Consultant Perinatal Psychiatrist –(Inpatient/MBU)

Job overview

The Yorkshire and Humber Mother and Baby Unit is an 8-bed regional inpatient unit providing care and treatment for pregnant women and post-natal women suffering from serious and/or complex mental health conditions which require inpatient treatment. As part of service expansion another 6 beds will be opened on the same site and adjacent the current unit.

This post is in relation to the additional 6 beds which will have a dedicated consultant (this post) and a dedicated multidisciplinary team which will meet the Royal college of Psychiatrists standards for an inpatient MBU. The post holder will work closely with the consultant looking after the other 8 beds on the MBU ,the perinatal consultants and MDT working in the DUAT (duty and urgent assessment team ),the consultants working in the perinatal community team and other stakeholders in the wider Yorkshire and Humber area.

Main duties of the job

Leeds Partnerships NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to appoint a full time (10 PAs) Consultant Psychiatrist in the Mother and Baby unit with responsibility for 6 beds.  Less than full time arrangements can be negotiated.

The post holder will work with the MDT, colleagues and other agencies to deliver safe and effective care to patients. The post holder will work closely with the consultant looking after the other 8 beds in the MBU.

Are you committed to providing high quality patient care?  WE need you to help us achieve our goals; to live our lives free from stigma and discrimination; and to improve the lives of people with a learning disability and mental ill health.

Here are Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) we are an organisation committed to providing high quality care to improve health and lives which seeks to provide outstanding mental health and learning disability services as an employer of choice and while maintaining the values of simplicity, integrity and care for those in need.

The Trust strategy is built upon three priorities:

• ü  Delivering great care that is high quality and improves lives ü  Providing a rewarding and supportive place to work ü  Using resources to deliver effective and sustainable services

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder, supported by the MDT, will provide:

• Regular clinical reviews for inpatients on the ward as required.
• Supervision of Specialty Doctor
• Prepare reports and attend mental health review tribunals and all related mental health act responsibilities that would be expected in an inpatient mental health ward.
• Flexibility to accommodate urgent clinical reviews
• Clinical input within the CPA framework
• To hold Approved Clinician status as defined within the Mental Health Act (1983) and undertake the duties of Responsible Clinician for those subject to the MHA 1983 under their care
• Complex prescribing and review
• Effective liaison with local mental health providers, local authority professionals and statutory organisations in support of safe care and risk management across the Yorkshire and Humber footprint.

• To contribute to and work as part of the multidisciplinary team, and  being available and accessible and to provide support and supervision when appropriate.
• To work collaboratively with other services within the Trust and other Trusts within the ICS, and other perinatal teams in Yorkshire and Humber which will be part of the Yorkshire and Humber Provider collaborative.
• To provide professional leadership.
• To provide one hour a week protected clinical supervision to the Core Trainee/Foundation doctor as applicable.
• Provide clinical supervision to the SAS doctor
• To work jointly with the Clinical Leadership Structure, Operations Manager and Head of Operations. and those in other agencies to ensure the service is delivered successfully.
• Attend regular meetings with specialist perinatal  community meetings along with inpatient consultant colleague.

As a medical workforce, we provide outstanding secondary care mental health services that allow our service users to feel that they are safe and receiving the latest, high quality, evidence-based care, delivered by motivated, engaged and compassionate staff, who feel supported and enabled to grow in the workplace and the systems we provide.  Further information can be found here