Consultant Psychiatrist Falmer Ward Brighton & Hove £45kRRP applicable

Job overview

Sussex Partnership have an exciting opportunity for a Consultant Psychiatrist to join our acute services at Mill View Hospital at Mill View Hospital in Hove (in the Brighton and Hove Division). This post has become available due to an internal move. The Consultant will work with working age patients on Falmer Ward (10 PA's), a 20 bed acute adult mental health ward. The Consultant will work with a 0.9 WTE Specialist (SAS) grade doctor. Falmer Ward is situation in Mill View Hospital where there are 4 other acute wards with their own fully established medical teams. The Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team is located within the hospital and accept referrals from acute wards to facilitate supportive discharges. Mill View Hospital is also the base for some of the Brighton and Hove Community Mental Health Teams. The Consultant will work closely with the well-established and supportive multi-disciplinary Team, which also includes an SAS Doctor and resident doctors (as per rotational training scheme) to deliver a person-centred mental health care. You will be supported by our wonderful substantive nursing staff, occupational therapists and psychologists to support, formulate and implement treatment plans. We regularly support medical students on placement from Brighton and Sussex Medical School.

Main duties of the job

The Consultant Psychiatrist will provide assessment and treatment for voluntary and detained patients with a range of acute mental health conditions. You will work closely with the nursing team, allied health professionals, families and carers. There is also a clinical psychologist for the wards and reflective practice groups and bite-size training sessions also take place on a weekly basis, facilitated by a psychologist.

The Consultant Psychiatrist will provide senior medical leadership to the ward and take the lead in managing complex cases, as well as providing clinical advice and liaison as required to colleagues in primary care, community services and acute specialties. You will provide specialist medical advice and consultation to a range of health and social care staff to promote effective delivery of person-centred mental health care.

You will work closely with the well-established and supportive Multi-Disciplinary Team to contribute towards local service development You will also be part of a Trust wide consultant network, where there are opportunities to liaise with colleagues in other posts throughout the Trust and develop peer networks. You will also see consultant peers weekly at the local academic programme, at regular meetings in the locality, and at clinical governance meetings.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Royal College approved Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities:

• To work within the multidisciplinary team to provide a high quality of psychiatric assessment, treatment and care to users and their carers in a range of settings. This includes Mental Health Act assessments during working hours.
• Psychiatric and, when appropriate, physical investigations of patients in hospital settings. Related medical and administrative documentation including preparation of Mental Health Review Tribunal reports.
• To operate within guidelines, policies and procedures relevant to the post.
• To provide clinical advice, liaison and consultation as required to colleagues in primary care, community services and acute specialties in line with new ways of working

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.