Consultant Psychiatrist Integrated Care Team Older People (West)

Job summary

We are delighted to offer an excellent opportunity for a full-time Consultant Psychiatrist to join Humber's established Hull Integrated Care Team for Older People (HICTOP). This is a rewarding and influential role based within the City of Hull, with clinical responsibility for the West Hull Community Mental Health Team.

This post carries no inpatient responsibility, though the successful candidate will benefit from access to three well-established inpatient facilities serving Hull and the East Riding.

What You'll Be Doing

As a key member of our service, you will:

• Provide medical leadership within a highly skilled, supportive multi-disciplinary team.
• Contribute to the ongoing development and innovation of the team's clinical approach.
• Participate in the specialist Consultant on-call rota for Old Age Psychiatry and Learning Disability.

What We Offer

• A minimum of 2.5 Supporting Professional Activities (SPAs) as standard for a full-time post.
• Flexibility to explore additional SPA time for activities aligned with the Trust's wider ambitions.
• An excellent peer support network.
• Opportunities to become a clinical supervisor and further professional development.
• A generous relocation package to ensure a smooth and supported transition into your new role and community

If you're passionate about shaping outstanding mental health care for older people and are looking for a role where your leadership truly makes a difference, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

About You

We're looking for someone who is committed, forward-thinking, and dedicated to high-quality patient care. You will need:

• Full GMC registration.
• MRCPsych UK or an equivalent postgraduate qualification.
• Inclusion on the Specialist Register for Old Age Psychiatry, or to be within 6 months of CCT in Old Age Psychiatry.

We think differently about our psychiatry roles and will work with you to develop an opportunity that works for you. We will support you to balance high quality patient care with pursuing your own special interests within psychiatry, as well as offering opportunities for management and leadership roles.

Whether your focus is on developing your skills for management, research, teaching or innovative service provision, we are here to listen and understand how we can support you to reach your goals.

About us

We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire.Find out more on our website

We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.

We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you'll need to get you started.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.

We offer a unique range ofbenefitsthat go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.

From city to countryside, market towns to moors you'll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.

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Job responsibilities

As a consultant working for the HICTOP team, you will have responsibility for the provision of safe and effective care and treatment. You will share the vision of integrated and multi-disciplinary working and actively engage in the development of the service through research and support.

The post holder would be expected to be approved as a Responsible Clinician or be willing to undertake training to obtain Section 12(2) MHA and will be expected to renew this approval according to agreed procedures.

The ability to commute within the Trusts geographical area with access to the appropriate means of transport is essential.

Please read our attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information on our exciting role available.

Person specification

OTHER

Essential

• Holds and will use valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative.

Qualifications

Essential

• MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.

Desirable

• Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
• MRCPsych
• Additional clinical qualifications.

ELIGIBILITY

Essential

• Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
• Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months. Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
• Approved under S12 OR able to achieve with 3 months of appointment

Desirable

• In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice

CLINICAL SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE

Essential

• Excellent knowledge in specialty.
• Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.
• Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty.
• Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others
• Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA

Desirable

• Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service

ACADEMIC SKILLS AND LIFELONG LEARNING

Essential

• Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training.
• Ability to work in and lead team.
• Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement.
• Participated in continuous professional development.
• Participated in research or service evaluation.

Desirable

• Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post.
• Reflected on purpose of CPD undertaken.
• Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation.
• Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations and publications.
• Has led clinical audits leading to service change or improved outcomes to patients.