Are you a Consultant Psychiatrist interested in being a part of the delivery and development of ground-breaking Mental Health Services? We are recruiting for a full-time Consultant Psychiatrist to provide clinical leadership to the Adult Community Mental Health team based at Wallingford Community Hospital. The team is part of the well-established South Oxon Adults Community Mental Health Team. You will work alongside a dynamic multidisciplinary team made up of a variety of individuals including psychiatrists, psychologists, community psychiatric nurses, approved social workers, occupational therapists and support workers, providing the individual with a whole range of support. The Trust is committed to high quality teaching and training for medical students, post graduate trainees in psychiatry, specialty doctors, students and other professionals. You'll provide direct clinical supervision and line management with opportunities to develop your skills in these areas. We offer rewarding career development with protected SPA time as part of your job plan, encouraging you to take leadership courses to enhance your skills. We also offer a relocation allowance of up to £8,000 for external applicants (subject to eligibility criteria). Could this be the next step in your career? Come and join one of the UK's leading mental health Trusts and be part of a successful service delivering health services in the community to adults of working age.
Main duties of the job With the changing circumstances of modern mental healthcare, the ability to adapt and demonstrate new ways of working is essential. You will have experience of working in General Adult Psychiatry and have great interpersonal skills working with colleagues to work collaboratively with our team managers, and to provide leadership and clinical expertise to our highly skilled and committed multidisciplinary teams. You will provide senior medical input and clinical leadership to the community mental health team and will be responsible for patients seen directly by you, as well as those seen by medical staff under your direct supervision. You'll assess new routine, urgent and emergency referrals from other agencies alongside other clinicians, provide consultation to non‑medical clinicians and offer ongoing management for patients requiring longer term care.
About us This is an exciting time to join Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust and become part of the Oxfordshire adult service. Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust which has been rated as good by the CQC is a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. Benefits of working for Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust include:
Excellent opportunities for career progression
33 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, with an increase to 35 days with continuous service
Study leave allowances
NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
Staff accommodation
Competitive pension scheme
Lease car scheme
Cycle to work scheme
Employee Assistance Programme and dedicated Health and Wellbeing Team
We value our staff and believe investing in you is central to delivering outstanding care. We particularly welcome clinicians seeking dedicated PAs for leadership, research, training or other special interests. Strong supervision, robust operational structures and an excellent track record of CPD. There are good links with Oxford University, with opportunities for teaching, research and offering placements to trainees. We are committed to providing opportunities for flexible working. If you would like to work differently or different hours to those advertised, then please get in touch to discuss this in more detail.
Job description Job responsibilities Oxford is rated the top medical school in the world in THES ratings, and Psychiatry is rated by students as being the best specialty rotation on the course. Oxford has a track record of encouraging medical students to pursue psychiatry as a career, with 7% of graduates citing psychiatry as their first‑choice career, equal highest of any UK medical school.
Applicants must be fully registered with the General Medical Council (GMC) and on the Specialist Register or be within six months of attaining their Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT). Please refer to the attached job description for a comprehensive list of duties. Please see that attached job description for more information on this role, our Trust and our service.
Person Specification Qualifications Essential
Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists or equivalent qualification (in accordance with Royal College of Psychiatrist's Guidelines)
Fully registered with the General Medical Council
Eligible for inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register (or Specialist Registrar within 6 months of gaining CCT at time of interview)
Eligible for Section 12 Approval (Mental Health Act)/ Approved Clinician or willing to apply for such approval once in post.
Desirable
A higher degree such as MD or PhD
In good standing with RCPsych with respect to CPD
In good standing with GMC with respect to warnings and conditions on practice
Knowledge and Experience Essential
Experience of clinical work in specialty at SpR, SAS/Specialist grade or consultant level within the last 3 years
Excellent working knowledge and experience of the application of the Mental Health Act
Appreciation and understanding of ethnic minority issues and a commitment to developing culturally sensitive practices
Understanding of social factors relevant to psychiatry
Desirable
Experience of service development and introducing new services in mental health
Experience of working at consultant level
Organisation Skills/Abilities Essential
Leadership skills
Commitment to fostering a culture in the team that is respectful, fair, supportive and compassionate and role modelling these behaviours.
Ability to manage complex workloads and support others to do that
Commitment to working in multidisciplinary setting
Desirable
Formal leadership and management training
Experience of team /service leadership
Experience of organisational development work
Project management ability
Clinical Skills and Supervision Essential
Excellent clinical skills in relevant psychiatric specialty
Ability to work in multi-disciplinary team and provide clinical leadership to the team
Ability to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
Expertise in risk assessment
Confident in therapeutic risk taking
Commitment to clinical governance
Desirable
Wide range of specialist and sub‑specialist experience relevant to post
Experience in supervising resident doctors and SAS doctors
Experience in supervising non‑medical colleagues e.g. NMP
Teaching Essential
Experience in teaching resident doctors
Experience of teaching medical undergraduates and postgraduates
Experience of teaching non‑medical mental health professionals
Desirable
Medical education qualification
Research Essential
Experience of research work and/or ability to interpret research findings and apply them to clinical practice
Audit or other quality improvement experience
Desirable
Experience of grant‑funded project work
Publications in peer‑reviewed journals in relevant academic fields
Registration Essential
Full GMC Registration
Other Essential
UK driving licence or evidence of proposed alternative
Desirable
Car owner
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