Job summary

We are seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist to join the community mental health team at HMP Eastwood Park.

This post has become available as the consultant psychiatrist currently in post will reduce their working hours from July 2023 with a view to retiring in June 2024.

The post being advertised is therefore for 5PA weekly, with a fixed term of one year.

Successful applicants for this fixed-term post will be well placed to apply for a 10PA weekly (negotiable) substantive consultant post within the service in early 2024.

The role of the post holder within the Prison Mental Health Service will be to work alongside the current substantive, part time Consultant Psychiatrist (0.6 WTE) in providing clinical leadership and assurance for the prison community mental health team.

The post holder is expected to provide specialist assessment and management recommendations for patients, and to provide clinical support to the mental health/wellbeing teams.

The psychiatrists within the teams do not carry individual caseloads as such but will be expected to jointly manage patients with the allocated registered practitioner from the team, until such time as psychiatric involvement is no longer clinically indicated.

Main duties of the job

The role of the post holder within the Prison Mental Health Service will be to work alongside the current substantive, part time Consultant Psychiatrist (0.6 WTE) in providing clinical leadership and assurance for the prison community mental health team.

The post holder is expected to provide specialist assessment and management recommendations for patients, and to provide clinical support to the mental health/wellbeing teams.

The psychiatrists within the teams do not carry individual caseloads as such but will be expected to jointly manage patients with the allocated registered practitioner from the team, until such time as psychiatric involvement is no longer clinically indicated.

Substance misuse care is provided by AWP (psychosocial) and PPG (clinical aspects). The post holder will not be expected to undertake any substitute prescribing. Physical health assessment and monitoring of patients is provided by GP and primary care colleagues (in the form of both Unscheduled and Planned Care Teams) from PPG.

Mental health act aspects of this role relate to patients that require transfer from prison to psychiatric hospital under Part III of the act or patients that require 'civil' assessments, under Part II, at the point of their release from the prison.

The post holder will be expected to provide clinical supervision, but not line management, to the team's non-medical prescribers and junior doctors.

About us

We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust) a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.

We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset. Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing.

The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the accompanying job description for full details on the roles and responsibilities of this post

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• MB BS or equivalent medical qualification

Desirable

• Relevant Higher Degree e.g MD,PHD,Msc or other additional clinical qualifications
• MRCPsych OR MRCPsych equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
• Additional clinical qualifications.

Eligibility

Essential

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

Desirable

• CCT in General Adult Psychiatry Psychiatry or Forensic Psychiatry

Experience

Essential

• Experience of assessing and treating patients in a inpatient and community setting.

Desirable

• Experience of assessing and treating patients in custodial/prison/Forensic settings.

Personal Skills

Essential

• To possess leadership skills and be able to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team.
• Ability to manage own time, workload and prioritise clinical work
• Able to demonstrate excellent communication skills, in order to effectively work with patients, carers and staff.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills

Clinical Skills

Essential

• Ability to assess and treat psychiatric problems in Adults of working age and to deal with crisis situations.

Knowledge

Essential

• Understanding of the management skills required to function successfully as a Consultant.
• Awareness of current issues in mental health service provision, policy and legislation.

Desirable

• Knowledge of alternatives to inpatient admission care approaches.

Teaching

Essential

• Commitment to and experience of undergraduate and postgraduate learning and teaching.
• Understand principles of teaching.

Research and Audit

Essential

• Experience or involvement in a research project and publication.
• Experience of carrying out an audit project.

Management

Essential

• Evidence of management/leadership skills training.

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