This post will provide input into Harrogate part of the North Yorkshire and York service. Specifically, this service is commissioned by the North Yorkshire CCG.

It has a Single Point of Access service staffed by an experienced staff team who triage and provide a telephone consultation service to families and referrers. The SPA responds to all referrals and help young people and their families with the process of navigating through the options to find a service that meets their needs. The service works with a model of brief intervention to empower young people and their families in achieving good mental health and well-being. Staff job plans are designed to deliver services described in the TEWV Clinical Pathways, in order to provide high quality evidence-based care.

This post arises from a consultant leaving the service, prior to recruiting to this post there has been a fixed term SAS doctor in post

Main duties of the job

The post holder will, with their consultant colleagues, see all presentations, requiring the input of a psychiatrist arising from the secondary schools and their feeder primary schools within the Harrogate sector. The consultant would expect to hold a caseload of around 60 based on current consultant caseload and would be asked to see approximately 1 new assessment per week. The service supports a model whereby all cases are co-worked with other members of the MDT, key worker role usually held by a non-psychiatrist, except where there is a formal mutual agreement that sole consultant input is required with other members of the multidisciplinary team.

The Consultant joining the team will be expected to work in accordance with GMC guidance for working in multiagency and multidisciplinary teams. The Consultant will be expected to work flexibly.

The post will follow a 4.5 PA (Direct Clinical Care), 2.5PA (Supporting Professional Activities) which includes a full PA for a specialist interest in research. This will allow the post holder to develop protected time each week to pursue additional interests such as medical education or leadership opportunities as well as the dedicated time specifically for developing research skills and activities.

About us

We are Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust. We provide mental health and learning disability services to people of all ages.

We deliver a range of community and in-patient care across adult mental health, children and young peoples services, mental health services for older people and forensic services. We have over 7,000 staff working across more than 90 sites.

With an annual operating income of over £420 million, we work in partnership with local authorities, clinical commissioning groups, voluntary organisations, the private sector, as well as people who use our services, their families and carers.

Geographically were one of the largest NHS Foundation Trusts in the country, spanning County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire and York and Selby.

There are two group localities Durham & Tees Valley (which includes forensic services) and North Yorkshire & York. In terms of clinical specialties, these comprise:

Adult mental health

Mental health services for older people

Children and young peoples services

Learning disability services

Forensic Services (including prisons)

Job description
Job responsibilities

A full job description and person specification for this post can be found attached to this advert .

Job description awaiting approval from the Royal College of psychiatrist.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.

Desirable

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

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

Eligibility
Essential

• Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
• Eligible for inclusion in the Specialist Register or within 6 months of gaining CCT
• 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

• Included on the GMC Specialist Register in the relevant specialty.
• In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice.

Academic Skills and Lifelong Learning
Essential

• Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
• Participated in continuous professional development
• Participated in research or service evaluation.
• Able to use and appraise clinical evidence.
• Has actively participated in clinical audit.

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.

Personal and Professional Qualities
Essential

• Shows empathy and sensitivity.
• Manages own time, workload and prioritises work.
• Able to use electronic records and use IT for email, internet and office software
• Copes under pressure.
• Works co-operatively in a multi-disciplinary team and able to delegate appropriately.
• Evidence of annual appraisal and commitment to appraisal and revalidation.

Desirable

• Highly skilled in use of electronic records and IT at work

Leadership
Essential

• Reflects on own performance and behaviour, seeking and acting on feedback.
• Able to influence and persuade to improve services
• Able to take on leadership role in multidisciplinary team.
• Knowledge of structure and management of the NHS and the Trust.
• Shows commitment to quality through knowledge of quality improvement and lean thinking methodology OR able to achieve within one year of appointment
• Able to adapt to and lead service change.

Desirable

• Able to take on a leadership role outside the multidisciplinary team.
• Understanding of NHS & wider health economy and its implications for the work of the Trust.
• Trained to standard equivalent to level 2 in TEWV Trust Quality improvement system

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