We are looking for a Consultant Psychiatrist to join our team on Oakwood ward. The ward is a 20 bed mixed sex unit based in the grounds of Southmead Hospital, Bristol, with a plan to move to a newly built acute ward at Callington Road Hospital in 2025.

The ward is a psychologically informed environment working in a truly multi-disciplinary model. The team are motivated to work on ways to improve the quality of the service, developing and carrying out quality improvement projects strive to offer the best possible care and enabling patients and carers to pursue recovery.

This post is evolving new ways of working to include systems for consultant time to be focussed on those patients that need senior medical input so that decision-making, treatment and discharge planning, and liaison with the Intensive team happens promptly. To support this, the consultant will not have responsibilities outside of this team, other than attending some CPD activities or interface meetings with other teams.

You will be encouraged and supported to be involved in service leadership and management and to develop an area of special clinical interest in line with service needs.

We offer one of the most competitive and flexible benefits packages.

Bristol is a great place to live and work and has easy travel routes to Devon, Cornwall, South Wales, London and beyond via the M4 and M5, There are two principal railway stations in Bristoland an airport.

Main duties of the job

Some of the main duties of the job are

To be responsible for the mental health care of all inpatients through daily ward reviews, attending the ward Monday to Friday, delivering direct interventions including assessment, diagnoses and treatment of mental and physical health needs.

You will be responsible for supervising the medical team that provides medical care and act as RC for detained inpatients.

You will have a medical legal role, preparing MHA Tribunal and other reports and attending MHA Tribunals.

You will collaboratively work with the Intensive teams to provide dedicated lead Consultant input to acute care service coordination.

You will provide nominal senior medical cover to the S136 suite during the daytime.

You will support and participate in Clinical Governance and Audit and have opportunities to undertake medical audit and activities related to clinical governance issues, subject to job-planning and under supervision of the line manager.

You are expected to contribute to the development of acute care services in line with best practice and nationally accredited standards.

You will actively participation in acute care pathways meetings identifying services users who require access to inpatient services in a timely manner as well as identifying potential discharges from the inpatient ward.

You will be expected to support the Medical Lead and participate in strategic development both within the local service and the wider Trust.

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.

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 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

• CCT in General Adult Psychiatry

Experience

Essential

• Experience of assessing and treating patients in an inpatient setting.

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.

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Oakwood Ward, Southmead Hospital

Bristol

BS10 5NB

Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.

342-RVN045-BNSSG-PC