Consultant Psychiatrist - Upnor Ward, in-patient, Maidstone
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Consultant Psychiatrist - Upnor Ward, in-patient, Maidstone
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YOU’RE BRILLIANT, and we want you on OUR team
This is a 6 PA per working week post within one of the three general younger adult acute inpatient wards based at Priority House in Maidstone.
The post holder will be responsible for medical leadership and work collaboratively with other members of the MDT to deliver quality care to patients on the ward.
The post-holder will be job sharing the Responsible Clinician role with a Consultant Nurse (AC approved) for an 18-bedded acute adult female ward.
The ward is co-located with the West Kent Crisis and Home Treatment Team and is situated in close proximity to a district general hospital.
The post is a dedicated inpatient post with no community or outpatient responsibility.
* To attend and contribute to the acute care pathway meetings.
* To ensure all new admission are assessed by a senior doctor and have management plans in place within 24hrs of admission. The post holder has medical responsibility for inpatients on wards for which they are consultant.
* To work in close liaison with the patient flow team and attendance at local bed management meetings and telephone conferences.
* To attend acute care group business and patient safety meetings.
* To use clinically effective treatments approved by NICE guidelines and support ongoing trust efforts to become and outstanding organisation in all CQC dimensions.
* To offer adequate supervision to speciality doctor, trainee and non trainee doctors working on the ward.
* The RC is expected to ensure relevant MHA paper work is in line with the code of practice and trust policy.
* The post holder is expected to ensure discharge summaries are completed on time and the information reflects care undertaken.
Successful applicants must have MRCPsych or equivalent and be on, or within six months of inclusion on, the Specialist Register and be fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise, as well as Approved Clinician and S12 approval under the Mental Health Act.
Interviews will be conducted via video link using Teams.
Please note that you will be required to submit an application form for each post you are interested in applying for.
Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.
We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people in Kent and Medway, as well as specialist services for adults in Sussex and Surrey. We are rated Good overall by the CQC.
Each year we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 people in the community.
We are proud to employ over 3,800 people from 66 nationalities, and to serve an increasingly diverse range of communities across rural and urban areas.
You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.
The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone is recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.
Our strategy
Our mission is what we set out to do every day
We deliver brilliant care through brilliant people
Our vision is where we want to be in the future
To provide outstanding care and to work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Mohammed Karim Job title: Consultant Psychiatrist and Lead Psychiatrist Email address: mohammed.karim6@nhs.net Telephone number: 01622 725000
To Make An Appointment Or Speak To The Chief Medical Officer (Dr Afifa Qazi) Or Deputy Chief Medical Officer-Workforce (Dr Mohan Bhat) Please Contact
Catharine Blackman
Telephone number: 07909 887383
email: catharine.blackman@nhs.net
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