Consultant in General Adult Community Psychiatry – Christchurch

Detailed job description and main responsibilities For the main duties and responsibilities for this role please read the attached job description and person specification. When completing your application please ensure your supporting statement reflects the criteria set out in these documents by showing how your experience and skills apply to this post. Person specification Qualifications/Training Essential criteria General medical Qualification e.g. MBBS, or equivalent and hold a Licence to Practise. MRCPsych or recognised equivalent, e.g. membership of a psychiatry college in another country. Desirable criteria Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management. Additional clinical qualification. Eligibility Essential criteria Must be in possession or within 6 months of possession of a CCT in Psychiatry or on Specialist Register in Psychiatry. On Specialist Register in General Adult Psychiatry. Section 12(2) approval and Approved Clinician approval or ability to obtain approval before starting post. Desirable criteria Experience of medicine outside psychiatry e.g. general practice, medicine. Clinical Skills, Knowledge & Experience Essential criteria Excellent knowledge in specialty. Evidence of effective multidisciplinary team involvement. Excellent clinical skills using bio-psychosocial perspective and wider medical knowledge. Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA. Make decisions based on evidence and experience including contribution of others. Excellent written and oral communication skills. Desirable criteria Teaching Experience. Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within the NHS or comparable service. Dorset HealthCare Values Essential criteria Proactive, respectful, supportive, reliable and trustworthy, and positive. Management Skills Essential criteria Understand the importance of working with managers in the interest of good patient care. Able to manage priorities. Evidence of management/Leadership skills training. Desirable criteria Previous management experience including that of other junior medical staff. Leadership Skills Essential criteria Understand principles of leadership and give examples of leadership in own practice. Able to provide clinical leadership to a multi-disciplinary team. Clinical Governance Essential criteria An understanding of the importance of Clinical Governance in the NHS organisations and importance in patient care. Awareness of current issues in mental health service provision, policy and legislation. Self Awareness Essential criteria To have an understanding of own strengths and weaknesses and how these attributes affect professional functioning. To have an understanding of the stresses involved in being a consultant psychiatrist and how to manage these appropriately. Supervision of Junior medical Staff Essential criteria Knowledge of requirements for supervision and appraisal of junior medical staff. Approved educational supervisor training. Research and Audit Essential criteria Experience of carrying out an audit project. Experience or involvement in a research project and publication. Ability to supervise junior medical staff undertaking research projects. Desirable criteria Published audit project. Ability to critically appraise published research. At Dorset HealthCare we want to offer all our staff the opportunity to work flexibly, putting health and wellbeing first, whilst continuing the delivery of excellent patient care. Flexible working looks different for everyone and we welcome applicants to discuss flexible working opportunities with the recruiting manager. What working for us will provide: 27 days of annual leave, rising to 33 over ten years (for staff on Agenda for Change terms and conditions). Excellent NHS pension scheme. Health and wellbeing services. Flexible working options, including family-friendly hours. Free training and one-to-one career coaching to reach your career goals. Preceptorship programme for newly qualified nurses and AHPs. Access to nine staff networks - have a voice and transform our Trust. Relocation costs where applicable. Salary sacrifice scheme opportunities - including childcare vouchers, car lease and cycle scheme, home technology equipment, and buying annual leave. NHS discounts to save on your shopping, gym membership and more. Visit our careers website to learn more about our culture, staff stories, benefits, development programmes and opportunities. What you need to do: Before applying for this post, please do ensure that you have read the job description and person specification requirements. If you think you have everything we're looking for, then we'd love to hear from you; alternatively, if you would like more information about the role please do not hesitate to contact us. Regrettably, we are not able to offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you attempt to apply for a role that we do not offer sponsorship for, you will receive notification of this at the time of starting your application and you will not be able to proceed. At this point, we wish to thank you for your interest in working for us and apologise we cannot take your application any further. Please note that from January 2021, to work in the UK candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship unless you have permission to work via another route. Further guidance can be found on the gov.uk website. It is vital that you provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form. Overseas applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK must present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided in continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) Employer certification / accreditation badges Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. Documents to download JD & PS (PDF, 744.5KB) Candidate Information Pack - Consultant in General Adult Psychiatry - Christchurch CMHT (PDF, 1.0MB) Staff Benefits Leaflet (PDF, 316.1KB) Applications Recruitment Flowchart (PDF, 434.1KB) Guidance on Verification of ID (PDF, 284.4KB) Pay scales from 1 April 2024 (PDF, 39.6KB) DBS Information (PDF, 22.9KB)

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