To provide the highest quality care to patients on the Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit within the Berrywood Hospital, Northampton.

Main duties of the job

The Consultant will play a pivotal role in ensuring proactive, recovery-focused, individualised treatment plans are in place and being followed for each patient. He will be supported with a team of professionals who have been recruited specifically for this unit. Our intention is to have a short length of stay to manage only the acute phase of illness and support care in the least restrictive manner.

About us

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be 'outstanding' by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the About You Section of the document, or contact the team via Medical Workforce.

Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

• MRCPsych or equivalent
• On Specialist Register/CCT in General Adult Psychiatry
• Approval under Section12 of the Mental Health Act
• Minimum of six years postgraduate experience (including three years as SpR in approved training post) or equivalent

Desirable

• Additional Postgraduate Qualifications
• Management training

Skills

Essential

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and evidence of the ability to communicate with patients, colleagues and staff at all levels
• Ability to present complex information to a variety of audiences including courts and tribunals
• Ability to motivate and develop junior Medical Staff and other MDT members
• An understanding of the political and financial framework within which the Services operate

Desirable

• Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
• Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post

Employer details

Employer name

Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Address

Berrywood Hospital

Northampton

NN5 6UD

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