Job summary
- Main area
- Consultant psychiatry
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 6 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 327-24-736-A
- Employer
- Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Leckhampton Lodge
- Town
- Cheltenham
- Salary
- £99,532 - £131,964 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/01/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Consultant Psychiatrist in Recovery (Chelt and North)
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
We love what we do and we think you will, too!
At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (GHC), we provide joined-up mental health, physical health and learning disability services to people of all ages across Gloucestershire. We run community hospitals and provide care and support in people’s own homes and in a range of other locations across the county.
We are on a mission to enable people to live the best life they can and we have a vision to work together to provide outstanding care. We put people at the heart of our services, focusing on personalised care by asking ‘what matters to you’.
We’re passionate about making sure that everyone can contribute to achieving our mission and we are continually working to support healthy and happy high-quality teams in all areas of the Trust.
Our application process aims to understand each candidates knowledge, skills and experience. We have found that candidates that use AI to generate their answers can lack specificity and fail to address key criteria outlined in the job description.
It is really important to personalise your application to convey your individual skills, knowledge, and experiences effectively and for us to understand why you are applying for this role with GHC. We discourage over reliance on AI-generated applications as it will lessen your chances of success in securing an interview with us .
Job overview
We are excited to share a part time Consultant role has become available permanently within our Recovery team covering Cheltenham and North Cotswolds.
The Cheltenham and North Cotswolds Recovery team provide secondary care General Adult Psychiatric input to Cheltenham environs, alongside a selection of independent functional teams including Crisis Teams, Assertive Outreach, Early Intervention, Perinatal Service and the Eating Disorders teams.
Main duties of the job
This role is expected to work alongside the multidisciplinary team (MDT) including two other consultants. To provide medical leadership to the MDT and oversight to the work of the Specialty Doctor.
It is expected that this role will take part in a trust on call rota combined general adult/old age/CYPS and learning disability countywide, pro rata.
This post alongide the partner consultants and specialty doctor, covers around 110000 people in primary care within the Cheltenham Integrated Locality Partnership.
Working for our organisation
We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust.
The annual NHS Staff Survey gives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust. For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views (58.5%). It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that:
- 89.7% believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users;
- 73.3% would recommend the organisation as a place to work;
- 82.4% agree that care of patients and service users is the organisations priority;
- 76.7% would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative
Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached the job description and person specification.
Any queries please ask Dr Simon Christopherson or medical staffing.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GMC Specialist Register, or eligible for such inclusion (within 6 months)
Desirable criteria
- MRCPsych
Experience
Essential criteria
- Higher specialist training or extensive UK experience in acute psychiatry
Desirable criteria
- Experience of recovery working at consultant or advanced trainee level
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Simon Christopherson
- Job title
- Consultant
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07768 556491
- Additional information
Alternatively please contact [email protected]
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