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We’re looking for people who share our values of compassion, accountability and optimism to help us provide high quality care for the patients, carers, families and communities we serve.
This is an exciting opportunity for a Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist to join the mental health liaison team at Worthing General Hospital. Are you an experienced psychiatrist with an interest in the complex interplay between mental and physical health, and the energy to drive change and develop services? In this role you will provide expert psychiatric assessment, formulation and collaborative care of adults of all ages in the emergency department and general hospital wards. You will be working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment supported by highly skilled liaison nurses and rotational doctors in the team. The service is busy with increasing complexity of cases, providing intellectual stimulation, and the opportunity for innovation, development and growth of services.
This job attracts a Recruitment and Retention payment of £45,00 (is pro rata for part time employees), in addition to (up to) £8000 relocation allowance. The RRP payment is paid in the following instalments:
o £15,000 payable upon successful recruitment
o £10,000 payable at 12 months’ service
o £10,000 payable at 24 months’ service
o £10,000 payable at 36 months’ service
For further information please contact our Medical HR Team -
[email protected]
As a Consultant Psychiatrist in the team your main duties will be:
Daily handovers, triaging of referrals and complex case discussion
Provide specialist medical and psychiatric assessment, collaborative care and treatment planning, and liaison for people aged 18 and above referred to the Mental Health Liaison Team from the Emergency Department and the inpatient wards
Have expertise in adult mental illness, neuropsychiatric conditions, functional disorders, addictions, the interplay between physical and mental health problems and management of psychiatric emergencies
Manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
Multi-disciplinary, multi-agency and partnership working with other organisations involved in a person's care
Develop detailed care plans and treatment formulations, following principles of person-centred care and evidence-based medicine
Section 12 approved and hold Approved Clinician status
Opportunity to participate in planning and development of local mental health services and to contribute constructively to improving the standards of mental health care offered by Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
Clinical and educational supervision for resident doctors and teaching medical, nursing and paramedic students on placement
Providing education to colleagues working in the acute hospital
Clinical and medical leadership within the team and across liaison services across Sussex
Sussex Partnership provides mental health and learning disability care for all age groups across Sussex and for children and young people in Hampshire.
West Sussex is situated in the southeast of England between the sea and the South Downs with a GP registered population of 876,000. The county offers good access to London and is near Gatwick Airport.
Worthing is a small seaside town in West Sussex, lying approximately 10 miles west of Brighton. Worthing General Hospital is a medium sized 600-bedded hospital situated in the centre of the town. Worthing General Hospital is part of the much larger University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, which includes St Richard's Hospital in Chichester, Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton and the Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath.
We encourage flexible working. We know that a positive work/ life balance brings about huge health-related benefits, which has a positive impact on the care we provide. Please speak to us about flexible working, for example, home-working, part time hours, flexible start/ finish times or anything else. If it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.
The successful candidate will work as part of the wider MDT and demonstrate:
Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge;
A wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service;
The ability to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty;
Commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement;
The ability to work in a participatory way so that shared decision making and conversations around formulation/ diagnosis and ongoing care are a collaborative endeavour with the people who access our service.
Please see the Job description/ person specification for more details about this post and the organisation.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
MB BS or equivalent medical qualification
Desirable criteria
Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management
MRCPsych
Additional clinical qualifications.
Eligibility
Essential criteria
Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment
Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months.
Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
Desirable criteria
In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice
CLINICAL SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
Excellent knowledge in specialty
Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
Desirable criteria
Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
SPFT is committed to building a workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We particularly welcome applications from people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds and from disabled candidates , as these groups are currently underrepresented.
Successful candidates are normally appointed to the bottom of the pay scale unless previous NHS experience in a similar role can be evidenced.
SPFT takes its responsibilities for safeguarding children, young people and adults at risk very seriously. We expect all
staff and bank workers to share this commitment and complete the relevant safeguarding training for their role.
If you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date, please assume your application has been unsuccessful. However, we’ll always do our best to keep you informed as we know how much time and care goes into applying for a role.
In the event of a high number of applications, we may close this vacancy early.
