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Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust
About
We provide NHS care and treatment for people living in south east England. Our mental health services provide care and treatment for people with conditions such as psychosis, depression, anxiety, dementia and personality disorder. Our vision is to provide outstanding care and treatment you can be confident in.
Consultant in EIP / General Adult Psychiatry
Accepting applications until: 03-Oct-2024 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 03-Oct-2024 23:59
Key details
Location
- Site
- Bexhill Health Centre
- Address
- Holliers Hill
- Town
- Bexhill
- Postcode
- TN40 2DZ
- Major / Minor Region
- West Sussex
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent: Number of programmed activities: 8
- Hours
- Part time - 8 sessions per week (Monday - Thursday - 9am to 5pm)
Salary
- Salary
- £105,504 - £139,882 Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant)
Specialty
- Main area
- Mental Health
Welcome from our Chief Executive
Our organisation is expanding and we're looking for people with the right values, skills and/or potential to join us. We need people with energy, expertise, enthusiasm to help us provide the very best possible specialist NHS mental health and learning disability care. This involves helping us achieve our strategy to improve the quality of life for the communities we serve through People, Prevention and Partnerships.
So what can we offer you in return?
We're an organisation which puts people first. We'll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. We'll help you learn, acquire new skills and gain further experience to support your career development. And we'll provide the opportunity for you to bring your fresh ideas to work about how we can do things differently and continue improving.
You will also be joining a health and care system committed to working together to do the best we can for the communities we serve. Above all, at Sussex Partnership you'll have the chance to make a difference to the lives of the patients, carers and families across our communities.
As a Trust we are committed in making a difference. Your development is important to us, so don't forget to ask us during interview what opportunities we can offer. We can offer fully funded lifelong learning opportunities such as an apprenticeship from GCSE to Masters level.
If you like the sound of that, then come and join our team.
Job overview
The Trust is seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist to join the Hastings Early Intervention for Psychosis team. This vacancy has arisen due to retirement and the Trust regards this as an opportune moment to develop the functioning of the team.
This post is one example of the commitment of the Trust to develop better provision and capacity for the Hastings Early Intervention for Psychosis service and the families and carers using the service in challenging times. This post completes the medical establishment of the team providing a minimum of 0.8 whole time equivalent Consultant Psychiatrists for the team.
This post covers the Hastings Early Intervention in Psychosis service (EIPS) working across Hastings and Bexhill and the rural areas of East Sussex surrounding these towns, working with 18-65-year olds presenting with a first episode of Psychosis and At risk Mental State.
Advert
The Trust is seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist to join the Hastings Early Intervention for Psychosis team. This vacancy has arisen due to retirement and the Trust regards this as an opportune moment to develop the functioning of the team.
This post is one example of the commitment of the Trust to develop better provision and capacity for the Hastings Early Intervention for Psychosis service and the families and carers using the service in challenging times. This post completes the medical establishment of the team providing a minimum of 0.8 whole time equivalent Consultant Psychiatrists for the team.
This post covers the Hastings Early Intervention in Psychosis service (EIPS) working across Hastings and Bexhill and the rural areas of East Sussex surrounding these towns, working with 18-65-year olds presenting with a first episode of Psychosis and At risk Mental State.
Working for our organisation
A list of our ongoing wellbeing activities across the Trust can be found on our careers portal:
Working for Us | Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
· To provide consultant psychiatric and medical care to clients aged 18-65 in the Hastings team of the East Sussex Early Intervention in Psychosis Service.
· To provide evidence-based interventions to service users with first episode psychosis and comorbid conditions with a focus on regular reviews/CPA.
· To support early intervention practitioners in the production of comprehensive care planning including relapse prevention and crisis management.
· To lead the development of local evidence-based interventions for this caseload, in consultation with the multi-disciplinary team.
· To optimise the physical health of clients with first episode psychosis.
· To support other professionals and GP’s with psychopharmacological advice consistent with guidelines developed within the wider service.
· To liaise with Primary Care.
· To encourage and facilitate family/carer involvement in the delivery of packages of care.
· To work as part of the multi-disciplinary team seeking innovative ways of engaging with service users
· To liaise with statutory and non-statutory (Probation, Police, Court, Social Services, voluntary organisations/agencies, schools/colleges) to assist in the management of early intervention clients.
· To offer training to professional and non-statutory audiences as appropriate.
· To participate in the planning and development of Early Intervention Services across Sussex.
· To contribute constructively to improving the standards of mental health care within Sussex.
· To undertake responsibilities of Approved Clinician status under the Mental Health Act.
· To liaise closely with other functional teams within the locality to ensure provision of consistent and appropriate services.
· To manage the input of other medical staff and establish and monitor standards including, as a minimum the recording of clinical interventions, case summary and discharge summaries, communications with GP’s and attendance at agreed meetings.
· To ensure that medical staff in the team have appropriate clinical supervision and training on a regular basis.
· To encourage and participate in team developments and training and to provide appropriate clinical leadership.
· To work closely with the team and other managers in the Trust.
· To participate in the Trust Clinical Governance Programme and to contribute to Clinical Audit within the Trust.
· To be a core member of the Early Intervention in Psychosis Local Leadership Team where clinical governance, service development and finance are managed.
· The post holder is expected to be CPD registered and to maintain up to date knowledge and expertise.
· To adhere to Trust policies, such as clinical and personnel policies of the Trust e.g. Health and Safety at Work and Equal Opportunities and to observe the Trust’s responsibilities under the Data Protection Act.
Please note that the Job Description is currently awaiting Royal College approval
Sussex Partnership NHS FT is committed to supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our communities. Our workforce is currently under-represented from Black and Minority, Ethnic and disabled communities and we would welcome applications from these communities.
We regret that we are unable to advise candidates if they have not been shortlisted. If you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.
In the event of an excessive number of applicants the Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy earlier than indicated.
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust takes its responsibilities for the safeguarding and protection of children and young people and vulnerable adults very seriously and expects this of all its employees and bank workers. The Trust works with adult and children’s social care to ensure that the integrated service has systems in place to equip staff and bank workers with the knowledge and skills to recognize abuse, and take action to safeguard and protect vulnerable adults and children and young people. It is expected that all staff and bank workers familiarise themselves with the appropriate structures and policies and with the Sussex child protection and safeguarding procedures and the Sussex multi-agency policy and procedures for safeguarding vulnerable adults and undertake the relevant essential training and further training appropriate to their role.
Successful candidates are normally offered salaries at the bottom of the relevant salary range. However, where previous or equivalent NHS experience in a similar role can be demonstrated and evidenced, this may be taken into consideration when setting the starting salary.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
Desirable criteria
- Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
- MRCPsych
- Additional clinical qualifications.
ELIGIBILITY
Essential criteria
- 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
Desirable criteria
- In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice
CLINICAL SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
- Excellent knowledge in specialty
- Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
- Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
Desirable criteria
- Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
ACADEMIC SKILLS & LIFELONG LEARNING
Essential criteria
- Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
- Ability to work in and lead team
- Participated in research or service evaluation.
- Has actively participated in clinical audit and quality improvement programmes
Desirable criteria
- 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.
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Ricard Whale
- Job title
- EIP Medical Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07990523981
- Additional information
Anastacia O'Donnell
General Manager - EIPS
Email: [email protected]
Contact Telephone number - 07827280504
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