Locum Consultant Psychiatrist Adult Psychiatry Community Rehabilitation Service

Job details

• Branch: Downpatrick Area (SEHSCT)
• Location: Finneston House, Downpatrick
• Directorate: Medical & Dental
• Functional Area: Mental Health
• Salary: (See job details)
• Contract Type: Temporary
• Opening Date: 13/05/26
• Closes: Tue, 26 May 2026 @ 12:00 PM

Notes

1 year temporary contract to cover maternity leave

JOB DESCRIPTION

POST: Locum Consultant Psychiatrist (8 PA’s)

LOCATION: South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust

Initially Finneston House, Downpatrick

DIRECTORATE: Mental Health Adult Services

REPORTS TO: Associate Clinical Director for General Adult Psychiatry (Community)

RESPONSIBLE TO: Clinical Director for Psychiatry

JOB SUMMARY

The South Eastern Trust wishes to appoint a part time (8 PA) consultant in Rehabilitation Psychiatry based at Finneston House in Downpatrick. This is a locum position to provide maternity cover for a period of 12 months.

The Community Mental Health Rehabilitation Team (CMHRT) was established in 2020 because of an IPT (Investment Proposal Template) from the then commissioner, the Health and Social Care Board for Northern Ireland.

The team provides specialist community based input to people who experience psychotic illness and who have difficulty achieving or sustaining successful community living.

While this post is for a community based consultant specialising in rehabilitation, it is expected that the post holder will be competent to provide psychiatric care to patients in a variety of inpatient and community settings. It is not possible to predict how services will be organised during the full course of the post holder’s future employment. The successful post holder should expect to work in different ways as services evolve over time. Future plans, include the development of a single mental health inpatient unit on the Ulster Hospital site and the development of some inpatient rehabilitation beds probably on the Downshire or Downe Hospital sites.

Profile of the South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust

The South Eastern Health & Social Care Trust (SET) is an Investors In People (IIP) accredited organisation, employing approximately 12,500 Staff. The Trust is excellently placed to offer integrated health and social services which are accessible, appropriate and of the highest quality.

It is an integrated Trust, incorporating acute hospital services, community health and social services. The Trust serves a population of 440,000 people approximately 70,000 of whom are aged over 65-years-old. This number is expected to rise to 90,000 within the next 10 years.

The Trust covers a wide geographical area from Bangor in the North, Portaferry in the East, to Newcastle in the South and Moira in the West. The main hospital base is the Ulster Hospital, Dundonald with local hospitals in Lisburn and Downpatrick. A community hospital is based in Newtownards with associated outpatient services. There are also outpatient services in Bangor.

In addition to its geographical spread, there is also a noticeable diversity in population characteristics, embracing areas of relative wealth and prosperity as well as pockets of considerable deprivation and need.

The North Down and Ards sectors have a predominantly rural catchment area with a population of 161,300. The main centres of population are concentrated in the market towns of Bangor, Newtownards and the small expanding town of Comber, five miles from Newtownards.

The Down and Lisburn sectors of the Trust have a combined population of 201,100. The Lisburn sector incorporates the northern part of the Trust which is more urban and includes the city of Lisburn and large housing estates on the fringe of West Belfast. This sector includes geographical wards which have high deprivation measures. The Down sector is mainly rural but does have geographical wards with high measures of deprivation and relative poverty.

The Trust is the first in Northern Ireland to move to fully electronic patient records in November 2023 with Encompass.

The Ulster Hospital

The Ulster Hospital is the major acute hospital for the Trust and delivers the full range of acute services for the population. This includes a type 1 Emergency Department which is open 24/7 (23/24 ~135k new & unplanned attendances), a comprehensive range of diagnostic services, the full range of outpatient, inpatient and daycase medical and surgical services, cancer care, coronary care, obstetrics, paediatric services and a psychiatric inpatient unit. The regional Plastic and Maxillo-Facial services are mainly delivered from the Ulster site.

The Ulster Hospital has undergone significant redevelopment with the building of a permanent renal unit, new maternity hospital, a new theatre block and Critical Care Complex that opened in November 2010 and, more recently, new inpatient and acute services ward blocks.

The new Inpatient Ward Block (IWB) was opened in February 2017 with 288 single en-suite rooms, 4 day surgery theatres and 3 endoscopy rooms.

The Acute Services Ward Block (ASB) is now operational. It includes 213 single en-suite rooms, a new X-ray department including CT, MRI and Nuclear Medicine imaging. The Emergency Department, which completes the final stage of the £280m Phase B redevelopment project, opened on the 6 September 2023.

The Ulster Hospital is a major teaching hospital associated with Queens University Belfast and with the Ulster University. The library is linked to Queens University Medical Library and comprehensive on-line search facilities and other resources are provided through library connections. Facilities for Med-line and Cochrane Database are also available. Research opportunities are also being developed, particularly in the field of bronchiectasis, lung cancer and health related technology.

Lagan Valley Hospital

Lagan Valley Hospital is located in the city of Lisburn, a 30-minute commute from the Ulster Hospital. It is situated close the M1 motorway, with easy access from Belfast. The Emergency Department team operate an Urgent Care Centre, which is a phone first system (appointment only), which is open 8am-6pm Monday-Friday (closed at weekends).

The hospital has 84 inpatient medical beds, a psychiatric inpatient unit and a Dementia Assessment and Treatment Unit, as well as outpatient, diagnostic, day-case services for the local population. There is also a Midwifery led Unit.

The Downe Hospital

The Downe Hospital is located in the culturally historic town of Downpatrick, a 40-minute commute from the Ulster Hospital. The Emergency Department team operate an Urgent Care Centre which is open 8am-6pm Monday-Friday. There is also a Minor Injury Service on Saturday and Sunday 9am-5pm.

The hospital has 40 inpatient medical beds, a psychiatric inpatient unit and a Dementia Assessment and Treatment Unit. A Frail Elderly Rapid Assessment Clinic is staffed 9am to 6pm Monday to Friday. The Downe provides the Trust wide Bowel Screening Service and Sexual Health Service, as well as a range of outpatient, diagnostics and day-case services, such as cataract surgery. Two Primary Care practices are located on the first floor, along with community and dental services.

Downshire Hospital

The Trust’s psychiatric rehabilitation and continuing care service is located in the Downshire Hospital along with a Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit and the inpatient Addictions Treatment Unit.

Ards Hospital

Ards Community Hospital provides a comprehensive range of health, primary and social care services, including an X-Ray Department, GP Ward, Medical, Surgical, Gynaecology and Psychiatry Outpatients Department and GP Out of Hours services. The Trust’s breast screening service is delivered from a new building on the site.

Bangor Community Hospital

Bangor Community Hospital provides a range of health, social and primary care services, including an Outpatients Department, a Therapy & Rehabilitation Centre, and an X-Ray Department. Gynaecology outpatients and urogynaecology clinics are held on this site. The continence service for the area is based in Bangor Hospital and urodynamic studies are performed on an outpatients basis.

Trust Medical Management Structure

Medical Director – Professor Stephen Kirk

Associate Medical Directors- Mr Bob Darling, Mr Sean McGovern and Dr Craig Renfrew (Director of Medical Education)

There is support for the medical staff as a whole through this structure and there is a well-organised Revalidation office to support the process of appraisal and revalidation for all medical staff.

Mental Health Adult Services Directorate

The Senior Management Team for the Directorate comprises

Dr Gail Walker, Clinical Director for Psychiatry

Dr Róinin McNally, Associate Clinical Director for Old Age Psychiatry

Dr Heather Hawthorn, Associate Clinical Director for General Adult Psychiatry (Acute)

Dr Gary Woods, Associate Clinical Director for General Adult Psychiatry (Community)

Dr Mark Finnerty, Educational Supervisor

Dr Catherine Boucher, Educational Supervisor

Rachel Gibbs, Director of Adult Services and Prison Healthcare

Ms Fiona Dagg, Assistant Director for Community Services and Mental Capacity Act Service

Ms Kiera Lavery, Assistant Director for Acute Services

The Directorate has an active and dynamic medical staff group and the Psychiatry Medical Staff Committee meets monthly. The Chair of the committee is Dr Kathy Hadden with other members holding positions to support the committee. The post holder will also be a member of the Ulster Hospital Medical Staff Committee.

Mental Health Services

The mental health service is split into three sectors. The North Down and Ards sector has a population of 161,300 and incorporates the towns of Newtownards and Bangor and the mostly rural Ards peninsula. Community Mental Health services for this sector are based at Ards Hospital with acute inpatient beds at the Ulster Hospital which is a large teaching hospital.

The Lisburn sector has a population of around 105,000 and has a combination of rural and urban catchment including the city of Lisburn and parts of West Belfast. Mental Health community and inpatient services are based at Lagan Valley hospital in Lisburn.

The Down sector has the smallest population size at around 95,000 and is a mostly rural catchment. Community services are based at Finneston House in Downpatrick with acute inpatient beds in the Downe Hospital which is a small district general hospital. There are also some PICU beds in the Downshire Hospital. Administrative and managerial base for the Mental Health service is also based at the Downshire hospital. Finneston House, the Downe hospital and the Downshire hospital are located on adjacent sites.

All three sectors have an assessment centre model. In this model a team of staff (MHAC) provide the first point of contact for people referred by their GP for mental health assessment. The team provide a mostly standardised face to face triage assessment and signposting. The team is led by a Clinical Co-ordinator.

Each sector also has a Home Treatment Team which provides treatment at home as an alternative to hospital admission or to facilitate early discharge.

Well-developed Community Mental Health Teams exist in each sector and are based in a variety of locations.

The Lisburn sector General Adult Psychiatry team consists of 4 wte consultant psychiatrists who work in a sectorised model. There is a specialty doctor based with the home treatment team and one based in the MHAC. The two specialty doctors provide some cross cover for each other.

Mental Health Services in Down, Lisburn and Newtownards sectors

Lisburn Sector

Mental Health services in the Lisburn sector serve a population of approximately 110,000. There is a 21 bed adult psychiatry inpatient unit at Lagan Valley Hospital, Lisburn as well as a 16 bedded inpatient unit for older people with dementia and mental illness.

The current staffing for the Lisburn sector includes: Four consultant General Adult Psychiatrists, and four consultants in Psychiatry of Old Age. Each consultant team consists of junior medical staff and dedicated secretarial support. There is also a social worker attached to each consultant team. The sector’s Assessment Centre has a dedicated Speciality Doctor. In addition, there is a Home Treatment Team, staffed by five nurses and a Specialty Doctor.

The consultants in the Lisburn sector have traditionally been GP aligned, and provide community (including Home Treatment), Day Hospital, and inpatient services.

Dr Heather Hawthorn GAP

Dr Darran Carson GAP

Dr Michael McMorran GAP

Dr Stephen Moore GAP

Dr Brid Kerrigan POA

Dr Angela Wilson POA

Dr Mark Macauley POA

Dr Leo Tumelty POA

Dr Donna Mullen CAT

There are four SAS doctors working in MHAC, Home Treatment and older people’s services Dr Sally Moran HTT

Dr Nicholas McAlinden MHAC (locum)

Dr Julie Forth POA

Dr Carol Mullan POA

Down Sector

The current staffing for the Downpatrick sector includes: Four consultant General Adult Psychiatrists, a part time consultant in Rehabilitation and 2 consultants in Psychiatry of Old Age. In addition, there is a Specialty Doctor working in the MHAC and the HTT (0.8 wte).

There are twenty-four acute beds and a further 20 bedded dementia assessment unit at the Downe Hospital serving a population of 95,000 in the Down/ Annalong/ Kilkeel districts. This ward also takes overflow from the Ards community area. On the Downshire hospital site, as well as the sub-regional addiction ward, there is a six bedded PICU ward. The Down sector also provides the Trust’s ECT service.

Consultants in this sector are divided between outpatient and inpatient functions.

Dr Ashley McGrady GAP inpatients

Dr Mark Finnerty GAP inpatients

Dr Kathleen Hadden GAP HTT and community

Dr Michael McParland GAP community

Dr Laura Somerville GAP rehabilitation

Dr Lynn Agnew POA

Dr Liz Dawson POA

Dr Siobhan Flanagan – addictions inpatient and CAT

SAS doctors in this sector

Dr Clare Robinson MHAC/HTT

Dr Abier Assal POA

Newtownards Sector

There is a 24 bed inpatient unit at the Ulster Hospital, Dundonald, together with inpatient beds at the Downe Hospital, Downpatrick.

The current staffing for the Newtownards sector includes: five General Adult consultant Psychiatrists and four Psychiatry of Old Age consultants. There is a small Liaison service led by 1 WTE consultant in GAP and a small liaison service for older people led by 1 WTE consultant in psychiatry of old age. Each consultant team is supported by an SHO and dedicated secretarial support. The MHAC and Home Treatment Team each have a dedicated specialty doctor:

Dr Sinead O’Neill MHAC

Dr Fiona Gorman HTT

There are five SAS doctors working in the community mental health service for older people: Dr Gabrielle Hasson

Dr Joanne Younge

Dr Daryl Trainor

Dr Ryan McIwaine

Dr Sophie Mananian MCA and POA Liaison

Services in the sector have been developed along functional lines.

The Crisis Response/Assessment Centres in each sector provide both emergency and routine assessments of individuals referred from primary care. This provides a single point of access to secondary psychiatric services.

The Trust has five sector-based consultants in old age psychiatry, with inpatient beds available for functionally ill over 65 and patients with dementia.

There are 2.5 consultants in addiction psychiatry. Specialist eating disorders service, neuropsychiatry, forensic psychiatry, psychiatry of learning disability, and services for children and young people are purchased from the Belfast Trust.

Dr Catherine Boucher GAP Dr Roinin McNally POA

Dr Gail Walker GAP Dr Graeme Young POA

Dr Gary Woods GAP Dr Prathiba Nirodi POA Liaison

Dr Sara Maguire GAP and ASA Dr Jacinta McLaughlin GAP Liaison

Dr Rachel Smylie GAP Dr Stephanie Campbell POA

Dr Carolyn O’Connor PNMH Dr Ruth Grant POA

Dr Riona McCann PNMH Dr Roisin Smith CAT ( locum)

Dr Paddy Moynihan GAP Dr Dearbhail Lewis POA Liasion

Dr Claire Coulter GAP and ASA

Dr Ben McClure GAP

The Community Mental Health Rehabilitation Team (CMHRT)

Team leader – CPN band 7

1.0 wte CPN band 6

1.0 wte Occupational therapist

1.0 wte Social Worker

1.0 wte community support worker (vacant post)

Trainee doctor – varies according to allocation

The service strives to provide care in keeping with NG181 Rehabilitation for Adults with complex Psychosis.

The service has three main pathways, which require different levels of input from the medical members of the team.

Placement – people referred for help to find the best-fit community placement and supports. The role of the psychiatrist for these patients usually lies in a detailed needs assessment alongside other team members. Treating consultant responsibility may form part of this role especially as someone transitions from hospital to an appropriate placement. This will usually involve one or more face to face contacts as well as time spent gathering collateral information.

Skills and structure- people living independently or with support who require a short term intervention to help improve daily living skills and/or to engage with socially inclusive activity. The team OT and support workers usually lead this intervention. People who are in receipt of this intervention usually continue to engage with their CMHT with no transfer of clinical responsibility. The psychiatrist in the CMHRT is expected to have a working knowledge of patients on the team skills pathway and to lead team direction but generally does not take over a treating consultant role.

Long term Complex Care- There are usually between 75 and 120 people on this caseload all of whom live in either highly supported living or care home environments throughout the Trust area. This group represent a population of patients ‘resettled’ from lengthy inpatient admissions as well as those placed more recently. The CMHRT carries full MDT responsibility for this patient group and the consultant on the team is responsible for regular monitoring of mental health and medication as well as Clozapine prescribing.

The service covers the entire trust area and the post holder will be expected to carry out assessments and reviews at various locations including the four acute and PICU inpatient units, supported living, care homes and patient’s own homes. This wide area of activity is reflected in the job plan.

The CMHRT works closely with other teams responsible for both the health and the social care of people with psychosis.

Inpatient teams

Home Treatment teams

Community Mental Health teams

Care Management team

Summary of duties of the post

Clinical

Consultant Psychiatrist responsible for community based mental health care of a caseload of patients under the care of the Community Mental Health Rehabilitation Team.

Carry out comprehensive psychiatric assessment and provision of advice and support in achieving successful community living.

Provide medium and long term community based treatment and care for appropriate patients.

Provide medical leadership to the CMHRT.

Conduct patient reviews and lead multidisciplinary care with a focus on psychiatric assessment and treatment, management of medication and side effects, risk assessment and management.

Lead multi professional reviews, including discharge planning meetings.

Be the responsible clinician for the purposes of the MHO (NI)1986 for those under Guardianship.

Be an approved doctor for the purpose of Part II of the MHO(NI) 1986.

To maintain training in the use of the Mental Capacity Act (2016).

The post holder will be required to participate in the consultant on-call rota. The on call rota is remunerated as category A low frequency. Frequency will be expected to vary usually between 1in 10 and 1 in 24. There is a first on call rota of doctors in foundation and core training. These doctors cover the seven inpatient facilities on three sites. There is a joint 2nd on call rota shared with the Southern Health and Social Care Trust staffed by senior trainees. These doctors provide support to the first on call doctors and to the mental health practitioners working in emergency departments and home treatment. The consultant on call provides support to all of these systems as well as carrying out senior decision-making alongside the manager on call.

Completing mental health forms at weekends and public holidays is a core duty of the consultant on call.

Liaison

Maintain a high level of communication with other parts of the service, including CMHT, HTT and primary care.

The Trust is committed to delivering a person-centred, recovery-based metal health service. The active participation of service users and carers is fundamental to this objective. Successful candidates will be expected to facilitate such participation in the planning, delivery and monitoring of the service.

Governance

Attend monthly consultant and directorate meetings.

Contribute to service management and improvement.

Involvement with Trust incident review procedures.

Teaching and Training

Maintain trainer status.

Provide clinical supervision to 1 trainee usually at foundation level.

Actively participate in the education of medical students.

Audit and QI are expected aspects of appraisal and revalidation. These are supported through the directorate Medical Governance and patient safety monthly meeting. Through this meeting there is an active programme of reflective practice, Morbidity and Mortality Reviews, safety, quality improvement and audit. There is a Trust audit department which can support audit design and data collection. There is a dynamic SQE department which encourages and supports quality improvement activity.

Fulfilment of Continuing Professional development (CPD) is a requirement by the Royal College of Psychiatrists. Practicing evidence-based medicine and effective team working within the multi-disciplinary team is essential. Participation in clinical audit and appropriate quality assurance exercises is a contractual requirement. The post-holder will be expected to attend / participate in ‘rolling’ medical audit meetings, and be involved in regional audits.

He/she will be expected to be flexible and to co-operate with reasonable requests to cover for their colleagues’ absences where they are safe and competent and where it is practicable to do so. Where doctors undertake duties in accordance with this paragraph and such duties take place outside of their contracted hours, they will receive either an equivalent off duty period or remuneration

Duties will develop in line with the Trust’s strategic direction.

The post holder will be encouraged to be committed to development and improvement of the service where they work but also in the development of mental health services overall. He/she will be a member of the Directorate Medical Staff Committee which they will be encouraged to attend and contribute actively to.

The post holder will be expected to work within the Mental Health Adult Services Directorate structure, which is led by the Clinical Director. This will mean attendance at Directorate meetings and willingness to progress developments or quality initiatives agreed by the Directorate.

The post holder will have a dedicated office in Finneston House and has admin support from the team admin assistant whose job is divided between team administration and dedicated medical secretary (0.5 med sec). Appropriate IT equipment including desktop and dictation will be provided.

Job Plan

The job plan below is preliminary and will develop, according to needs, in negotiation with the Clinical Director.

Time

Activity

PA’s

DCC

SPA

MONDAY

0900-1100

1100-1300

1300-1500

1500-1700

Team assessment meeting

ECPs

Admin Case reviews

CPD/ Audit/ QI

0.5

TUESDAY

0900-1300

1300-1600

1600-1700

New patient assessments + travel

Urgent adhoc reviews

CPD/ Audit/ QI

1.0

0.75

0.25

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

0900-1300

1300- 1700

Review clinic

Patient assessment/ Admin

1.0

FRIDAY

0900-0930

0930-1130

1130-1230

1230-1300

1300-1700

Admin

Patient assessment/ Governance and audit monthly meeting (every 2nd Friday)

Academic meeting

Admin

Admin and emergency patient care

0.125

0.5

0.125

1.0

0.25

Total

7.5

0.5

8 PAs

If required to work at a different site this will be factored into the PA allocation/ job plan of the successful applicant. The job plan will be subject to regular review (within 3 months in the first instance and no less than annually thereafter) to ensure that the allocation of PA’s, and in particular the split between DCC and SPA’s remains appropriate. Any changes will be made with agreement between the post holder and clinical management.

The Trust actively supports the involvement of the consultant body in regional and national groups, subject to discussion and agreement with clinical management.

Teaching, Research, Audit and Quality Improvement

The Ulster Hospital is a major teaching hospital, that receives a large number of medical students. It is affiliated with the Queen's University Belfast and the Ulster University. The successful candidate will be expected to take an active interest in the teaching of undergraduates and resident doctors.

The post holder should undertake training to obtain and maintain their status as a Medical Trainer recognised by the General Medical Council. They will be expected to provide clinical supervision for resident doctors, SAS doctors and members of the multidisciplinary team. If formal roles incorporating teaching and or supervision of additional resident doctors are agreed with the post-holder the job plan will be reviewed and adjusted accordingly.

There are dedicated Educational Supervisors for the Specialty

Dr Mark Finnerty and Dr Catherine Boucher.

Dr N. Leonard (University Sub-Dean) is supported by 4 undergraduate medical education leads (Dr M. Finnerty, Dr H. Hawthorn, Dr R. McNally and Dr G. Woods) and 3 SAS Teaching Fellows (Dr F. Gorman, Dr C. Mullan and Dr S. O’Neill) to organise placements in Psychiatry and supervise and assess undergraduate medical students from the Queen’s University of Belfast and Ulster University. The post holder will assist with the provision of teaching and clinical supervision for these students. They will also actively participate in the teaching and clinical supervision of resident doctor in other medical specialities and staff receiving training in the care of older people with mental illness or dementia.

The Innovation, Research and Development (IRD) department offers a comprehensive service designed to support research activity within the Trust. The IRD office can assist with new research proposals by helping to secure approvals from regulatory authorities and providing support during the course of the project. Dr P. Donnelly is the Clinical Director for Research and Innovation. Dr G. Woods is the Trust lead for the Northern Ireland Clinical Research Network’s (NICRN) Mental Health clinical management group.

In addition to their own personal research activities, the appointee will be expected to encourage the research activities of resident doctors. If necessary, the job plan will be reviewed and adjusted accordingly.

Participation in clinical audit is a contractual requirement and, together with quality improvement activities, contributes to medical appraisal and revalidation. The Directorate supports an active programme of clinical audit which includes local, regional and national projects. The post holder will contribute to this programme and support resident doctors with their audit projects. The Trust’s audit department can provide expertise on audit design, give practical support with data collection and advice on presentation of findings.

The post holder will be a member of the Mental Health Directorate Committee which meets quarterly. They should provide advice on planning, monitoring, resource allocation and service delivery to the Chief Executive and senior manager colleagues. They will be expected to support service developments and quality improvement initiatives agreed by the Directorate.

The Trust has established a Quality Improvement Academy to support staff with quality improvement and innovation work. The post holder will collect data relating to their own clinical activity and that of the service to inform further improvement and development.

Pastoral and Wellbeing Support

The psychiatry medical staff group understand the importance of maintaining positive working relationships with their colleagues. The group nurture professional bonds with one another through a variety of informal mechanisms. The medical leadership team take seriously their responsibility to support colleagues.

Formal pastoral support following a significant event or other need will normally be provided by the Clinical Director or other nominated colleague. Some colleagues access reflective practice or Balint groups outside the Trust and this can be funded through the study leave budget.

The Trust has an active wellbeing programme which provides an excellent selection of free courses and activities for staff from stress management to yoga and couch to 5K groups. The Trust also provide staff with access to Inspire a free, confidential and immediate support service via a telephone helpline.

Occupational Health

The Occupational Health & Well-being Service aspires to provide services which are professionally sound, ever improving and innovative to support the physical, mental and social well-being of its employees.

The Occupational Health Team undertakes to always respect the individual and offers a complete service, from facilitating health at work to rehabilitation back to the workplace.

CONDITIONS OF SERVICE

These posts are subject to the National Terms and Conditions of Service for Consultants (2004) and updated 2013.

Remuneration: As per the current salary scale under National Terms and Conditions of Service for Hospital staff as updated via DoH circular on rates of pay, the most recent HSC (TC8) 05/2025 with effect from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026 and all uplifts thereafter.

This part-time appointment will be for 8 PAs per week.

Annual leave entitlement on appointment is 32 days for full-time staff (10PAs).

After 7 years completed consultant service increases to 34 days for full time staff (10PAs). There are 10 general public holidays. Pro rate for part time staff

The appointee will maintain registration through Revalidation with the General Medical Council (London) and hold a valid Licence to Practise.

Appointees are required to participate in Consultant Appraisal and Annual Job Planning processes in accordance with DHSS&PS requirements.

The Trust supports the requirements for CME/CPD as laid down by the GMC and is committed to providing time and financial support for these activities.

In order to meet the on-call requirements of the post, appointees are required to reside within a reasonable distance to their principal place of work, as per terms and conditions of service, and must be contactable by telephone.

A 3-month period of informal mentoring will be available to the successful candidate.

General Responsibilities

All employees are required to comply with the procedures, policies and codes of practice within the Trust.

Indemnity

Employees are normally covered by the HSC Indemnity against claims for medical negligence. However, certain circumstances may not be covered by the Indemnity, especially where a separate fee is received. The Department of Health, therefore advises that membership of a medical defence organisation is maintained.

Governance

The postholder must satisfy the Trust’s requirements in respect of continuing education and clinical governance.

Equality