Consultant Psychiatrist on Recovery Ward

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Overview of the general duties/responsibilities:

1. Be an active participant and leader of the team, contributing to and developing the operational and clinical function of the service (with a focus on the management and treatment of complex, high-risk patients)
2. Ensure clinical audit of the service and implementation of appropriate assessment tools and outcome measures as an integrated part of the service and contribute to quality improvement initiatives.
3. Participate and engage with service development and wider Trust development initiatives.
4. Provide evidence-based interventions for patients under their care, and support management of the service according to Trust policies and NICE standards.
5. Liaise promptly with patients, carers, other psychiatry colleagues, general practitioners, and voluntary and statutory organisations to ensure high quality well-co-ordinated care.
6. Complete administrative tasks associated with the care of patients in a timely manner. This will include recording clinical activity accurately, comprehensively, and promptly. It also includes ensuring that relevant KPIs, clustering and CQUIN requirements are fulfilled within their service.
7. The post holder will share responsibility for and will actively participate in the provision of undergraduate and postgraduate teaching with consultant colleagues in the Trust, and will also contribute to teaching, supervision, and training of staff of other disciplines.
8. The post holder will provide clinical supervision to junior doctors as necessary.
9. Maintain professional registration with the General Medical Council, Approved Clinician/ Mental health Act Section 12 (2) approval and to abide by professional codes of conduct.
10. Comply with the Trust’s agreed policies, procedures, standing orders and financial instructions, and to take an active role in the financial management of the service and support the clinical director and other managers in preparing plans for services.
11. Offer supervision to other members, both medical and non-medical.
12. Ability to travel between Trust sites, patient contacts and community clinical work where required.

Person specification

Education/Qualification

Essential criteria

• Full GMC registration and licence to practice
• MBBS or equivalent
• Approved Clinician Status or eligible to attend training

Desirable criteria

• MRCPsych or equivalent

Experience

Essential criteria

• Proven experience of good working relationships
• Experience of multi-disciplinary working
• Experience of teaching and supervision of doctors in training.

Desirable criteria

• Publications in the field of psychiatry
• Experience as an inpatient consultant

Entry Criteria for the grade

Essential criteria

• Specialty Registration in specialty CCT in relevant specialty or within 6 months of attainment of Higher Training CCT at time of interview.
• Shall have equivalent experience and competencies recognised by GMC

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria

• Knowledge of policy and legislation relating to mental health.
• Decision-making and problem-solving skills.
• Management skills.
• Ability to take a clinical lead.
• Able and willing to represent department at Trust wide meetings.
• Able to work and build relationships with others.
• Ability to travel

Qualities and Attributes

Essential criteria

• Able to demonstrate reflective practice.
• Approachable and flexible
• Reliable
• Ability to demonstrate/develop and understanding of service within the wider context of NHS Mental Health Services and PCTs.

Physical Requirements

Essential criteria

• Demonstrate understanding of acceptance and commitment to the principles underlying equal opportunities.

Desirable criteria

• Experience of developing services in a constantly changing environment within tight budgetary restraints

Equality

Essential criteria

• Demonstrate understanding of acceptance and commitment to the principles underlying equal opportunities.

Here at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) we are dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion. We deliver many of the NHS services that are provided outside of hospital and in the community such as physical, mental health and specialist services.

We are a health and social care organisation, offering a wide range of services, including:

• Integrated physical and mental health services for adults and older people;
• Specialist mental health and learning disability services;
• Children and young people’s mental health services;
• Children’s community services in Peterborough;
• Social care;
• Ground-breaking research

We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people and members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities. For further information about our positive equality, diversity and Inclusion work, please visi

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