1. General medical Qualification e.g. MBBS, or equivalent and hold a Licence to Practise.
2. MRCPsych or recognised equivalent, e.g. membership of a psychiatry college in another country.
Desirable
3. Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
4. Additional clinical qualification.
Eligibility
Essential
5. Must be in possession or within 6 months of possession of a CCT in Psychiatry or on Specialist Register in Psychiatry.
6. On Specialist Register in enter specialism Psychiatry.
7. Section 12(2) approval and Approved Clinician approval or ability to obtain approval before starting post
Desirable
8. Experience of medicine outside psychiatry e.g. general practice, medicine.
Clinical Skills, Knowledge & Experience
Essential
9. Excellent knowledge in specialty
10. Evidence of effective multidisciplinary team involvement.
11. Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wider medical knowledge.
12. Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA.
13. Make decisions based on evidence and experience including contribution of others.
14. Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Desirable
15. Teaching Experience.
16. Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within the NHS or comparable service.
Dorset HealthCare Values
Essential
17. Understand the importance of working with managers in the interest of goo patient care
18. Able to manage priorities.
19. Evidence of management/Leadership skills training.
Desirable
20. Previous management experience including that of other junior medical staff.
Leadership Skills
Essential
21. Understand principles of leadership and give examples of leadership in own practice.
22. Able to provide clinical leadership to a multi-disciplinary team.
Clinical Governance
Essential
23. An understanding of the importance of Clinical Governance in the NHS organisations and importance in patient care.
24. Awareness of current issues in mental health service provision, policy and legislation
Self Awareness
Essential
25. To have an understanding of own strengths and weaknesses and how these attributes affect professional functioning
26. 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
27. Knowledge of requirements for supervision and appraisal of junior medical staff.
28. Approved educational supervisor training.
Research and Audit
Essential
29. Experience of carrying out an audit project.
30. Approved educational supervisor training.
Research and Audit
Essential
31. Experience of carrying out an audit project.
32. Experience or involvement in a research project and publication.
33. Ability to supervisor junior medical staff undertaking research projects.
Desirable
34. Published audit project
35. Ability to critically appraise published research.
Employer details
Employer name
Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Poole Community Health Clinic
Shaftesbury Road
Poole
BH15 2NT