Specialist Grade in General Adult Psychiatry

Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to work as specialist in psychiatry in The South Northumberland Community Treatment Team. This is 10PA post which has fallen vacant following departure of the current post-holder.

You will join well established multidisciplinary mental health team, which serves the adult population of Cramlington, Blyth and the surrounding areas. The Team base is at the West Farm House in Cramlington and the clinic is at the Plessey Centre in Blyth. You will be based at the West Farm House in Cramlington.

The Team offers assessment and treatment for adults living in the locality, who may be experiencing a serious mental illness, including both psychosis and non-psychosis diagnoses.

Please note we can not sponsor GMC for this role.

Please note this vacancy will close once sufficient applications have been received.

Main duties of the job
You will be an integral part of the Team, and will attend weekly multi-disciplinary Team meetings, offering advice and guidance to Team members. There will also be opportunities to offer teaching sessions to staff at this meeting.

You will typically provide outpatient reviews of new and current patients. You will also provide leadership and consultative advice to the clinicians in the service, supervision and support to Resident doctors as well as visiting medical students on an ad-hoc basis.

Your role will involve liaison with GP' and other multi-agency staff. You will be supervised by experienced consultant psychiatrist within the team.

You will take part, alongside other colleagues, in serviceestablishment, development, and innovation/ improvement, and will be expected to contribute to the ongoing training and development programme within the team.

About us
Why us?

• Up to £8k relocation package
• 30 days study leave (every 3 years)
• Flexible working opportunities created with you involved in your job plan
• Remote working available as suits service needs
• Dedicated and protected SPA time
• Focus on creating a healthy workforce by investing heavily in health and wellbeing accessible support including emotional, physical, social, psychological financial and career well being
• Teaching and research opportunities available
• Stimulating CPD sessions and programs including mentoring, medical leadership, and coaching
• Teaching opportunities in our brand-new state of the art Medical Education Centre
• Employee Excellence awards
• Plus, lots more employee benefits including discounts. Find out more at

As an added bonus, the Trust is located in the Northeast of England and Cumbria which is an area of outstanding natural beauty, containing national parks, ancient heritage sites and major cities supported by excellent national and international transport links. The area is predominantly rural and contains the Lake District National Park which is considered one of England's finest areas of natural beauty.

Job responsibilities
The post-holder is expected to demonstrate a commitment to delivering excellence in clinical care, to working effectively with multi-disciplinary teams and to promoting the safety and wellbeing of the patients. The post-holder is expected to respect the rights and the dignity of patients, to consider the individual and cultural needs of patients and to work with families and carers in the best interest of the patient (in line with the Trust Carers Charter).

All services in the Trust are managed in Clinical Business Units, divided into four groups North West (Cumbria), North (Northumberland & North Tyneside), Central (Newcastle & Gateshead) and South (South Tyneside & Sunderland). The North Northumberland CTT post is managed in the North Community Clinical Business Unit. Clinical Business Units are managed via a Collective Leadership model and Associate Directors, including an Associate Medical Director, provide managerial input to all Clinical Business Units.

The Team has the support of a Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team for more acute clinical presentations or for service users more at risk of requiring inpatient treatment. The Team is also supported by the Psychiatric Liaison Teams based in nearby acute hospitals, namely the Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital (NSECH) in Northumberland, and the Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI) in Newcastle upon Tyne.

The Trust is constantly seeking to improve its services and to respond to changes in health care need and demand. This job description may be amended in a light of changes to patterns or service delivery and the post holder should be flexible and open to changes that enhance patient care and will be expected to play a central role in developing these services.

The post-holder should familiarize themselves with Trust policies and procedures and their practice should be compliant with these.

Dedicated administration staff will arrange clinics in the team base or patients home, if appropriate.

The post-holder will also be an integral part of the Team, and will attend weekly multi-disciplinary Team meetings, offering advice and guidance to Team members. There will also be opportunities to offer teaching sessions to staff at this meeting.

Candidates should be suitably qualified

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details.

Person Specification
Qualifications / Eligibility
Essential

• MBBS (or equivalent)
• Full Registration with the GMC (or eligible to become registered before appointment) with a licence to practice
• Completed a minimum of 12 years' medical work (either continuous period or in aggregate) since obtaining a primary medical qualification of which a minimum of six years should have been in a relevant specialty in the Specialty Doctor and/or closed SAS grades
• Shall meet the criteria set out in the Specialist grade generic capabilities framework found at the following link: 06/sas-paper-2-specialist-grade-generic-capabilitiesframework- 2021.pdf
• Approved under Section 12(2) of the Mental Health Act 1983
• Approved Clinician Status or working towards attaining AC Status within six months

Desirable

• MRCPsych or equivalent qualification
• Postgraduate qualifications in a relevant field
• Postgraduate qualifications in a relevant field
• Has undergone training in appraisal
• Included on GMC Specialist Register (General Psychiatry) or eligible for inclusion

Knowledge
Essential

• Up to date knowledge in the field of Psychiatry
• Working knowledge of the Mental Health Act 1983
• Good knowledge of relevant Mental Health legislation including the MCA
• Good knowledge of clinical risk management
• Good knowledge of evidence based strategies for management of psychiatric disorder

Desirable

• Awareness of current issues and controversies in service provision, mental health policy and legislation

Experience
Essential

• Develop effective relationships across teams and contribute to work and success of these teams - promote and participate in both multidisciplinary and inter-professional team working
• Wide clinical experience in psychiatry in different clinical settings
• Experience of working autonomously
• Awareness of leadership responsibilities as a clinician and demonstrates appropriate leadership behaviour
• Able to manage situations that are unfamiliar, complex or unpredictable, adapting leadership behaviours to improve engagement outcomes and seeking to build collaboration with, and confidence in, others

Desirable

• Experience in multi agency work especially with service user, carer and voluntary agencies
• Experience in service management or development
• Experience of Clinical Audit

Skills
Essential

• High level of clinical skills including Proven competence in diagnosis and management of psychiatric disorders
• Act as a role model, educator, supervisor, coach or mentor for medical and non-medical practitioners
• Able to work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Excellent communication skills
• Demonstrate the ability to work in a time efficient manner
• Good teaching skills
• Established record of clinical leadership

Desirable

• Established ability as a clinical teacher
• Training in specific and relevant treatment skills e.g. a brief form of psychological therapy
• Up to date CPR training
• Ability to apply psychological models to practical situations

Personal Characteristics
Essential

• Able to sustain self and support others
• Trustworthiness
• Maturity, openness and flexibility
• Ability to communicate with clarity in spoken and written form
• Flexible approach, keen to accept new challenges
• Punctuality/good time management
• Honesty and integrity
• Well organised
• Willingness and ability to support other professions in achieving their educational aims
• Ability to organise own learning/CPD

Desirable

• Able to meet the mobility requirements of the post

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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