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Consultant Psychiatrist (General or Forensic
Leeds, West Yorkshire
£200,000 per annum
Permanent - 40 hours per week
Caseload: Up to 16 patients (New female PICU ward)
The Hospital provides both low secure and rehabilitation services.
The role of a Consultant Psychiatrist within my client’s hospital based in Leeds, is to support, teach and lead a team of experienced Junior Doctors, Nurses, and Support Workers in providing the highest standard of person-centred care to inpatients.
Responsibilities include:
- Alongside the multi-disciplinary staff, the post holder will have responsibility for assessing the inpatients mental state, formulating a diagnosis and monitoring the risks the person poses.
- To undertake referral meetings, case reviews as required.
- Working with the MDT in developing effective and novel treatment approaches.
- To support the development of clinical pathways.
- Providing consultation, advice and appropriate support to professionals in the wider
- network of the person and/or family.
- Contribute to the supervision of the trainees allocated to the service.
- To provide clinical supervision to the specialty doctor working in the team.
- Participate in the process of referral and admission including preadmission assessment with other team members within the multi-agency team.
- Contributing to specialist meetings for the services provided at the hospital and contributing to the development of service strategy.
- Work autonomously and contribute to teaching sessions.
- Collaborate with a well-established multi-disciplinary team which includes OT, psychologist, visiting GP, physical health practitioner and RMNs.
- Participate in an on-call rota.
Qualifications & Experience:
Full GMC registration
MRCPsych or equivalent
Section 12 approval preferred
Specialist register preferred (general or forensic)
Approved clinical status
Working within a MDT team
What’s on Offer:
A very competitive salary of £200,000 per year
25 days holiday plus bank holidays
Full-time Junior/Speciality Doctor support
CPD Support/SPA (2 hours per week)
If you meet all of the above essential criteria one of our team will be in touch soon!
Good luck!
