Locum Consultant General Adult Psychiatry

1 week ago


Kirkcaldy, United Kingdom Medecho locums Full time

Specialty:Psychiatry - General Adult Psychiatry

Grade: Consultant

Location**:Queen Margaret Hospital, Dunfermline**

Hours: As per rota

**Salary**: £100- £140 per hour

You must have the right to work in the UK to undertake this locum position.

We’re currently recruiting for a new locum opportunity based in the Scotland. You will be working as a General Adult Psychiatry, for an NHS Trust. For this role the individual must have relevant previous experience working in this type of position.

Over 6 months experience in the NHS

MBBS or equivalent medical qualification

On the General Medical Council (GMC) Specialist Register - Psychiatry

MRCPsych OR MRCPsych equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists

Right to work in the UK, or EU

Current DBS, preferably on the DBS update service

Two reference covering past three years (at least one from the current employer)

Section 12 Approved Psychiatrist

AC and Sec 12

**Person Specification**

**QUALIFICATIONS**

**Essential**
- Fully registered with the General Medical Council
- Eligible for inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register (or Specialist Registrar within 6 months of gaining CCT at time of interview).
- Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists or equivalent qualification (in accordance with Royal College of Psychiatrists guidelines)
- Section 12 Approval (Mental Health Act)

**Desirable**
- A higher degree such as MD or PhD

**KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE**

**Essential**
- Experience of clinical work in Acute Adult Psychiatry at SpR, SASG or consultant level within the last 3 years
- Excellent working knowledge and experience of the Mental Health Act
- Appreciation and understanding of ethnic minority issues and a commitment to developing culturally sensitive practices
- Understanding of social factors relevant to psychiatry
- Robust experience of working with severe and enduring mental illness and risk assessment, management

**Desirable**
- Experience of service development and introducing new services in mental health
- Experience of working at consultant level in an inpatient environment.

**ORGANISATIONAL SKILLS/ ABILITIES**

**Essential**
- Leadership skills
- Ability to work as a part of multidisciplinary, multi-model team
- Ability to manage complex workloads and support others to do that
- Consultation skills to services, teams and individuals
- Commitment to working in multidisciplinary setting
- Commitment to working with service users on service development

**Desirable**
- Formal leadership and management training
- Experience of team /service leadership
- Experience of organisational development work
- Project management ability

**CLINICAL SKILLS AND SUPERVISION**

**Essential**
- Ability to work in multi-disciplinary team and provide leadership for the team
- Self-motivating and innovative
- Expertise in risk assessment
- Confident in risk taking
- Commitment to clinical governance

**Desirable**
- Experience in supervising trainee doctors and SAS doctors

**TEACHING**

**Essential**
- Experience in teaching junior staff
- Good teaching and communication skills
- Experience of teaching medical undergraduates and postgraduates
- Experience of teaching non-medical mental health professionals

**Desirable**
- Medical education qualification

**RESEARCH AND AUDIT**

**Essential**
- Audit experience

**Desirable**
- Experience of research work, especially in general hospital patients and / or patients with medically unexplained symptoms Experience of grant-funded project work
- Publications in peer-reviewed journals in relevant academic fields

Why MEDECHO:

- Negotiable excellent rates of pay, with weekly payroll
- One point of contact and 24/7 out of hours support available
- We’re CPD accredited
- Industry-leading revalidation and appraisal support team
- Benefit from our exclusive discount codes
- Referral scheme - receive up to £250 for every doctor recommendation

Can’t find what you’re looking for? We post a variety of new jobs every day so by registering your CV with MEDECHO,we can keep you updated with any new job opportunities that may be better suited for you.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 6 months

**Salary**: £100.00-£140.00 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Flexitime

Schedule:

- Flexitime
- Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: CONPSY


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