Consultant Psychiatrist and Honorary Research Fellow, South Cumbria

Job overview

Consultant Psychiatrist (General Adult) and Honorary Research Fellow

We are excited to launch the recruitment to this new post, jointly developed by Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Cumbria. The post holder will spend 6 PAs per week working with the General Adult Home Based Treatment Team (HbTT), based in Kendal and 4 PAs working as an Honorary Research Fellow at The University of Cumbria as part of the Mental Health Leaders Award. This would be based at the Lancaster Campus of the University of Cumbria.

The contract for the clinical role with LSCft would be permanent. The Honorary Research Fellow element would be fixed term until the end of February 2029, since that is dependent on funding.

As part of the clinical role, the postholder would be expected to contribute to the out of hours On Call rota, for which additional remuneration would be paid.

Main duties of the job

The clinical element of the role would be with the well-established Kendal HbTT and you would work as part of a multi-disciplinary team (MDT) to provide a service for those living in the Kendal area. The main duties would involve outpatient clinics for both new referrals and ongoing reviews. You would be expected to lead the MDT and provide supervision to the Resident Doctors working with the team.

The University of Cumbria Mental Health Leaders Award (MHLA) is a £2.5mn NIHR funded research grant, aimed at building capacity and capability around applied mental health and inequalities research at the University of Cumbria. You will be contributing to the aim of the MHLA, to increase our understanding of what the research priorities around mental health and inequalities in Cumbria are, and develop the infrastructure to deliver this research. This part of the post will be based with the MHLA operational team at University’s Lancaster Campus. You will be expected to be on site 1 day per week.

Applicants should hold full GMC registration and be included on the Specialist register of the GMC or they should be eligible for entry to the Specialist Register within 6 months of the interview date.

It is a requirement that applicants are Section 12 Approved at the time of commencing employment and have or are eligible to have Approved Clinician Status. Remuneration will be as set out in the terms of the New Consultant Contract according to previous experience.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details about this post. The Job Description has been submitted to the Royal College of Psychiatrists for approval.

LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.

Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you’d like to discuss your application, please ask.

We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.

LSCFT support flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part time, compressed hours and flexi-time.

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.