Job responsibilities
Are you a Consultant Psychiatrist who wants to help shape mental health care for men and women across different levels of security? Join Chadwick Lodge, a friendly, committed and long-established Mental Health Service.
Chadwick Lodge is a 113 bedded hospital consisting of a combination of secure, acute and DBT wards, both for men and women, across levels of security, from medium secure to locked.
As a Consultant Psychiatrist some of your key responsibilities will include management of complex cases, formulating care plans and treatments for individual needs of service users, and guiding on evidence-based treatment and effectiveness. You will have a caseload of approximately 15 patients depending on the service user cohort and as a result may have a caseload across different wards.
You will have the opportunity for career development and you will have access to excellent CPD opportunities, a peer group of enthusiastic and high-calibre doctors and study leave funding to support your continuing education and training in line with your goals.
As a Consultant Psychiatrist, you will be:
- Taking overall responsibility for patient treatment plans in conjunction with the MDT
- Attending morning handover.
- Assessing referrals to determine suitability for admission.
- Undertaking appropriate investigations, diagnosis & treatment
- Participating in ward rounds, clinical audit and quality improvement work.
- Chairing and overseeing CPA reviews.
- Leading the implementation of risk assessment and management.
- Participate in clinical governance and ensure implementation of policies and protocols.
- Working and liaising with external agencies.
- Managing, appraising and give professional supervision to junior medical staff as agreed between consultant colleagues and the medical director.
Medical first tier on-call is covered by an external agency. Consultants are expected to take part in second-tier on-call. Approximately 1:6 regional senior on-call rota pro-rata
To be successful as a Consultant Psychiatrist, you will need:
- Full GMC registration
- MRCPsych or equivalent.
- To be on the Specialty Register for Forensic Psychiatry or General Psychiatry with forensic experience.
- To be able to lead and work within multi-disciplinary teams.
- To be in good CPD standing with the Royal College of Psychiatrists and to have had an appraisal within the last year.
- AC and Section 12(2) approval.
What you will get:
- Competitive Salary
- £5000 car allowance
- 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays and your birthday off!
- Free meals and parking
- Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance.
- 24 hour GP Service to ensure you are the best you can be
- Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals.
- Pension contribution to secure your future.
- Medical indemnity cover
- Life Assurance for added peace of mind.
- Enhanced Maternity Package so you can truly enjoy this special time.
There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts, special offers and much more
Feel free to reach out to Lead Recruiter Kiru Rathnasamy at kiru.rathnasamy@elysiumhealthcare.co.uk for a confidential chat.
About your next employer
You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move. Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.
Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.
