Consultant in General Adult Psychiatry IMHT

We are excited offer an opportunity to join the Tamworth Integrated Mental Health Team (IMHT as a Consultant Psychiatrist.

The Consultant Psychiatrist will cover the whole IMHT comprising of one Primary Care Network (PCN) based in Tamworth and input into community care and treatment within the pathway, with the facility for rapid assessment of referred patients, flexible review of complex patients and timely discharge in liaison with General Practitioners. Service users will present with a range of mental health difficulties.

This post is part of a functionalised model in which patients requiring inpatient care, crisis or home treatment have their care temporarily transferred to the relevant pathway and will have clinical responsibility outside of the IMHT.

You will hold a caseload approximately 120 and will be well supported by other clinicians in the IMHT as part of a multi-disciplinary team and will be expected to have demonstrable Clinical Leadership Skills.

The multi-disciplinary team comprises of 1.8 WTE psychiatrists, 10 WTE nurses including 3 Non-Medical Prescribers, 1 WTE Occupational Therapist, 1.6 WTE Psychologists, 5 Healthcare Support Workers, 0.6 WTE Psychological therapist and 1 Team Manager.

All Consultant Psychiatrists are supported in developing their ways of working within the MPFT Living Our Values Framework.

You will take part in out of hours duties; on call work is remunerated at 3% as well as 0.25 APAs.

As Consultant Psychiatrist you will ensure, in conjunction with the multidisciplinary team, regular effective review of the care of patients in the clinical pathway – via individual assessments and follow up appointments, MDT meetings and sometimes the Care Programme Approach (CPA) review, particularly where the complexity requires it.

As part of this role, you will be expected to:

• Be the Responsible Clinician for service users in the pathway who are subject to Community Treatment Order (CTO) where applicable.
• Participate in the training and supervision of doctors in training and medical students where applicable.
• Work within the requirements of service contracts including compliance with nationally agreed quality standards.
• Be actively involved in service planning and development.

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