Consultant Psychiatrist in Adult Mental Health
1 week ago
Are you looking for your next role as a dynamic clinical leader in Acute Hospital Mental Health Liaison?
Are you a Consultant Psychiatrist, or a Higher Specialist Trainee within 6 months of their CCT, who is dedicated and passionate about improving mental health services and addressing the current lack of parity of esteem between mental and physical health?
The Hospital Liaison Service is based at Weston General Hospital, North Somerset. It provides a service within the Emergency Department as well as the hospital wards, primarily to support general hospital staff in providing appropriate care to those with mental distress.
This is a small District General Hospital with approximately 220 beds and an Emergency Department open from 8am to 10pm. The hospital is part of the University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust.
It has easy travel routes to Devon, Cornwall, South Wales, London and beyond via the M4 and M5, a central train station in Weston-Super-Mare, with frequent services to Bristol, as well as direct services to London with interconnecting local stations across the area. As the consultant in the Mental Health Liaison Service, you will provide medical leadership to a multi-disciplinary team serving Weston General Hospital.
You will provide diagnostic and treatment advice as well as supporting the wider team in complex and high risk case management. In addition there is a significant teaching and training aspect to this role, for general hospital staff.
North Somerset Locality has a forward-thinking and inclusive medical community, committed to ensuring psychiatrists are at the forefront of service improvement. You will be encouraged and supported to be involved in service leadership and management as well as any quality improvement activities which you will be encouraged to pursue. We offer one of the most competitive and flexible benefits packages.
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.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.
At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.
MB BS or equivalent medical qualification
g MD, PHD, Msc or other additional clinical qualifications
CCT in General Adult Psychiatry and/or Old Age psychiatry
Endorsement in Liaison Psychiatry
Experience of assessing and treating patients in a general hospital setting.
Ability to appraise own performance as a Consultant.
Ability to assess and treat psychiatric problems in Adults of working age and to deal with crisis situations.
Awareness of current issues in mental health service provision, policy and legislation.
Commitment to and experience of undergraduate and postgraduate learning and teaching.
Experience as an Educational Supervisor for trainees
Experience or involvement in a research project and publication.
Experience of carrying out an audit project.
Evidence of management/leadership skills training.
Previous management experience including that of other junior medical staff
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