Overview
This is an exciting opportunity to work as a Consultant Psychiatrist in a brand-new acute Mental Health service. You will be an integral part of shaping the care pathways and building the culture alongside the senior leadership team. The role involves assessing, treating, and discharging patients safely, medication management, quality assurance, and leading the CPA and ICR process. You will also take part in the On Call Consultant rota.
Job responsibilities
As the Consultant Psychiatrist, you will assume Responsible Clinician (RC) duties for Dunnock View, with the support of non-consultant grade doctors and the Lead Consultant Psychiatrist. Your responsibilities will include ensuring people admitted are assessed, treated, and discharged safely, medication management, quality assurance, complaints and co-production, delivery of NICE guidance, and leading and managing the CPA and ICR process to ensure full compliance with quality standards.
* Ensure that people admitted are assessed, treated, and discharged safely
* Medication management
* Quality assurance, complaints and co-production
* Delivery of NICE guidance
* Lead and manage the CPA and ICR process to ensure full compliance with quality standards
You will also be required to take part in the On Call Consultant rota.
Qualifications and requirements
To be successful in this role, you'll need to:
* Be medically qualified, MRC Psych or equivalent
* Be innovative and imaginative with the ability to initiate corporate decisions
* Have essential understanding of current developments in psychiatry and other aspects of mental health
* Have substantial knowledge of change management, relevant legislation, contemporary issues in mental health, knowledge of and experience in purchaser/provider contractual issues
* Have previous Consultant experience
What you will get
* Competitive annual salary
* £5000 car allowance
* 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays and your birthday off
* A Group Personal Pension Plan (GPPP) and pension contribution
* Life Assurance
* Enhanced Maternity Packages
* Free meals while on duty
* Employee Assistance Services
* Career development and training
* Wellbeing support and activities
* Voluntary benefits
* Medical indemnity cover
There are also a range of other benefits including retail discounts and special offers and much more.
About your next employer
You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move. Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check: This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and a submission for Disclosure to the DBS will be made to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration: Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see the NHS Careers website.
Employer details: Elysium Healthcare, Clacton-on-Sea, CO16 0BX. Website: https://www.elysiumhealthcare.co.uk/
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