Are you ready to take the next step on your career and be our leading Consultant Psychiatrist for our Adult Mental Health Team based at Wantage Community Hospital?
This is a part time 8PA position where you will join an established Community Psychiatric Team serving adults of working age in Wantage. You'll contribute to the continued development of integrated community mental health services.
This role offers scope to provide senior clinical leadership and expert psychiatric input to the multidisciplinary team, shape local pathways and contribute to service development across the interface between secondary care, primary care and community partners, Deputy Team Managers, Service Manager and consultant colleagues.
The role includes consultant responsibility for patients under the care of the team, while also offering the opportunity to influence safe, effective and recovery-focused community care across the wider service.
This is a unique opportunity to make a lasting impact to mental health care and patient recovery outcomes. We're looking for applicants who have full GMC registration and are on the Specialist Register or within six months of CCT. You'll need to be eligible for Section 12 Approval/Approved Clinician status or willing to apply for this once in post.
If you're a ready for a challenge and want to work for one of the UK's leading mental health Trusts, we would be delighted to receive your application.
- Provide senior clinical leadership and expert psychiatric input to the team, including complex case formulation, risk assessment and decision-making in high-risk or diagnostically challenging presentations.
- Provide senior medical input and clinical leadership to AMHT. You will have responsibility for those patients seen by yourself, together with those patients seen by medical staff directly under your supervision.
- Act as a senior clinical decision-maker within MDT forums and provide specialist psychiatric advice across the service, supporting recovery-oriented, trauma-informed and evidence-based care.
- Work alongside the whole AMHT team managers, service manager and the other consultant psychiatrists in the service to ensure the effective functioning and development of the service.
- Provide direct clinical supervision and line management to the trainees and speciality doctor and any senior trainee placed with the team. This will include 1 hour per week psychiatry supervision for each trainee in an accredited training post.
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As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people's homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: "Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team"
Our values are: "Caring, safe and excellent"
We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
o Excellent opportunities for career progressiono Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and developmento 33 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 35 days with continuous serviceo NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailerso Competitive pension schemeo Lease car schemeo Cycle to work schemeo Employee Assistance Programmeo Mental Health First Aiderso Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists apply)o Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team