21 Oct
Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
Middlesbrough
Job description
Job summary
This is a replacement post which has become vacant as the previous Consultant Psychiatrist has retired.
The Forensic OutreachLiaison Service (FOLS) is a tertiary service that offers specialist advice,assessment, support and intervention to people with a learning disability and / or autism diagnosis, who pose a risk of serious harm to others.
The teamprovides responsive consultation and liaison to other mental health andlearning disability teams in the assessment and management of high-riskindividuals who have offended or are at risk of doing so.
The team areavailable across North Yorkshire and York. The service is based at AlexanderHouse,
Knaresborough and works remotely across the North Yorkshire and Yorkarea.
The team facilitates asafe transition from secure inpatient areas with a gradual transfer tosecondary services where there is an identified health need or discharge fromservice.
This will involve a period of follow up, which can include careco-ordination or co-working with secondary community teams (including mentalhealth services) relating to the management of risk.
The team providesconsultation and liaison to local secondary teams in the assessment andmanagement of risk, to avoid where possible an admission to secure care.
Additionally, the team enhance the interventions provided by Secure InpatientServices to support the patient journey and reduce length of stay.
Main duties of the job
This is a 8PA post based in the community.
NY FOLS provides a seven-dayservice, 9am 5pm. The team consistsof : Team Lead, Advanced Nurse practitioner, 4 Community Nurses, 4 CommunitySupport workers, psychologist and a Speech and Language Therapist.
NY FOLS currently has 45active clients and care coordinate 11 of these.Approximately half of these patients are community based.
Referrals intothe service are through a single point of access.
The postholder will be aConsultant Psychiatrist who specialises in Forensic Learning Disability andautism providing specialist assessments, interventions and support for comorbidpresentations, responsibility for the clinical supervision of conditionallydischarged patients and acts as Responsible Clinician for patients dischargedon Supervised Community Treatment or Guardianship.
SecureInpatient Wards are based at Ridgeway, Roseberry Park Hospital, Middlesbrough.These wards include secure LD and ASD wards.
The post-holder will work alongside an inpatient team including 14consultant colleagues,
4 specialty grade doctors and up to 3 core trainees.
WithinHealth & Justice there are two other community teams in addition to NYFOLS. These include a Forensic CommunityService and Secure Outreach and Transition Team.
Both with a consultant colleague and amulti-disciplinary team.
About us
We are one of the largest specialist mental health and learning disabilities trusts in the country, with an annual income of £320m and a workforce of some 6,700 staff operating from around 100 sites in Durham, Teesside, North Yorkshire and York and Selby.
We provide a range inpatient and community services to 2m people living in County Durham, the Tees Valley, Scarborough, Whitby, Ryedale, Harrogate, Hambleton and Richmondshire.
We also provide additional specialist services to other parts of Northern England.
We are a multi-award winning trust and are included within the Health Service Journals Best 100 Places to Work. The trust take a positive and proactive approach to support staff in their personal development and has embedded the Talent Management approach within the Trust.
Psychiatrists are essentialcontributors to the majority of our mental health teams. Service users expectand are justified to expect collaborative relationships with dedicatedpsychiatrists who work consistently as part of effective services.
Our medicalstaffing shortage puts strain on services and puts strain on workforcewellbeing and costs extend beyond the financial.
The Medical Directorate andMedical Development Team are striving to improve medical workforce recruitmentand retention in a variety of ways and the cornerstone of these efforts is TheTEWV Charter for the Medical Workforce.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached job description for further information on this post. Please note that this job description has not yet been approved by The Royal College and therefore subject to change.
Person Specification
Clinical Knowledge & Skills
Essential
- Excellent knowledge in specialty
- Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
- Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
- Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
- Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others
- Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA
Desirable
Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
Academic Skills and Lifelong Learning
Essential
- Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
- Participated in continuous professional development
- Participated in research or service evaluation.
- Able to use and appraise clinical evidence.
- Has actively participated in clinical audit.
Desirable
- Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post
- Reflected on purpose of CPD undertaken
- Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation.
- Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement : awards, prizes, presentations and publications.
- Has led clinical audits leading to service change.
Leadership
Essential
- Reflects on own performance and behaviour, seeking and acting on feedback.
- Able to influence and persuade to improve services
- Able to take on leadership role in multidisciplinary team.
- Knowledge of structure and management of the NHS and the Trust.
- Shows commitment to quality through knowledge of quality improvement and lean thinking methodology OR able to achieve within one year of appointment
- Able to adapt to and lead service change.
Desirable
- Able to take on a leadership role outside the multidisciplinary team.
- Understanding of NHS & wider health economy and its implications for the work of the Trust.
- Trained to standard equivalent to level 2 in TEWV Trust Quality improvement system
Qualifications
Essential
MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
Desirable
- Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
- Experience
- MRCPsych
Eligibility
Essential
- Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
- Included on the GMC Specialist Register for Old Age Psychiatry OR included within six months.
- Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
- Approved under S12 OR able to achieve with 3 months of appointment
Desirable
In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice
Experience
Essential
Describe your clinical experience relevant to this job role
Desirable
- Any other experience that may be applicable
▶️ Consultant Psychiatrist in Forensic or LD Psychiatry
🖊️ Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
📍 Middlesbrough