Consultant in General Adult Psychiatry - Bedford Recovery CMHT

Main duties of the job

• Provide consultant leadership to the CPA recovery team.
• Provide comprehensive assessment, diagnosis and management of issues relating to mental and physical health for adults with acute and severe mental illness in the community (over 18 years).
• Attend and be the clinical leader of weekly MDT meetings, supported by the team operational lead.
• Provide clinical advice and guidance to primary care physicians to manage patients in the least restrictive environment.
• Achieve clinical goals in line with the recovery approach emphasizing the service user's central role in planning and decision-making.

Person specification

• Essential criteria:
  • 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).
  • Eligible for Section 12 Approval (Mental Health Act)/ Approved Clinician or willing to apply for such approval once in post.
• Desirable criteria:
  • A higher degree such as MD or PhD.
  • 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 application 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.

Organisational Skills / Abilities

• 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.

Qualifications

• Essential criteria:
  • Full registration with the General Medical Council.
  • Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists or equivalent qualification (in accordance with Royal College of Psychiatrists guidelines).
  • Eligible for Section 12 Approval (Mental Health Act)/ Approved Clinician or willing to apply for such approval once in post.
• Desirable criteria:
  • A higher degree such as MD or PhD.
  • 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 application 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.