Consultant in General Adult Community Psychiatry - Christchurch

Job overview

Are you an experienced Consultant Psychiatrist? We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated Consultant psychiatrist to join us and play a key leadership role and influence the evolvement of the existing service in line with the Long-Term Plan and Community Mental Health Framework. You will form part of a high calibre consultant peer group in the heart of Dorset and will work in an established multidisciplinary community mental health team in Christchurch.

You will take part in the consultant on-call rota remunerated at an average of 1:20 at plus 0.25APA.

This post attracts a Recruitment and Retention payment of £20,000 plus a further relocation package of up to £10,000 if relocating to Dorset. In addition, we offer a commitment to flexible working, career development opportunities and our excellent NHS benefits.

Do you have a friend or family member you would recommend to join us?

If the person you refer is appointed by the Trust and completes their probationary period you will receive £500 reward payment for the introduction!  Please contact the recruitment team if you require further info!

The post also attracts 10 days per year of study leave and an annual study leave budget of up to £1000.

We would love to hear from you to discuss how together we might design this role around you and your specialist interests, we are committed to enabling flexible working and would welcome a discussion on how this could be achieved for you.

Main duties of the job

The Christchurch and Southbourne Community Mental Health Team is a large multidisciplinary team, which consists of a mix of highly experienced and skilled staff, as well as new staff who are bringing drive, creativity and new ways of working. This includes an operational team leader, an ACP, CCO posts, dedicated duty workers, support workers, psychology and a very experienced admin team. We also have Social workers who are part of the wider team.

We are in the process of rolling out and embedding the exciting new mental health offer in Dorset as part of the large-scale transformation work, and are in the process of building and developing successful relationships with Primary care and the Community.

As part of its integrated service for service users on CPA and Standard Care, the team offers variety of services including a Physical Health Checks Service, Depot Clinic (including Olanzapine monitoring), Nurse led ADHD Clinic, Community Resource Team (social inclusion, employment, education), designated Duty service, psychological therapies (including a DBT pathway and individual therapy), Education and Quality Assurance meetings.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For the main duties and responsibilities for this role please read the attached job description and person specification.  When completing your application please ensure your supporting statement reflects the criteria set out in these documents by showing how your experience and skills apply to this post.