Consultant General Adult Psychiatrist Crisis Resolution (Cygnet) inWare inWare PUBLISHED
TUE 17 DEC 2024
The post holder will engage in both direct clinical care and supporting professional activities, with a focus on service planning and quality assurance. Additional responsibilities will include participating in the Trust's academic programs and maintaining professional accreditation. The position is structured around 10 programmed activities per week, with regular reviews of job responsibilities and contribution to financial management and service delivery improvements within the Trust.
We are currently seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist to join our busy division of Planned Care in Hertfordshire. The post itself will involve providing clinical leadership to the Community Mental Health Team covering patients living in Hertfordshire.
Clinical work such as outpatient clinics will take place at one of the clinic bases but may also take place in another Trust location or other community destinations such as at home, in prison or in police stations.
The post holder will be responsible for the assessment and treatment people of working age from his/her catchment with mental health problems, which are referred or otherwise present to secondary care mental health services.
- To manage, appraise and give professional supervision to junior medical staff as agreed by consultant colleagues and the medical director and in accordance with the Trust's personnelpolicies and procedures. This may include assessing competences under the Modernising Medical Careers framework.
- To ensure that junior medical staff working with the post holder operate within the parameters of the New Deal and are Working Time Directive compliant.
- To undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of patients.
- To record clinical activity accurately and comprehensively and submit this promptly to the Information Department.
- To participate in service and business planning activity for the locality and, as appropriate, for the whole mental health service.
- To participate in annual appraisal for consultants.
- To attend and participate in the academic programme of the Trust and the team including lectures and seminars as part of the internal CPD programme.
This list is not exhaustive please see attached job description.
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It is envisaged that the post holder will work 10 programmed activities over 5 days. Following appointment there will be a meeting at no later than three months with the clinical manager to review and revise the job plan and objectives of the post holder. The overall split of the programmed activities is 7.5 to be devoted to direct clinical care and 2.5 to supportingprofessional activities (as per the Royal College of Psychiatrists recommendation). The timetable is indicative only. A formal job plan will be agreed between the post holder and associate medical director or clinical manager three months after commencing the post and at least annually thereafter.
Additional duties include but is not exhaustive to;
- To maintain professional registration with the General Medical Council, Mental Health Act Section 12(2) approval, and to abide by professional codes of conduct.
- To participate annually in a job plan review with the clinical manager, which will includeconsultation with a relevant manager in order to ensure that the post is developed to take into account changes in service configuration and delivery associated with modernisation. To work with local managers and professional colleagues in ensuring the efficient running of services and share with consultant colleagues in the medical contribution to management.
- To comply with the Trusts agreed policies, procedures, standing orders and financial instructions, and to take an active role in the financial management of the service and support the medical director and other managers in preparing plans for services.
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