Adult Psychiatry Consultant

Client Name: South West London and St George`s MH NHS Trust

Role: Adult Psychiatry Consultant

Location:Springfield University Hospital

Benefits:

Access to The Support Hub - our support service to help support your mental health and wellbeing and enable you to deliver outstanding care

First sight of shifts across multiple NHS trusts

Competitive pay rates

A dedicated placement officer

Free CPD courses and career support with Medacs Academy

Hundreds of new shifts available every day

Long term jobs and short shifts available

Lucrative referral scheme

Revalidation support

24/7/365 support - we're here when you need us

Are you a Consultant Adult Psychiatrist looking for the perfect clinical placement?

The prestigious South West London and St George`s MH NHS Trust has announced an exciting opening for an ambitious Adult Psychiatry Consultant. This opportunity promises to provide the right candidate with unrivalled opportunities for theraputic practice, academia and research.

As a Consultant Adult Psychiatrist, your skills, knowledge, and experience are critical to the successful provision of psychiatry services at Springfield University Hospital. Here you have extensive opportunities to develop good collaborative therapeutic alliances with patients and patients' families while being a pillar of clinical and educational support for junior doctors.

Working flexible shifts at Springfield University Hospital, you will enjoy close working relationships with your fellow healthcare professionals. Together you will seek to establish a common understanding of the problems the patient is experiencing, taking a lead role in establishing the strategic management plan for a patient, utilising your therapeutic skills to develop a constructive pathway to recovery.

The Springfield University Hospital takes their contribution to medical development and advancement seriously with an emphasis on ensuring excellence across the domains which matter the most to the wellbeing of patients. As a result, you will have access to some of the most advanced medical facilities in the country and unparalleled opportunities for specialism, research, and academia throughout your consultancy.

Development and opportunities

As a Consultant, you will be dedicated to imparting complex knowledge and championing skill enhancement throughout the entire hospital. Leading by example, you will encourage uptake for the wide range of development and support packages available, supporting and mentoring your fellow healthcare professionals in their continuous professional development.

General key skills

In addition to your qualifications, as an Adult Psychiatry Consultant, you will have:

Quick thinking abilities

Patience and the ability to teach, coach and mentor

Excellent attention to detail

A systematic approach to tasks and delegation

Excellent timekeeping

A pro-active approach to research and academia

Empathy and understanding

A flexible attitude

A dedication to improving and developing knowledge and skills

Active listening skills

Main Duties/Responsibilities

As an Adult Psychiatry Consultant with Springfield University Hospital you will:

Carry out new referral assessments, deliver therapy or refer to psychology colleagues for relevant interventions, or to follow up patients for medication reviews.

Formulate care and treatment plans, prescribe various types of treatment, and provide guidance on evidence-based treatment and effectiveness.

Actively support patients and their families, communicating clinical information to explain a diagnosis and treatment options using various methods to ensure practical understanding.

Communicate with patients and the wider multidisciplinary team on shared patient decision making.

Work in and where appropriate, lead a multidisciplinary team.

Assess and prioritise patient/client requirements, delegating effectively to others.

Recognise, review, and report a patient's condition and any changes to the patient and the multidisciplinary team.

Performing basic administrative and clerical tasks, such as keeping records of test results, writing prescriptions, providing information to patients, and monitoring treatment plans.

Help teach and train other junior doctors and medical students and other multidisciplinary team members.

Qualifications/Licenses/Certifications

MBChB (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery) or equivalent.

Hold CCT or CESR at the time of interview or in an established training programme and within six months of CCT

Inclusion on GMC's Specialist Register or within 6 months of CCT or CESR (CP) at interview.

6 months recent NHS experience within the last 3 years.

A business with a future

If you are ready to take up a consultancy position in a hospital that prides itself on the opportunities provided to staff and the care provided to patients, apply today, and enjoy access to hundreds of shifts, a dedicated Placement Officer and revalidation support.