Consultant Psychiatrist Chiltern

Oxford Health are looking for a 1.0 WTE consultant psychiatrist to provide clinical leadership to the Chiltern East CMHT. This post has become available in the CMHT due to a consultant moving to another area. The post holder will work alongside two other consultants (total 2.6 WTE including this post) within the CMHT.

The post has comprehensive support from doctor in training colleagues and dedicated admin resource.

Oxford is rated the top medical school in the world in THES ratings and Psychiatry is rated by students as being the best specialty rotation on the course. Oxford has a track record of encouraging medical students to pursue psychiatry as a career, with 7% of graduates citing psychiatry as their first-choice career, equal highest of any UK medical school.

We offer a £15,000 recruitment bonus and a relocation allowance up to £8,000 to eligible successful candidates

Main duties of the job

The CMHTs accept routine referrals, while the Crisis and Home Treatment teams deal with all emergency and urgent referrals. Referrals are initially triaged by the Mental Health Gateway (a Single Point of Access) which operates independently from the CMHT providing comprehensive triage (including supporting information) prior to assessment. Staff within the CMHTs work around consultants and catchment areas that correspond as closely as possible to specific geographical areas and GP surgeries (PCNs), to allow maximum familiarity with these patients and better links with the corresponding GPs. Cross cover for leave/absence is arranged first within locality (east and west) and then across the Chiltern CMHT.

Chiltern CMHT covers patients registered with 35 GP practices across the south half of Buckinghamshire, forming 7 PCNs (3 in the west around High Wycombe and 4 in the east part of the county served by the Amersham satellite hub). Consultants work 9-5 Monday to Friday and provide senior leadership to the team alongside the team managers (Band 8a level) and deputy managers (Band 7

Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for more details

About us

Oxford Health provides a comprehensive range of mental health services to the populations of Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire and a number of Child & Adolescent and specialised services (e.g. Forensic, Eating Disorders) to adjacent counties and beyond. It also provides community services to the people of Oxfordshire. Section 75 agreements are in place with both County Councils, so that social workers are managed within the Trust's multidisciplinary mental health teams. The Trust was created in April 2011 by the Merger of Community Health Oxfordshire CHO and the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.

The Trust provides community Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) in Swindon, Wiltshire and NE Somerset, and there is an inpatient adolescent unit in Swindon.

Benefits of working for Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust include:

Excellent opportunities for career progression 33 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, with an increase to 35 days with continuous service Study leave allowances Free staff parking permits across OHFT sites NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers Staff accommodation Competitive pension scheme Lease car scheme Cycle to work scheme Employee Assistance Programme and dedicated Health and Wellbeing Team

Job description
Job responsibilities

The Trusts services are now organised and managed on the basis of three directorates: Adult, Children and Young People and Older People Services. Medical staff have contributed significantly to service developments, service redesign and efficiency programmes within the Trust, and to the related development of primary care mental health services. An active programme of organisational and service development is well under way. This supports coherent care pathways through primary care, secondary care and, when necessary, specialist clinical services and services provided by other agencies. Psychiatrists in the Trust are encouraged to contribute to this developmental work.

The Consultant will provide senior medical input and clinical leadership to the CMHT. The post holder will have responsibility for those patients seen by himself/herself, together with those patients seen by medical staff directly supervised by the post holder.

The post holder will assess new routine referrals from other agencies alongside other clinicians, provide consultations to non-medical clinicians and offer ongoing management for patients requiring longer term care.

The post holder will work alongside the team manager and the other Consultant Psychiatrists in the team to ensure the effective functioning and development of the service.

The consultant will provide direct clinical supervision to any trainees and speciality doctors placed with the team who are seeing their patients, and psychiatric supervision and line management to any trainee or specialty doctor allocated specifically to them .This will include one hour per week psychiatric supervision for trainees and a pro rata equivalent level of supervision to speciality doctors, in conjunction with other consultants. This will be in line with the trust supervision policy and will be reflected in the job planning process.

The consultant will be expected to provide direct clinical care and ensure medical involvement in the CPA process.

Providing timely written correspondence to relevant professionals documenting assessments, on-going management, progress, and eventual discharge using Trust IT and clinical records system training will be provided where needed. Completion of CPA documentation when necessary.

Work collaboratively with other agencies. In particular liaison with staff from other teams to manage smooth and timely transfer into and out of the CMHT.

The consultant will be expected to contribute to the collection of data as required by the Trust and other relevant agencies. This includes the timely recording of clinical activity data, and participation in clinical audit with appropriate administrative support.

The consultant will be expected to attend most regular directorate managerial meetings as necessary, particularly the Medical Advisory Committee (every four months) and monthly Directorate/Managerial liaison meetings.

The consultant will be expected to participate in and attend the local training programme for junior doctors.

The consultant would be expected to participate in both a CPD peer group and a clinical peer supervision group with fellow consultants. A monthly consultant Balint group is also available.

The consultant would be expected to maintain their own programme of training and CPD accreditation with the support of their Associate Medical Director/Clinical Director and peer group.

The consultants will normally cross-cover for each other for annual leave, study leave and brief periods of sickness absence.

There is a daytime Monday-Friday cover rota (currently approximately 1 in 10) for the Whiteleaf Centre in the event of any issues with usual cross-cover arrangements.

The consultants take part the Buckinghamshire Adults of Working Age out-of-hours rota. This is a 1 in 17.6 non-resident on-call rota, with 3%, band A intensity. There is a junior doctor (StR1-3, GPVTS or FY2) on shift out of hours, and StR4-6 trainees take part in a supernumerary non-resident on-call rota (1:18 with 4-6 trainees).

Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification for more details

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, or equivalent qualification (in accordance with Royal College of Psychiatrist's Guidelines) Eligibility for Section 12 (Mental Health Act 1983) Approval

Desirable

Higher degree or equivalent in relevant field of medical, psychological or other studies or postgraduate teaching qualification

Training
Essential

Higher specialist training in dual or general adult / older adult psychiatry in approved training post for a minimum of three years, equivalent training in another country, or previous consultant experience relevant to this post CCT in Psychiatry OR Inclusion on the GMC Specialist Register in psychiatry OR within six months of achieving CCT at the time of interview OR CESR

Desirable

Sub-speciality or other specialist clinical training relevant to post in particular CRHT experience.

Clinical Experience
Essential

Experience of the full range of clinical responsibilities expected of a consultant in general adult/ Older adult psychiatry. Experience of close collaborative work with social care and other agencies

Desirable

Application of evidence-based practice and interest in clinical and policy developments for this care group Development of close collaboration with primary care services Experience of early intervention in psychosis services and knowledge prodromal states for psychosis

Ability
Essential

Ability to undertake full range of consultant responsibilities

Skills and Knowledge
Essential

a) Leadership skills -Ability to work within a collaborative multidisciplinary framework, and to share leadership responsibilities with senior colleagues of other professions b) Organisation and management skills - Ability to understand how organisations Commitment to active clinical governance Ability to promote effective team working Capacity to prioritise workload Active participation in clinical audit Commitment to interagency partnership working c) Communication skills - Must have good skills in communication with patients, relatives, colleagues and staff of other organisations. Good spoken and written English. d) Professional approach - Work collaboratively and effectively with a range of professionals. e) Personal skills - Must have interest in and commitment to people with mental health problems, and their carers. f) Teaching experience -Experience in supervising and teaching core psychiatric trainees Application of research evidence to clinical practice

Desirable

Relevant experience of the administrative, management and leadership roles of senior medical staff Inter-agency partnership working and development Undergraduate and postgraduate medical teaching. Supervision of advanced level trainees Research experience and skills

Other requirements
Essential

a) GMC registration - Full b) Transport - Mobility as required for the post c) Professional attributes - Meet specifications set out in GMC Guidance: Duties of doctor d) IT skills - Good IT skills including typing

Desirable

Driving licence and own transport

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