17 Oct
Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Leeds
Job description
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Please ensure that a HR address / email is provided for each referee named. Job overview We are delighted to bring to advert the post of Trust Locum Consultant Psychiatrist at Aspire in the city of Leeds - a culturally diverse city with an estimated population of ,.
Aspire is a city wide, community based First Episode Psychosis Service delivered by a specialist multidisciplinary team with input from the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS).
The service’s principles are engagement, hope and recovery. It supports people to find their own level of recovery,
fostering hope for the future and encouraging individuals to lead an ordinary life in their community.
The team works in collaboration with service users, carers and families using a bio-psycho-social model, delivering service at the most appropriate location and environment.
This post has become available due to the need for maternity leave cover for the current substantive post holder and will be available between Sept and Sept .
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 : Delivering great care that is high quality and improves livesProviding a rewarding and supportive place to workUsing 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 Working for our organisation LYPFT now offer a revised and increased starting salary for newly appointed consultants to the Trust.
All newly appointed will be started on £, at pay point YC72 (point 04).We offer a wide range of benefits to help support a healthy work-life balance and support your overall health and wellbeing including : Excellent relocation package (if applicable)Annual leave entitlement as per the terms and conditions of Consultant contract,On-site parkingCycle to work & car leasing schemesWide -range of Health & Wellbeing benefits This is a 6 PA post plus a 1% category B availability for out of hours on-call dutiesWe want to understand what flexibility means to you, do you want to work condensed hours?
Do you have caring responsibilities? Is there a certain day which you cannot work for personal reasons? Then talk to us.
subject to conditions.What you will get :
Supportive and friendly colleaguesPersonalised Coaching and MentoringWeekly academic teachingAccess to NHS Leadership and Development opportunities, including opportunity to become an appraiser and educational / training development opportunitiesAnnual Medical Leadership development dayGenerous study leave allowance (averaging 10 days per year and up to 30 days leave over 3 years with a budget of £ per annum) Detailed job description and main responsibilities Aspire provides a specialist service to people aged between 14 and 65 in Leeds and has 3 main pathways;
full caseload for up to three years, extended assessment for up to 3 months and the new At Risk Mental State (ARMS) pathway.
As of Jan 30th , the total caseload for the team is .
The average number of referrals per month (in ) was 55 per month and the average number of discharges per month was 15-20.
The commissioned number of cases for the service is and currently review and implementation of the inclusion criteria is underway, as is supported discharge planning in team supervision to ensure the service does not continue to exceed commissioned capacity.
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 during the job planning process.
The post holder, supported by the MDT, will provide :
Regular clinical reviews Flexibility to accommodate urgent clinical reviews To undertake the duties of Responsible Clinician for those subject to the MHA care Complex prescribing and review Effective liaison with local mental health providers, local authority professionals and statutory organisations An expectation to work intensively and assertively with the client group To contribute to and work as part of the multidisciplinary community team To work collaboratively with other services within the Trust To provide professional leadership To provide one hour a week protected clinical supervision to any trainees in the service for which they are the clinical supervisor 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 Support for non medical prescribers in training and afterwards Person specification Qualifications Essential criteria Full registration with the GMCHigher specialist training in WAA Psychiatry Skills Essential criteria Excellent communication skillsTrack record in QIP work