Job summary
- Main area
- General Adult Psychiatry
- Grade
- Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 270-MED412
- Employer
- Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Campbell House
- Town
- Northampton
- Salary
- £99,532 - £131,964 pa
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/08/2024 23:59
Employer heading
UCAT South Consultant
Consultant
Job overview
The primary objectives of the UCAT are to:
Offer an assessment service for residents of Northamptonshire who, immediately prior to the Team’s involvement, have been assessed as requiring admission to hospital;
Provide intensive community-based treatment to clients in the acute phase of mental illness, thus diminishing the need for hospital admission;
Facilitate early discharge from hospital where hospital admission has already been necessary;
Secure appropriate follow-up care for the client once the alleviation of the acute phase of mental illness has occurred;
Be fully integrated into the Northamptonshire mental health systems and the community as a whole.
Main duties of the job
- 24 hour - seven days a week service. UCAT will undertake mental health assessments following referrals from recognised sources (as per operational policy) and will respond to the needs of the home treatment caseload
- Act as gatekeeper to acute inpatient care
- Rapid response following referral to UCAT – intensive, flexible interventions provided to service user, family and carers
- Address the social issues surrounding crisis right from the beginning
- Assertive approach to engagement
- Provide practical problem solving help
- To administer and supervise medication
- Time limited intervention that has sufficient flexibility to respond to differing service users needs
- Learning from crisis
- Ensure that service users care is linked up to further continuing care
Working for our organisation
Our core strategy is to be an employer of choice, a great place to work and be known for a diverse and inclusive culture whose staff feel valued. We provide a range of NHS services including physical, mental health and specialty services provided in hospital settings and out in the community within schools, GP clinics and patients own homes.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details regarding this role please see attached job description. For further queries please contact us.
Person specification
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- • MRCPsych or equivalent
- • Full GMC Registration
- • On Specialist Register/CCT in General Adult Psychiatry or eligible for inclusion within six months.
- • Approval under Section12 of the Mental Health Act and able to act as Responsible Clinician.
- • Minimum of six years postgraduate experience (including three years as SpR in approved training post) or equivalent
- • Part of this period may be in a post of equivalent responsibility and training.
Desirable criteria
- • Additional Postgraduate Qualifications / endorsement in Rehab Psychiatry
- • Publication of original research
- • Management training
Behaviours and Values
Essential criteria
- • In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice
- • Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement
- • Ability to work independently as well as part of A MDT
- • Able to form a good working relationship with the peer group
- • Willingness to undertake training and CPD in areas appropriate to this post
- • Ability to work under pressure
- • Willingness to participate in in-house training
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- • Excellent written and verbal communication skills Evidence of the ability to communicate with patients, colleagues and staff at all levels.
- • Ability to present complex information to a variety of audiences including courts and tribunals
- • Ability to motivate and develop junior Medical Staff and other MDT members
- • To balance individual requirements against those of the Directorate and Trust as a whole.
- • An understanding of the political and financial framework within which the Services operate
- • Ability to work independently as well as part of A MDT.
- • An understanding of the use of security in the treatment of psychiatric patients.
- • An understanding of the dynamics of working with damaged and disturbed patients.
- • Awareness of the national agenda for secure psychiatric care and criminal justice.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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 Debasish Das Purkayastha
- Job title
- Clinical Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
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