This is a brand-new opportunity to recruit a part time 5 PA Consultant Forensic / General Adult Psychiatrist within the Dorset Forensic Service. This role is based at St Ann's Hospital in Poole and covers trust-wide working throughout Dorset.

This is a dynamic and developing forensic service that is part of a new care model that has delivered considerable savings for reinvesting in services.

Alongside our outstanding working environment and development opportunities, we can offer relocation expenses, a recruitment and retention premium and a focus on designing this role around you and your specialist interests.

Main duties of the job

We are looking to a recruit an enthusiastic and conscientious professional who is dedicated to providing the best care for our service users and have values (compassion, excellence and expertise) and a vision (Better Every Day) that resonates with that of the Trust.

This role is based at St Ann's Hospital in Poole and covers working trust wide over the whole of Dorset. The post holder will work within the Dorset Forensic Service, comprising the community forensic team (CQC outstanding) and Twynham ward the low secure unit (CQC good).

Recruitment and Retention

This post attracts a recruitment and retention payment of £10,000

Relocation

If you are interested in moving to our beautiful county, we offer a generous relocation package of up to £10,000.For further details on relocation expenses please emaildhc.careers@nhs.net

Flexible Working

We would love to hear from you to discuss how together we might design this role around you and your specialist interests. We are committed to enabling flexible working and would welcome a discussion as to how this could be achieved for you.

This may include but is not limited to; compressed hours over four days, job sharing, part time working and home working. We know that when we support staff to achieve a better balance between home and work responsibilities, there are benefits for you, our patients and the Trust.

About us

At Dorset HealthCare we're on a mission to empower people to make the most of their lives through our outstanding, joined-up healthcare services. We're a dynamic, forward-looking Trust, running 12 community hospitals, specialist inpatient facilities and a wide range of integrated community and mental health services for a population of almost 800,000 people.

We do things differently here - it's one of the reasons the CQC rated us 'outstanding' in 2019. It's also why 95% of patients across our services say they have a good or very good experience of our services and 89% of staff feel they can really make a difference. Whether you're looking to work with us in one of our bustling market towns, vibrant urban locations, thriving seaside spots, or among the rolling hills of Dorset, there are lots of ways you can make a difference in our communities.

Our 7,000-strong workforce is at the heart of what we do and our success is a testament to our brilliant people. We're all about building a workplace for the future, we believe in equal opportunities and we celebrate diversity. We're an inclusive workplace, where everyone is welcome, everyone can be authentic, and we are all encouraged to be the best version of ourselves.

Working with us you'll be part of a strong team, challenge yourself, build a career, and teach us what we don't know. And you'll be working towards our vision to be better every day through excellence, compassion and expertise in all we do.

Job description Job responsibilities

For the main duties and responsibilities for this role please read the attached job description and person specification. When completing your application please ensure your supporting statement reflects the criteria set out in these documents by showing how your experience and skills apply to this post.

Person Specification Qualifications/Training Essential

• General medical Qualification e.g. MBBS, or equivalent and hold a Licence to Practise.

Desirable

• MRCPsych or recognised equivalent, e.g. membership of a psychiatry college in another country.
• Further academic qualifications such as MRCGP, MRCP or research degree/diploma.

Eligibility Essential

• Must be in possession or within 6 months of possession of a CCT in Psychiatry or on Specialist Register in Psychiatry.
• On Specialist Register in Forensic Psychiatry
• Section 12(2) approval and Approved Clinician approval or ability to obtain approval before starting post

Desirable

• Experience of medicine outside psychiatry e.g. general practice, medicine.

Clinical Skills, Knowledge & Experience Essential

• Excellent knowledge in specialty
• Evidence of effective multidisciplinary team involvement.
• Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wider medical knowledge.
• Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA
• Make decisions based on evidence and experience including contribution of others.
• Excellent written and oral communication

Desirable

• Teaching Experience
• Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within the NHS or comparable service

Dorset HealthCare Values Essential

• Proactive, respectful, supportive, reliable and trustworthy, and positive

Management Skills Essential

• Understand the importance of working with managers in the interest of good patient care
• Able to manage priorities
• Evidence of management/Leadership skills training

Desirable

• Previous management experience including that of other junior medical staff

Leadership Skills Essential

• Understand principles of leadership and give examples of leadership in own practice
• Able to provide clinical leadership to a multi-disciplinary team.

Clinical Governance Essential

• An understanding of the importance of Clinical Governance in the NHS organisations and importance in patient care.
• Awareness of current issues in mental health service provision, policy and legislation

Self Awareness Essential

• To have an understanding of own strengths and weaknesses and how these attributes affect professional functioning
• To have an understanding of the stresses involved in being a consultant psychiatrist and how to manage these 22 appropriately.

Supervision of Junior medical Staff Essential

• Knowledge of requirements for supervision and appraisal of junior medical staff.
• Approved educational supervisor training

Research and Audit Essential

• Experience of carrying out an audit project
• Experience or involvement in a research project and publication
• Ability to supervisor junior medical staff undertaking research projects

Desirable

• Published audit project
• Ability to critically appraise published research

Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.

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