Specialist Grade in General Adult Psychiatry

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity to work as specialist in psychiatry in The South Northumberland Community Treatment Team. This is 10PA post which has fallen vacant following departure of the current post-holder.

You will join well established multidisciplinary mental health team, which serves the adult population of Cramlington, Blyth and the surrounding areas. The Team base is at the West Farm House in Cramlington and the clinic is at the Plessey Centre in Blyth. You will be based at the West Farm House in Cramlington.

The Team offers assessment and treatment for adults living in the locality, who may be experiencing a serious mental illness, including both psychosis and non-psychosis diagnoses.

Please note we can not sponsor GMC for this role.

Please note this vacancy will close once sufficient applications have been received.

For further details / informal visits contact:

Name: Dr Hanna Zaborowska

Email: [email protected]

Tel: 01916400131

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Name: Dr Jeremy de Bono

Email: [email protected]

Tel: 01670502700

Main duties of the job

You will be an integral part of the Team, and will attend weekly multi-disciplinary Team meetings, offering advice and guidance to Team members. There will also be opportunities to offer teaching sessions to staff at this meeting.

You will typically provide outpatient reviews of new and current patients. You will also provide leadership and consultative advice to the clinicians in the service, supervision and support to Resident doctors as well as visiting medical students on an ad-hoc basis.

Your role will involve liaison with GP’ and other multi-agency staff. You will be supervised by experienced consultant psychiatrist within the team.

You will take part, alongside other colleagues, in service establishment, development, and innovation/ improvement, and will be expected to contribute to the ongoing training and development programme within the team.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post-holder is expected to demonstrate a commitment to delivering excellence in clinical care, to working effectively with multi-disciplinary teams and to promoting the safety and wellbeing of the patients.  The post-holder is expected to respect the rights and the dignity of patients, to consider the individual and cultural needs of patients and to work with families and carers in the best interest of the patient (in line with the Trust Carers Charter).

All services in the Trust are managed in Clinical Business Units, divided into four groups North West (Cumbria), North (Northumberland & North Tyneside), Central (Newcastle & Gateshead) and South (South Tyneside & Sunderland). The North Northumberland CTT post is managed in the North Community Clinical Business Unit. Clinical Business Units are managed via a Collective Leadership model and Associate Directors, including an Associate Medical Director, provide managerial input to all Clinical Business Units.

The Team has the support of a Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team for more acute clinical presentations or for service users more at risk of requiring inpatient treatment. The Team is also supported by the Psychiatric Liaison Teams based in nearby acute hospitals, namely the Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital (NSECH) in Northumberland, and the Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI) in Newcastle upon Tyne.

The Trust is constantly seeking to improve its services and to respond to changes in health care need and demand.  This job description may be amended in a light of changes to patterns or service delivery and the post holder should be flexible and open to changes that enhance patient care and will be expected to play a central role in developing these services.

The post-holder should familiarize themselves with Trust policies and procedures and their practice should be compliant with these.

Dedicated administration staff will arrange clinics in the team base or patient’s home, if appropriate.

The post-holder will also be an integral part of the Team, and will attend weekly multi-disciplinary Team meetings, offering advice and guidance to Team members. There will also be opportunities to offer teaching sessions to staff at this meeting.

Candidates should be suitably qualified

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details.