will use valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Mental Health Unit, Basildon Hospital

Basildon

SS16 5NL

Employer's website

https://eput.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)