Would you like to be part of leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health for inpatient and community care? Why not join Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust for the opportunity to flourish and excel in your career and be part of our dedicated medical team.

EPUT is looking to appoint an enthusiastic and passionate NHS Locum Consultant Psychiatrist to join Southend community Mental Health team. This is a new post following Community mental health transformation The team is accessible to working age adults registered with a GP within Southend. This provides treatment of patients with severe and enduring mental illness through a recovery model under the name recovery and wellbeing team RWB. The team supports a population 190,000 in an area with highest deprivation in Essex. The team also provides input in two 4 local Primary care mental health team.

Main duties of the job

The trust is actively supportive of newly qualified consultants continuing professional development seeking to deepen and broaden their skills. As well as making a clinical difference, we believe that your development is key so you will be supported to enable you to pursue educational and research interests which go hand in hand to provide a high quality of care and safety to our patients. We have excellent links with the medical school at ARU and other educational establishments where we have shared appointments in teaching and research.

You must have full GMC registration and be on the Specialist Register, with an appropriate CCT or equivalent or be within six months of obtaining your CCT on the date of the AAC.

Essex has something for everyone, amazing scenery, great schools, adventurous outdoor activities, fantastic restaurants and a colourful history so why not contact us to discover why so many of our staff love living and working here.

About us

EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including

• Season Ticket Loans
• NHS discounts for staff
• Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
• Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
• The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
• Day One Flexible Employer

Job description
Job responsibilities

Attend the weekly clinical MDT meeting as well as taking part in MDT discussions around high-risk clients.

Liaise with inpatient team hospitals and psychiatry colleagues in local Mental Health teams, and with general practice.

Provide formulation of complex cases with medical and psychiatric needs.

Provide comprehensive assessment and management of complex and co-morbid presentations, e.g. those with significant additional Mental Health or Physical Health needs, including the prescription and titration of medications, or to closely advise the patients GP where necessary.

Provide Psychiatric input to the development of appropriate pathways in and out of CMHT and PCN.

Maintain an active involvement in the treatment of patients who are admitted in /psychiatric wards.

Assess and manage risk including vulnerability, suicide risk, risks to health and safety and risk of harm to others.

Contribute to the co-production and update of care plans with service users and their loved ones as appropriate, using an approved Patient Reported Outcome Measure.

Liaise with and provide feedback to families and carers.

Work closely with consultant colleagues to provide office hours cover and annual, study or special leave cover across all the eating disorder services delivered by EPUT.

Participate in multidisciplinary discussions regarding the most appropriate treatment settings for patients, including community or intensive day care treatment, or referral to a regional specialist inpatient unit.

Ensure that they are in good medical standing for CPD, that their practice is up-to-date and in line with the GMCs Good Medical Practice Guidelines and best practice guidelines and able to evidence this for the purposes of annual appraisal.

To actively promote core values of evidence-based treatment, close multidisciplinary team working, shared care with other services and effective risk management.

Work with operational and clinical colleagues in managing the overall clinical performance of the team.

Lead and participate in audit and research.

To be involved in strategic planning and development.

To support the PCN practitioner through 0.5 PA session per week.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• MB BS or equivalent medical qualification
• Registration with the General Medical Council and on the Specialist Register.
• Meets Royal College of Psychiatrists criteria for appointment to the post of Consultant.
• Section 12 Approval and Approved Clinician Status.

Desirable

• Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
• MRCPsych
• On the Specialist Register with qualifications General Adult.
• Postgraduate degree in psychiatry MRC Psych or equivalent.
• Additional clinical qualifications.

Eligibility
Essential

• Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practice at the time of appointment.
• Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months.
• Approved clinician status.
• Approved under Section 12.

Desirable

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

Clinical skills, knowledge and experience
Essential

• 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.
• Utilises a quality improvement approach to think systemically about complex problems, develop potential change ideas and test these in practice using a systematic QI methodology.

Transport
Desirable

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

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