Job description

Job responsibilities

RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE POST

• Provide senior medical input and clinical leadership to Perinatal Service. 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 such as trainees.

• Work alongside the team manager, service manager and the other Consultant Psychiatrists in the service to ensure the effective functioning and development of the service.

• Provide direct clinical supervision and line management to the trainees and speciality doctor and any senior trainee placed with the team. This will include 1 hour per week psychiatry supervision for each trainee in an accredited training post. In addition, clinical supervision needs to be available and ensured daily for medical trainees and a pro rata equivalent level of supervision needs to be provided for speciality doctors.

• Provide direct clinical care and ensure medical involvement in the CPA process and weekly multidisciplinary ward rounds. Family meetings, professionals meetings, further ad hoc patient reviews and seclusion reviews are expected as part of this role. The consultant will be expected to adhere to good clinical practice based on research evidence.

• The post holder will contribute to referral management with the team manager and leadership team. The post holder will jointly review care plans with care coordinators, attend daily FACT meetings.

• The Consultant will provide senior medical input and clinical leadership to the perinatal team. Medical responsibility for patients usually remains with the GP, except where a medical member of the team takes a patient on for continuing treatment. 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 be required to undertake MHA assessments and undertake RC responsibility for patients as required.

• Expected to be eligible for Section 12(2) approval under the Mental Health Act. The Trust will support obtaining Section 12 approval and Approved Clinician status if required. Health based place of safety assessments on the two Littlemore site are a core part of the job.

• The post holder will fulfil the requirements for Mental Health Act work for patients under their care. This specifically relates to the preparation of reports for Tribunals and Managers meetings, as the Responsible Clinician. Appropriate transfer processes should be adhered to for accepting and discharging patients from inpatient wards under the MHA act.

• Provide timely written correspondence to relevant professionals, including letters to GPs, other professionals, MHA Tribunal reports documenting assessments, on-going management, progress, and eventual discharge using Trust IT and clinical records system training will be provided where needed.

• Work collaboratively with other agencies, in particular liaison with staff from other teams, AMHTs, Mother and Baby Units, primary care perinatal and mental health teams, crisis and home treatment teams, etc.

• Contribute to developing and delivering improved clinical services as outlined in the National Service Framework for Mental Health.

• Provide Consultant cross-cover to other perinatal Consultant regularly within the team, and to the Buckinghamshire perinatal consultant and other teams occasionally for for annual leave, study leave, unplanned leave, and brief periods of sickness absence.

• Participate in the Oxfordshire Adult on-call consultant Rota (Currently approximately 1 in 26 Oxfordshire, category A, banded at 3%). There are usually two specialist registrars ST4 to ST6 trainees, on call, who take first line responsibility for referrals from the community. The ST4 or ST6 trainees also provide second line support to ST1 to ST3 trainees on shift duty at the main hospital sites.

• Participate in a no Fixed Abode rota (NFA) which all consultants are rostered on for newly presented patients who have no fixed address in Oxfordshire but require allocation to a team.

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) Approval
• Approved Clinician status or Eligibility

Desirable

• Higher degree or equivalent in relevant field of medical, psychology, or other studies

Training

Essential

• Higher specialist training in 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.

Desirable

• Sub-speciality or other specialist clinical training relevant to post such as working in in-patient and PICU settings as a specialist trainee or Consultant.

Clinical Experience

Essential

• Experience of the full range of clinical responsibilities expected of a consultant in this specialty.
• 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

Ability

Essential

• Ability to undertake full range of consultant responsibilities

Leadership

Essential

• Ability to work within a collaborative multidisciplinary framework, and to share leadership responsibilities with senior colleagues of other professions.
• Ability to understand how organisations work most effectively.
• 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.
• Must have good skills in communication with patients, relatives, colleagues, and staff of other organisations. Good spoken and written English.
• Work collaboratively and effectively with a range of professionals.
• Must have interest in and commitment to people with mental health problems, and their carers.
• 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.
• Consultant Appraiser
• Undergraduate and postgraduate medical teaching.
• Supervision of advanced level trainees
• Research experience and skills

Other

Essential

• Full GMC registration
• Meet specifications set out in GMC Guidance: Duties of doctor.
• Good IT skills
• Mobility as required for the post.

Desirable

• Specialist Register
• Valid driving licence
• Own vehicle

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants .

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website .

Employer details

Employer name

Oxford Health NHS Trust

Address

Slade House

Horspath Driftway

Oxford

OX37JH

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