Consultant Psychiatrist

Job overview

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust Rehabilitation and High Support Care Hub provides Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services to patients from the Greater Manchester area. The directorate is renowned for high quality service delivery, excellent staff opportunities and innovative service developments, having expanded bed numbers more than three-fold in the past ten years.  We continue to explore and develop new services for specialist mental health provision. Pennine Care offers consultants a number of benefits, including a significant well-being offer, subsidised salary sacrifice care leasing scheme, cycle-to-work scheme, retail and restaurant discounts, coaching/mentoring and peer group support.

Main duties of the job

To provide Responsible Clinician duties to up to 23 Low secure rehabilitation inpatient. To manage, appraise & give professional supervision to junior medical staff  in accordance with the Trust’s personnel policies and procedures. This may include assessing competences under the Health Education England framework.  To undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of patients. To record clinical activity accurately & comprehensively, & submit this promptly.  To participate in service and business planning activity for the locality &, as appropriate, for the whole mental health service.  To participate in annual appraisal for consultants.  To attend & participate in the academic programme of the Trust.  To maintain professional registration with the General Medical Council, Mental Health Act Approved Clinician Status, & to abide by professional codes of conduct.  To participate annually in a job plan review with the clinical manager.  To work with local managers & professional colleagues in ensuring the efficient running of services, & share with consultant colleagues in the medical contribution to management.   To comply with the Trust’s agreed policies, procedures, standing orders & financial instructions..  See Job Spec for full details.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Assume role of RC, take clinical responsibility for the in-patients, and lead the multi-disciplinary team to deliver the Care Programme Approach review meetings. The appointee will maintain approval as an Approved Clinician and under Section 12 of The MHA 1983 (amended 2007).

Involved in out of hours oncall at Rochdale for General Adult Working age patients

Maintain Good standards with CPD and Royal College of Psychiatrists requirements.

Participate and contribute to Clinical Governance, Quality Improvement and supervision trainees.