Job overview

The post is a community consultant post in Old Age Psychiatry to join the Older Adult CMHT, a clinical pathway providing comprehensive community mental health services to the Staffordshire East localities. The role also involves providing clinical leadership to the team as part of a collective leadership structure and providing support and supervision to Specialty Doctor.  The Consultant line manages the Speciality Doctor but this is supported by the close working relationships between the Pathway manager and the Consultant Psychiatrist. Opportunities are available in the Trust to participate in postgraduate and undergraduate education for Junior Doctors and medical students from Keele Medical School.

South Staffordshire has an older adult population of approximately 147,000 with the Older Adult population for this post being approximately 29,000 and is a predominately rural area incorporating two main towns, Stafford and Stone, including the villages of Eccleshall, Gnosall & Penkridge. The Consultant will hold a caseload of approximately 50 patients of which the majority of these will be patients they joint work with and whom will have key workers from within the Team itself. It is estimated that the post holder will complete 5 new assessments and 5 follow-up appointments per week with the flexibility to adjust appointment types in line with service need.

This post is based on a 10PA job plan. Clinical leadership skills are essential.

Main duties of the job

• 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, 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 General Practitioners, service users and carers.

• To work within the requirements of service contracts agreed with our Commissioners, including compliance with nationally agreed quality standards

• To fully utilise Trust IT systems as appropriate to enable fulfilment of clinical duties

• You will take part in Mental Health Assessments and out of hours duties; on call work is remunerated at 3% as well as 0.25 APAs.

Working for our organisation

Come and work with us at our award-winning NHS Trust, leading the way for trying new and better ways of working to help improve life for our local communities.

We have around 9,000 staff who provide physical and mental healthcare, support for people with learning disabilities, and adult social care across Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Shropshire, and Telford & Wrekin. We also run regional and national services, including help for new parents (perinatal care), eating disorders, forensic services, sexual health, and support for people in prison with mental health, drug, or alcohol problems.

We offer great career development for both clinical and non-clinical roles, with ongoing training and support to help you learn and grow.

We are ‘United in our Uniqueness’ and committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels welcome and can be themselves, no matter their background or identity. We want our staff to feel supported and valued, and we aim to build a team that reflects the communities we serve. Together, we can make sure every voice is heard, and every difference is respected.

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

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