Consultant Psychiatrist

Job description

Job responsibilities

Key Accountabilities:

• Taking clinical responsibility for patients, including multidisciplinary ward rounds, risk reviews, strategic reviews and the development of a therapeutic milieu
• Fulfilling the role of Responsible Clinician to patients detained under the Mental Health Act (1983).
• Contributing to management meetings and clinical governance meetings for the services provided at the hospital, and contributing to the development of service strategy.
• Contributing to in-house training programmes within the services and offering supervision to other members of the multi-disciplinary team, particularly junior medical staff.
• Maintaining CPD and re-validation requirements, as determined by the Royal College of Psychiatrists or other relevant statutory bodies.
• Offering a psychiatric perspective to the multidisciplinary team in relation toassessment, formulation and treatment

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Applications are welcome from applicants with a CCT in Forensic Psychiatry or Rehabilitation Psychiatry.

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.

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

Priory Healthcare

Address

Kemple View Psychiatric Services

Longsight Road

Langho

Blackburn

BB6 8AD

Employer's website

https://jobs.priorygroup.com/why-join-us/ (Opens in a new tab)