Consultant Psychiatrist

Are you a doctor interested in an exciting role in Oxfordshire delivering high quality mental health care in the community?

Oxford Health is looking for a 1 WTE consultant psychiatrist, who is an experienced and dynamic medical professional, to provide clinical leadership to the Adult Community Mental Health team based at Wallingford Community Hospital, Reading Road, Wallingford, OX10 9DU
. The team is part of the well-established South Oxon Adults Community Mental Health Team. You will work alongside a dynamic multidisciplinary team made up of a variety of individuals including psychiatrists, psychologists, community psychiatric nurses, approved social workers, occupational therapists and support workers, providing the individual with a whole range of support.

The Trust is committed to high quality teaching and training for medical students, post graduate trainees in psychiatry, specialty doctors, students and other professionals. The consultant will provide direct clinical supervision and line management with opportunities to develop your skills in these areas.

Oxford is rated the top medical school in the world in THES ratings, and Psychiatry is rated by students as being the best specialty rotation on the course. Oxford has a track record of encouraging medical students to pursue psychiatry as a career, with 7% of graduates citing psychiatry as their first-choice career, equal highest of any UK medical school.

With the changing circumstances of modern mental healthcare, the ability to adapt and demonstrate new ways of working is essential. You will have experience of working in General Adult Psychiatry and have great interpersonal skills working with colleagues to work collaboratively with our team managers, and to provide leadership and clinical expertise to our highly skilled and committed multidisciplinary teams.

The Consultant will provide senior medical input and clinical leadership to the community mental health team. The post holder will have responsibility for those patients seen by himself/herself, together with those patients seen by medical staff directly supervised by the post holder.

The post holder will assess new routine, urgent and emergency referrals from other agencies alongside other clinicians, provide consultation to non-medical clinicians and offer ongoing management for patients requiring longer term care.

This is an exciting time to join Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust and become part of the Oxfordshire adult service.

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust which has been rated as good by the CQC is a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do.

Benefits of working for Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust include:

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• 33 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, with an increase to 35 days with continuous service
• Study leave allowances
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Staff accommodation
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme and dedicated Health and Wellbeing Team

We value our staff and believe investing in you is central to delivering outstanding care. We particularly welcome clinicians seeking dedicated PAs for leadership, research, training or other special interests.

Strong supervision, robust operational structures and an excellent track record of CPD. There are good links with Oxford University, with opportunities for teaching, research and offering placements to trainees.

We are committed to providing opportunities for flexible working. If you would like to work differently or different hours to those advertised, then please get in touch to discuss this in more detail.

Are you a Consultant Psychiatrist interested in being a part of the delivery and further development of ground-breaking Mental Health Services?

See the job description attached for more information on our Trust and our service.

• Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists or equivalent qualification (in accordance with Royal College of Psychiatrist's Guidelines)
• Fully registered with the General Medical Council
• Eligible for inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register (or Specialist Registrar within 6 months of gaining CCT at time of interview)
• Eligible for Section 12 Approval (Mental Health Act)/ Approved Clinician or willing to apply for such approval once in post.
• A higher degree such as MD or PhD
• In good standing with RCPsych with respect to CPD
• In good standing with GMC with respect to warnings and conditions on practice

• Experience of clinical work in specialty at SpR, SAS/Specialist grade or consultant level within the last 3 years
• Excellent working knowledge and experience of the application of the Mental Health Act
• Appreciation and understanding of ethnic minority issues and a commitment to developing culturally sensitive…