Consultant Psychiatrist – Early Intervention in Psychosis & ARMS

Overview

In this role you will provide clinical leadership and expert psychiatric care within the Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) and At-Risk Mental State (ARMS) services across Dorset. You will work with a pan-Dorset multidisciplinary team to deliver recovery-focused care and support service development. The position offers varied duties including assessments, medical reviews, and Mental Health Act work across clinic, community and home settings. This is a newly created post with opportunities to shape and improve the pathway for EIP/ARMS patients.

Pay / Benefits

• 10,000 recruitment and retention payment
• relocation support up to 10,000
• flexible working
• 10 days’ study leave and 1,000 study budget
• excellent NHS benefits
• dedicated administrative support

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership within EIP and ARMS services
• Conduct specialist psychiatric assessments and management of complex presentations
• Undertake new patient assessments and medical reviews
• Perform Mental Health Act assessments and attend tribunals
• Discharge planning and collaborative care with community teams and primary care
• Support interface between EIP/ARMS and wider general adult pathway
• Contribute to service development, teaching, research and quality improvement
• Operate in clinic, community and home settings as appropriate
• Participate in county-wide on-call rota and contribute to safeguarding and governance processes

Key requirements

• General Medical Qualification (MBBS) and Licence to Practise
• On Specialist Register in General Adult Psychiatry or must be within 6 months of CCT
• Section 12(2) approval and Responsible Clinician approval or ability to obtain before starting post
• 3 years core training in psychiatry and NHS experience of at least two years
• Experience at senior/consultant level and leadership potential
• Desirable MRCPsych or equivalent, and additional qualifications or research experience

• clinical leadership
• teamworking with multidisciplinary colleagues
• prioritisation of competing demands
• psychiatric assessment and management of psychosis
• Mental Health Act assessments and tribunals
• care planning and discharge planning

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