Job overview

The post is a community consultant post in General Adult Psychiatry to join the East Staffs Integrated Mental Health Team (IMHT).

The role also involves providing clinical leadership to the team as part of a collective leadership structure, and providing support and supervision as required to the Advanced Nurse Practitioner and Non-Medical Prescribers.  The post holder will have responsibility to supervise a trainee attached to the team, although as with any training post this is subject to trainee availability. Opportunities are also available in the Trust to participate in postgraduate and undergraduate education for Junior Doctors and medical students from Keele Medical School.

This role covers the East Staffs IMHT, comprising of one Primary Care Networks (PCNs); East Staffs, population 134749.  The post provides Consultant Psychiatrist cover for the whole IMHT, and the post holder will offer assessment and treatment to adults of working age with a range of mental health problems.

The Consultant will hold a caseload of approximately 100 – 150 of which the many of which will have other clinicians in the IMHT working with them. 

This is part of a functionalised model in which patients requiring inpatient care, crisis or home treatment have their care temporarily transferred to the relevant pathway. You will therefore have no clinical remit outside of the IMHT.

Clinical leadership skills are essential.

Main duties of the job

Working in a multi disciplinary team and in partnership with voluntary care sector organisations and acute care settings you will

·         To ensure, in conjunction with the multidisciplinary team, regular effective review of the care of patients in the clinical pathway – via individual assessments and follow up appointments, risk assessments, safeguarding needs and MDT meetings

·         To be the Responsible Clinician for service users in the pathway who are subject to Community Treatment Order (CTO) where applicable

·         To provide evidence based care

·         To be recovery focused

·         To provide cross-cover (emergency and prospective) for other Consultant Psychiatrist colleagues by mutual agreement

·         To communicate with all key partners in an appropriate and timely way including service users, carers and General Practitioners.

·         To work within the requirements of service contracts including compliance with nationally agreed quality standards

·         To fully utilise Trust IT systems as appropriate to enable fulfilment of clinical duties; including launch of the electronic prescribing system

·         The post-holder will take part in out of hours duties; on call work is remunerated at 3% as well as 0.25 APAs.

Working for our organisation

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping  your communities and in return for this, we will support you by; 

• Supporting your career development and progression
• Excellent NHS Pension scheme
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Options for flexible working
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) 
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
• Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
• Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
• Free car parking at all trust sites
• Free flu vaccinations every year
• Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)

We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people. 

Please be aware that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in completing application forms will be monitored to ensure fairness and transparency. If you have used AI you must state this in your application.  

Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications