Speciality Doctor - Cheshire

Job description

Job responsibilities

Are you a Speciality Doctor working in Psychiatry who has an interest in working with 16 to 30 year old service users with complex mental health difficulties within a trauma informed model of care? Do you like the idea of working for a leading specialist service providing publicly funded intensive residential placements for young people and young adults with mental health difficulties?

We have a fantastic opportunity for a motivated Speciality Doctor. The Specialty Doctor will work 10PAs Monday to Friday 9am 5pm with no on-calls. The speciality doctor will have access to a Consultant Psychiatrist who will be their supervisor and provide regular supervision. The post holder works alongside multi-disciplinary teams, which include Clinical Nurse Specialists, Clinical Psychologists, Residential Managers and Support Workers. Your role will be to provide the psychiatric care for the young people as part of the multi-disciplinary team and under supervision. If interested there are opportunities to be involved in supervised therapeutic interventions across the service. You will be supported to progress in your career and access study leave.

There is an ethos of MDT working at Care in Mind and the Speciality Doctor will always have access to an MDT.

This is a community post, whilst the majority of the work will be based in Stockport and the surrounding areas, the postholder will be required to travel between regional hubs in Manchester, Chorley, Warrington and Leeds.

As a Speciality Doctor you will:

Provide direct clinical assessment, formulation and psychiatric interventions with adequate supervision to the service users within Care in Minds care.

Promote an environment of service user involvement, recovery and service user centred care.

Ensure that the care in mind values and models of care are reflected in the interventions offered and implemented.

Provide psychiatric consultation and advice to both clinical and residential teams with adequate supervision.

Attend regular medical reviews for Service Users with adequate supervision.

To work into the Eating Disorder Service reviewing physical health observations and investigations in line with MEED guidance, feeding into risk plans, under adequate supervision

Liaise with other relevant professionals and attend CPA and Multi Agency meetings where agreed with the Consultant Psychiatrist and/or wider MDT.

Document notes from consultations and MDT discussions accurately and contemporaneously.

To maintain an overview with the Consultant Psychiatrist of medication management plans, GP Letters, MHA and Mental capacity assessments.

To partake in Mental Health Act assessment across the service

Partake in Audit and Service Development in areas of interest under supervision of the Consultant Psychiatrist

Participate in referral review and assessments.

Always maintain confidentiality and comply with Care in Minds Equal Opportunities Policy

Ensure completion of statutory & mandatory training as well as compliance with health and safety, including policies and requirements in relation to COVID-19

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Fully Registered GMC Medical Practitioner
• Membership of Royal College of Psychiatrists
• Completed Core Psychiatry Training with satisfactory ARCP

• Approval under Sec 12 MHA 1983/current Approved Clinician Status

Experience

• Experience working with Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder either in community or in-patient setting

• Experience of working with eating disorders, in either an inpatient or community setting

Skills & Knowledge

• Excellent written communications skills
• Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
• Full driving licence

• Knowledge or training in systemic models
• Knowledge or training in attachment disorders
• Knowledge or training in neurodevelopmental assessments

Other

• Excellent oral communication skills

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.

UK Registration

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

Employer details

Employer name

Care In Mind

Address

Hope House

Unit B2

Cheadle Heath

SK30UX

https://www.careinmind.co.uk/