Job summary
Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust provides a comprehensive mental healthcare service for residents of Birmingham and Solihull and to communities in the West Midlands and beyond. We operate out of more than 50 sites and serve a culturally and socially diverse population of 1.2 million spread over 172 square miles, have an annual budget of £240 million and a dedicated workforce of over 4,000 staff - making this one of the largest and most complex Mental Health Foundation Trusts in the country.
We are seeking to appoint four Consultants in General Adult Psychiatry to join our newly established Neighbourhood Mental Health Teams which have been set up in response to the NHS Long Term Plan for bridging the interface between Primary Care and Community Mental Health Teams.
The Consultant will work across one provider site and PCN location within either North, South, East or Solihull Hubs with a flexible working pattern consisting of home working and on site working.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will not hold a caseload but will have consultatory oversight of patients being stepped from the Core CMHT function and being referred into the Neighbourhood Mental Health Team function. A key responsibility will be provision of highly visible clinical leadership, forging strong working relationships with PCNs, CMHT Leads and Multi Agency Teams. As well as triaging referrals, assessing patients, and providing supervision you will be seeking and representing the views of others to lead a culture of collaborative working and to further develop the service.
Ideally you will already have experience in delivering care within community settings alongside the substantial experience you have already gained in working with people with complex mental health problems and those that are difficult to engage.
Your leadership will enhance the linkage between primary and secondary care services to support patients to manage their healthcare needs and live well in their communities.
About us
Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.
Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community.
You will be supported by a local team to include a Hub Manager, Clinical Service Manager, Advanced Nurse Practitioner and other non-medical prescribing. Community Pharmacists and Specialty Doctors will be recruited into each Neighbourhood Mental Health Team. Support is also provided by the Locality Home Treatment Team and Assertive Outreach Team.
Our Trust values of compassion, inclusion and commitment are integral to our strategy and are promoted in everything we do. We encourage the co-production of our plans and continually seek to question, improve, learn and innovate through our practices, our research and our developments.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Work alongside MDT colleagues, assisting with diagnosis, medication reviews, management plans, risk assessments, crisis plans and self-help plans for patients with complex common mental health problems and stable severe mental health presentations who are being managed in primary care.
Work with local partners and commissioners in the development of a seamless referral pathway for GP referrals in BSol.
Link with CMHT medics to manage service users stepping up into secondary care teams and those stepping down from secondary care teams and the movement of service users through the pathway, including attendance at CMHT MDTs if required.
Work with Neighbourhood Mental Health Teams to develop a collaborative care model for patients with physical and emotional difficulties, specifically for people with Medically Unexplained Symptoms (MUS) and Long-Term Conditions (LTC)
Understand and participate in the maintenance, monitoring and evaluation of service specific performance indicators and targets.
Provide support to teams as part of the developing trusted assessment escalation process.
Link with operational leads in the execution of the caseload validation process across Primary Care and secondary care.
Support the developing Community Neighbourhood Integrator (INT) MDTs.
Visit patients within clinical settings and any necessary home visits as requested by the Neighbourhood Mental Health Teams or General Practitioners.
Able to support Non-Medical Nurse Prescribers (NMPs) within the Neighbourhood Mental Health Teams and provide mentoring and supervision of clinical practice.
Participate in service and business planning activity for the locality and, as appropriate, for the whole mental health service.
Play an integral role in the performance of the team, the further development of the service, and the development of clinical pathways and priorities of the service line
Attend and participate in the academic programme of the Trust, including lectures and seminars as part of the internal CPD programme.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Work alongside MDT colleagues, assisting with diagnosis, medication reviews, management plans, risk assessments, crisis plans and self-help plans for patients with complex common mental health problems and stable severe mental health presentations who are being managed in primary care.
Work with local partners and commissioners in the development of a seamless referral pathway for GP referrals in BSol.
Link with CMHT medics to manage service users stepping up into secondary care teams and those stepping down from secondary care teams and the movement of service users through the pathway, including attendance at CMHT MDTs if required.
Work with Neighbourhood Mental Health Teams to develop a collaborative care model for patients with physical and emotional difficulties, specifically for people with Medically Unexplained Symptoms (MUS) and Long-Term Conditions (LTC)
Understand and participate in the maintenance, monitoring and evaluation of service specific performance indicators and targets.
Provide support to teams as part of the developing trusted assessment escalation process.
Link with operational leads in the execution of the caseload validation process across Primary Care and secondary care.
Support the developing Community Neighbourhood Integrator (INT) MDTs.
Visit patients within clinical settings and any necessary home visits as requested by the Neighbourhood Mental Health Teams or General Practitioners.
Able to support Non-Medical Nurse Prescribers (NMPs) within the Neighbourhood Mental Health Teams and provide mentoring and supervision of clinical practice.
Participate in service and business planning activity for the locality and, as appropriate, for the whole mental health service.
Play an integral role in the performance of the team, the further development of the service, and the development of clinical pathways and priorities of the service line
Attend and participate in the academic programme of the Trust, including lectures and seminars as part of the internal CPD programme.
Person Specification
Shortlisting
Essential
- oFull GMC registration with a licence to practice
- oApproved under Section 12(2) of the Mental Health Act (1983)
- oMRCPsych or equivalent
- oObtained inclusion on the Specialist Register; or within six months of the award of a Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training (CCST) in General Adult Psychiatry; or eligible for inclusion on the Specialist Register
- oCommitment to personal programme of Continuing Professional Development.
- oSubstantial experience of psychiatry, including working with people suffering from severe mental illness, preferably in a community setting
- oExperience of stakeholder engagement in service delivery
- oExperience of contributing to or completion of a service improvement project
- oCommitment to clinical audit within multi-disciplinary team.
- oEvidence of potential for effective leadership.
- oExcellent communication skills.
- oAbility to work creatively within multi-disciplinary team.
- oDemonstrable interest in the provision of gender sensitive mental health service
- oWillingness to be involved in management of service.
- oAble to participate in Consultant on-call rota
- oAble to travel
Desirable
- oAdditional qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or another relevant field
- oBroad clinical training including both inpatient and community service
- oExperience serving a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic population.
- oCompleted clinically relevant audit projects
Person Specification
Shortlisting
Essential
- oFull GMC registration with a licence to practice
- oApproved under Section 12(2) of the Mental Health Act (1983)
- oMRCPsych or equivalent
- oObtained inclusion on the Specialist Register; or within six months of the award of a Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training (CCST) in General Adult Psychiatry; or eligible for inclusion on the Specialist Register
- oCommitment to personal programme of Continuing Professional Development.
- oSubstantial experience of psychiatry, including working with people suffering from severe mental illness, preferably in a community setting
- oExperience of stakeholder engagement in service delivery
- oExperience of contributing to or completion of a service improvement project
- oCommitment to clinical audit within multi-disciplinary team.
- oEvidence of potential for effective leadership.
- oExcellent communication skills.
- oAbility to work creatively within multi-disciplinary team.
- oDemonstrable interest in the provision of gender sensitive mental health service
- oWillingness to be involved in management of service.
- oAble to participate in Consultant on-call rota
- oAble to travel
Desirable
- oAdditional qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or another relevant field
- oBroad clinical training including both inpatient and community service
- oExperience serving a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic population.
- oCompleted clinically relevant audit projects
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).
