The Post
Provide Consultant leadership and psychiatric input into the Recovery Ward at the Cavell Centre. Work with the multidisciplinary team to support people following the acute phase of illness, with a focus on recovery, rehabilitation, therapeutic engagement, relapse prevention, safe discharge planning and strengthening linked with community services.
The post will involve close working relationships with the Modern Matron, nurse specialists and team managers. There will be opportunities to take on management responsibilities both internally within the Trust as well as externally with the Royal College. Mentoring will also be provided to help the new consultant settle in.
The Consultants work in accordance with the New Ways of Working initiative for consultants and attend regular MDT, formulation, discharge planning and pathway meetings. The role will include working closely with patients, carers, care coordinators, community mental health teams, crisis and home treatment services, housing and social care partners, and other statutory and voluntary agencies to support recovery and save transition from hospital to the community.
Consultant Psychiatrists are a valuable and finite resource within our clinical services and whilst the primary responsibility for every consultant is the delivery of a high-quality clinical service all consultants will be expected to be actively involved in the strategic development of the service and work with their non-medical senior leaders to steer the development of their service in line with the strategic direction of the organisation.
We are committed to ensuring all our Consultant Psychiatrists are effective and compassionate clinical leaders. Clinical leadership, innovation and service performance are key components to all our consultant positions. We will provide the necessary training and development opportunities for all Consultants joining the Trust to ensure they are able to deliver these components of their role.
Inpatient consultants across the Cavell Centre wards work closely together, providing cross cover for leave and SPA time, and offering mutual support and clinical input across the pathway. The Recovery Ward has junior doctor support through specialty doctors, higher trainees, core trainees and FY trainees. Supervision of resident doctors and contribution to training are therefore key parts of the role.
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead fulfilling lives.
Our clinical teams deliver a wide range of NHS services across inpatient, primary care and community settings, including children’s, adult and older people’s mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, and research and development.
To achieve our goals, we recruit high calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities’ employer, we welcome applications from all sections of the community, particularly under represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.
All appointments for new employees to CPFT are subject to the successful completion of a probationary period.
Please note we reserve the right to close adverts early should we receive sufficient applications.
Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all roles. If you apply for a post that does not attract sponsorship, your application will be withdrawn from the process .
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Overview of the general duties/responsibilities:
1. Be an active participant and leader of the team, contributing to and developing the operational and clinical function of the service (with a focus on the management and treatment of complex, high-risk patients)
2. Ensure clinical audit of the service and implementation of appropriate assessment tools and outcome measures as an integrated part of the service and contribute to quality improvement initiatives.
3. Participate and engage with service development and wider Trust development initiatives.
4. Provide evidence-based interventions for patients under their care, and support management of the service according to Trust policies and NICE standards.
5. Liaise promptly with patients, carers, other psychiatry colleagues, general practitioners, and voluntary and statutory organisations to ensure high quality well-co-ordinated care.
6. Complete administrative tasks associated with the care of patients in a timely manner. This will include recording clinical activity accurately, comprehensively, and promptly. It also includes ensuring that relevant KPIs, clustering and CQUIN requirements are fulfilled within their service.
7. The post holder will share responsibility for and will actively participate in the provision of undergraduate and postgraduate teaching with consultant colleagues in the Trust, and will also contribute to teaching, supervision, and training of staff of other disciplines.
8. The post holder will provide clinical supervision to junior doctors as necessary.
9. Maintain professional registration with the General Medical Council, Approved Clinician/ Mental health Act Section 12 (2) approval and to abide by professional codes of conduct.
10. Comply with the Trust’s agreed policies, procedures, standing orders and financial instructions, and to take an active role in the financial management of the service and support the clinical director and other managers in preparing plans for services.
11. Offer supervision to other members, both medical and non-medical.
12. Ability to travel between Trust sites, patient contacts and community clinical work where required.
