Consultant Psychiatrist

**Introduction**

Are you an experienced Consultant Psychiatrist looking to make your mark and drive positive change?

If so, join our dedicated team at The Chimneys Clinic, a rehabilitation service based in Bury St Edmunds, offering Specialist care designed to support women aged 18+ who have a diagnosis of a Personality Disorder (PD) and or Mental Illness.

At The Chimneys Clinic the aim is to enable individuals to work on ways to decrease harmful behaviours and replace them with effective strategies to enhance their lives and help them reach their personal life goals.

We have a new 12 bedded ward being built to open late August.

**As a Consultant Psychiatrist, your responsibilities will include**:

- Taking clinical responsibility for patients, including multidisciplinary ward rounds, risk reviews, strategic reviews and the development of a therapeutic milieu.
- Fulfilling the role of Responsible Clinician to patients detained under the Mental Health Act (1983).
- Supervising the process of referral and admission including contributing to preadmission assessments of young people with other team members.
- Offering a psychiatric perspective to the multidisciplinary team in relation to the assessment, formulation and treatment of young people.
- Contributing to management meetings and clinical governance meetings for the services provided at the hospital, and contributing to the development of service strategy.
- Contributing to in-house training programmes within the services and offering supervision to other members of the multi-disciplinary team, particularly junior medical staff.
- Maintaining CPD and re-validation requirements, as determined by the Royal College of Psychiatrists or other relevant statutory bodies.

**To be successful in this role, you'll need the following skills and qualifications**:

- Be a good team player and keen to participate in a multidisciplinary approach to assessment, formulation and management plans.
- Hold and continue registration with the GMC including the relevant Specialist Register. The consultant will be expected to provide evidence of their registration, if requested, by the Hospital Director or Medical Director.
- Hold a CCST / CCT (or equivalent) in the relevant areas of Psychiatry and will have experience of working in inpatient settings with people with significant mental health difficulties.

**What you will get**:

- Competitive annual salary + Benefits
- The equivalent of 33 days annual leave - plus your birthday off
- Medical Protection Society membership
- Employee Assistance Service
- Free meals and parking
- Wellbeing support and activities
- Career development and training
- Pension contribution
- Life Assurance
- Enhanced Maternity Package

There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts and special offers, car leasing without a credit check and much more.

**About your next employer**

You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities& Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.

The safety of our service users and colleagues is our priority and as such we encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.