Consultant Psychiatrist

Job overview

Leeds Partnerships NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to appoint a full time  (10 PAs) Consultant Psychiatrist  in the adolescent inpatient service based at Mill Lodge.  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 service commitments are divided between the 2 consultants in group job planning.

Mill Lodge is a 10 bedded General Acute Unit and interventions include nasogastric feeding for eating disorder. The post holder must be an Approved Clinician.

There will also be cross cover between the two consultants with the innovative new day service (established April 2024)

Main duties of the job

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

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

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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

-           Regular clinical reviews

-            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 safe care and risk management

-            An expectation to work intensively and assertively with the client group

-           To contribute to and work as part of the multidisciplinary community teams 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.

-            To provide professional leadership.

-            To provide one hour a week protected clinical supervision to the Core Trainee.

-            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