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Job summary

Main area
Old Age Psychiatry
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 10 sessions per week
Job ref
338-4758974-22-D
Employer
Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Millview Lodge
Town
Cottingham
Salary
£93,666 - £126,281 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
30/05/2024 23:59

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Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust logo

Millview Lodge and Crisis Intervention Team Consultant

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust are proud award winners of the HSJ Provider of the Year 2019

Job overview

The Trust is seeking a consultant psychiatrist to join our established multi professional team at Mill View Lodge and Crisis Intervention and Treatment Team for Older People (CITOP).  

Mill View Lodge is a 9 bedded acute admission unit for females predominantly over the age of 65, experiencing an acute change in their functional mental health needs, and CITOP provides a community alternative to admission with the facility to provide rapid and intensive support to older people with functional and organic presentation. There is a dedicated specialty doctor that provides support to the inpatient unit. 

The post holder will join an established team of Specialist Consultant Psychiatrists in Old Age alongside a wider established network of consultants covering all sub-specialties. There is weekly teaching and weekly peer-group events to support professional and personal development.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be an integral part of the MDT and have clinical responsibility for reviewing people accessing the service, CPA reviews, medication management and where appropriate tribunal reports and tribunals. The post holder will also assess and review patients with Crises Team for Older People. 

The services are supported by a dedicated service manager and a Modern Matron who provide operational and clinical support and oversight to both inpatient and CITOP teams, and both teams have nurse staffing from Bands 2 to Band 7 working across the shift patterns alongside dedicated Occupational Therapy, Social Work and sessional psychology services providing for a range of clinical and therapeutic intervention.

Working for our organisation

We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website

We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.

We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you’ll need to get you started.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.

We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.

From city to countryside, market towns to moors you’ll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

As a consultant working for the Millview Lodge and CITOP Teams, you will have responsibility for the provision of safe and effective care and treatment. You will share the vision of integrated and multi-disciplinary working and actively engage in the development of the service through research and support.

The post holder would be expected to be approved as a Responsible Clinician or be willing to undertake training to obtain Section 12(2) MHA and will be expected to renew this approval according to agreed procedures.

The ability to commute within the Trusts geographical area with access to the appropriate means of transport is essential.

Please read our attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information on our exciting role available.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • MB BS or equivalent medical qualification
Desirable criteria
  • Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management

Eligibility

Essential criteria
  • 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 (the Trust will appoint a section12(2) to provide this role in the sector during the transition)
  • Approved under S12 OR able to achieve with 3 months of appointment
Desirable criteria
  • In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice

Clinical skills, knowledge and experience

Essential criteria
  • Excellent knowledge in specialty
  • Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
  • Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
  • Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA
Desirable criteria
  • Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service

Academic skills and lifelong learning

Essential criteria
  • Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement
  • Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
  • Ability to work in and lead team
  • Participated in continuous professional development
Desirable criteria
  • Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation.
  • Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations and publications.
  • Has led clinical audits leading to service change or improved outcomes to patients

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Dr Kwame Fofie
Job title
Medical Director
Email address
[email protected]
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