Job summary
The primary role will be as a Consultant Psychiatrist providing senior medical leadership and clinical oversight to the multi professional Liaison Psychiatry Team (PLT) at Heartlands Hospital. Solihull Hospital is a non-acute hospital site with no urgent care (no Emergency Department or AMU) and is covered as a satellite service by the team from Heartlands Hospital on an as required basis. Heartlands Hospital and Solihull Hospital are both part of The University Hospitals of Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust. Liaison Psychiatry services provided to this Acute Trust are managed by Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Foundation Trust (BSMHFT).
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic Consultant medical colleague to compliment the range of clinicians we have in the team. We are ideally looking for someone who has experience of working with adults of old age to compliment the skills of the current consultants in the team and who is preferably dual trained in GA and OA psychiatry. The person appointed needs to be comfortable with the concept of an All-age Liaison Psychiatry service and working with colleagues from Acute Hospitals and the wider Mental Health Trust.
You will work closely with the hospital clinicians and managers and the Mental Health Trust colleagues from the locality areas to offer an in hospital single point psychiatry service to the patients in the general acute hospital and liaise with the necessary existing pathway. You will be encouraged to innovate and help develop services to enhance mental health care amongst the patients with physical health problems to contribute to holistic health care.
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. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people's lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The primary role will be as a Consultant Psychiatrist providing senior medical leadership and clinical oversight to the multi professional Liaison Psychiatry Team (PLT) at Heartlands Hospital.
You will work closely with the hospital clinicians and managers and the Mental Health Trust colleagues from the locality areas to offer an in hospital single point psychiatry service to the patients in the general acute hospital and liaise with the necessary existing pathway. You will be encouraged to innovate and help develop services to enhance mental health care amongst the patients with physical health problems to contribute to holistic health care
Job description
Job responsibilities
The primary role will be as a Consultant Psychiatrist providing senior medical leadership and clinical oversight to the multi professional Liaison Psychiatry Team (PLT) at Heartlands Hospital.
You will work closely with the hospital clinicians and managers and the Mental Health Trust colleagues from the locality areas to offer an in hospital single point psychiatry service to the patients in the general acute hospital and liaise with the necessary existing pathway. You will be encouraged to innovate and help develop services to enhance mental health care amongst the patients with physical health problems to contribute to holistic health care
Person Specification
Scoring
Essential
- Full GMC registration with a licence to practice
- Approved under Section 12(2) of the Mental Health Act (1983)
- MRCPsych or equivalent
- Obtained inclusion on the Specialist Register; or within six months of the award of a Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training (CCST) in Adult Psychiatry; or eligible for inclusion on the Specialist Register
- Commitment to personal programme of Continuing Professional Development.
- Substantial experience of psychiatry, including working with people suffering from severe mental illness, preferably in a community setting
- Experience of providing psychological and/or social interventions
- Experience of teaching and training at an undergraduate/postgraduate level
- Commitment to clinical audit within multi-disciplinary team.
- Evidence of potential for effective leadership
- Excellent communication skills.
- Ability to work creatively within multi-disciplinary team.
- Demonstrable interest in the provision of gender sensitive mental health service
- Willingness to be involved in management of service.
- Able to participate in Consultant on-call rota.
- Able to travel
Desirable
- Additional qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or another relevant field
- Broad clinical training including both inpatient and community service
- Experience serving a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic population.
- Experience of stakeholder engagement in service delivery
- Experience of contributing to or completion of a service improvement project
- Completed clinically relevant audit projects
Person Specification
Scoring
Essential
- Full GMC registration with a licence to practice
- Approved under Section 12(2) of the Mental Health Act (1983)
- MRCPsych or equivalent
- Obtained inclusion on the Specialist Register; or within six months of the award of a Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training (CCST) in Adult Psychiatry; or eligible for inclusion on the Specialist Register
- Commitment to personal programme of Continuing Professional Development.
- Substantial experience of psychiatry, including working with people suffering from severe mental illness, preferably in a community setting
- Experience of providing psychological and/or social interventions
- Experience of teaching and training at an undergraduate/postgraduate level
- Commitment to clinical audit within multi-disciplinary team.
- Evidence of potential for effective leadership
- Excellent communication skills.
- Ability to work creatively within multi-disciplinary team.
- Demonstrable interest in the provision of gender sensitive mental health service
- Willingness to be involved in management of service.
- Able to participate in Consultant on-call rota.
- Able to travel
Desirable
- Additional qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or another relevant field
- Broad clinical training including both inpatient and community service
- Experience serving a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic population.
- Experience of stakeholder engagement in service delivery
- Experience of contributing to or completion of a service improvement project
- Completed 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).
