We are looking to a recruit a full-time consultant for Poole West CMHT, one of 3 linked CMHTs providing mental health care across the Poole area. Having 3 linked CMHTs all based on the same site at Alderney hospital provides advantages to the working environment and patient care.
We would love to hear from you to discuss how together we might design this role around you and your specialist interests. Work-life balance is important to all of us, when we support staff to achieve this there are benefits for you, our patients, and the Trust. We are committed to enabling flexible working and would welcome discussions around this. This may include but is not limited to compressed hours over four days, job sharing, part time working and home working.
Alongside this, we offer fantastic career development and enhancements:
1. This post attracts a Recruitment and Retention payment of £10,000 to be paid in monthly instalments for the first year of employment.
2. We can provide a generous relocation package of up to £10,000 if you are interested in moving to our beautiful count
3. General medical Qualification e.g. MBBS, or equivalent and hold a Licence to Practise.
4. MRCPsych or recognised equivalent, e.g. membership of a psychiatry college in another country.
Desirable
5. Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
6. Additional clinical qualification
Eligibility
Essential
7. Must be in possession or within 6 months of possession of a CCT in Psychiatry or on Specialist Register in Psychiatry.
8. On Specialist Register in General Adult Psychiatry.
9. Section 12(2) approval and Approved Clinician approval or ability to obtain approval before starting post
Desirable
10. Experience of medicine outside psychiatry e.g. general practice, medicine.
Clinical Skills, Knowledge & Experience
Essential
11. Excellent knowledge in specialty
12. Evidence of effective multidisciplinary team involvement.
13. Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wider medical knowledge.
14. Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA
15. Make decisions based on evidence and experience including contribution of others.
16. Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Desirable
17. Teaching Experience
18. Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within the NHS or comparable service.
Dorset HealthCare Values
Essential
19. Proactive, respectful, supportive, reliable and trustworthy, and positive
Management Skills
Essential
20. Understand the importance of working with managers in the interest of goo patient care
21. Able to manage priorities
22. Evidence of management/Leadership skills training
Desirable
23. Previous management experience including that of other junior medical staff
Leadership Skills
Essential
24. Understand principles of leadership and give examples of leadership in own practice.
25. Able to provide clinical leadership to a multi-disciplinary team.
Clinical Governance
Essential
26. An understanding of the importance of Clinical Governance in the NHS organisations and importance in patient care.
27. Awareness of current issues in mental health service provision, policy and legislation
Self Awareness
Essential
28. To have an understanding of own strengths and weaknesses and how these attributes affect professional functioning
29. To have an understanding of the stresses involved in being a consultant psychiatrist and how to manage these appropriately.
Employer details
Employer name
Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Alderney Hospital
Ringwood Road
Poole
BH12 4NB