Consultant Psychiatrist, General Adult Psychiatry - Lancaster inLancaster inLancaster PUBLISHED
FRI 18 OCT 2024
The role also includes participation in the Consultant On Call rota, with additional remuneration. Eligible candidates may receive a Golden Hello payment as part of the recruitment package. The position offers a structured framework to support acute mental health needs within the community, emphasizing teamwork and the provision of high-quality mental health care.
Consultant Psychiatrist - General Adult Psychiatry, Lancaster and Morecambe (10 PAs)
*Golden Hello payment Payable*
This post is eligible for a 5% payment of basic salary payable over 2 years
Eligibility criteria do apply. Please note that staff currently employed by the Trust would not be eligible to apply for this recruitment and retention premia.
We are seeking to recruit a substantive Consultant General Adult Psychiatrist to work with the Home Based Treatment Team (HBTT) in Lancaster and Morecambe. The post is full time and based at East Barn, Lancaster.
There will be an expectation to join the Consultant On Call rota, for which additional remuneration is payable.
Home Based Treatment Teams (HBTTs) are a multi-disciplinary team of mental health professionals providing a 24 hour, 7 day per week service to people experiencing a Mental Health (MH) crisis. HBTTs provide an alternative to hospital admission by providing intensive community based interventions. Where a hospital admission does occur, HBTT can assist in shortening the inpatient stay by facilitating early discharge and support back to the community. The consultant psychiatrist is expected to carry a compact caseload of the most complex and unstable cases, but will also be available at short notice to provide consultation and advice to other team members, although they are not required to act as care co-ordinator.
Applicants should hold full GMC registration and be included on the Specialist register of the GMC or they should be eligible for entry to the Specialist Register within 6 months of the interview date.
It is a requirement that applicants are Section 12 Approved at the time of commencing employment and have or are eligible to have Approved Clinician Status. Remuneration will be as set out in the terms of the New Consultant Contract according to previous experience.
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Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details about this post.
The Job Description has been submitted to the Royal College of Psychiatrists for approval.
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