Consultant Psychiatrist RCG

Job overview

General Adult Consultant in the Rotherham North Community Mental Health Team

The successful applicants will be one of two consultants providing day to day medical support to the North Community Teams in Rotherham. The base for this team is Ferham Clinic in Rotherham with easy access to the M1 motorway. There is a Trust wide community review taking place from this year which will change the community teams function and bases to align with Neighbourhood working.

Main duties of the job

Please see the Full Job Description attached which include but is not limited to the following

• To work with other members of the Community Mental Health Team to provide a comprehensive service to the patients under the care of the team. This will involve formulation, care planning, medication management, diagnostic review and medical support to other clinicians.
• To work in collaboration with the team manager to ensure an excellent level of care for patients there, this will involve weekly MDT for the purpose of reviewing referrals, medication management, oversight of holistic treatment plan and future care/discharge planning.
• To provide clinical supervision for the staff on the teams where necessary.
• To work with the Care Group Medical Director, Care Group Nurse Director, Care Group Director of Psychological Therapies and Care Group Director in the forward planning and further development of these Services within the Trust.
• To participate in the consultant appraisal process within the Trust.
• To take part in the 1:18 consultant on-call rota within the Rotherham Mental Health Service.
• To participate in the reciprocal cross-cover arrangements
• To participate in continuing professional development
• To support and participate in clinical governance and audit.
• To contribute to postgraduate and undergraduate teaching.
• To comply with all extant Trust policies and procedures and to contribute to the formulation of Trust Clinical Policies as appropriate.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached job description and person specification to view the full details about the role

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if there are a high amount of applications