Job Description
Do you want to work in a friendly, committed and established Mental Health service, where your knowledge and skills will be valued? Are you a Consultant Psychiatrist with experience working with people with Mental Health conditions? If so, then join the team at Ballington House in Leek, Staffordshire and experience what delivering great healthcare should feel like.
This permanent Consultant Psychiatrist (37.5 hours per week) position will see you join the established multidisciplinary team at Ballington which provides care for up 13 service users. You will be involved hospital clinical governance structures and contribute to improving quality of the service.
Reporting to the Hospital Director, you will be part of an environment that specialises in providing rehabilitation utilising positive behavioural support principles and empowering service users in their recovery.
Your responsibilities will include:
Acting as a Responsible Clinician / Consultant Psychiatrist for up to 13 patients.
Participating in regular ward round and CPA reviews
Allocate specialist psychological treatments in line with individual need
Assess physical health - taking special responsibility for medical issues
Supervising and directing the work of other staff who treat the patients.
Ensuring effective liaison with referring/community teams, specialists and Commissioners.
Participation in assessment of referrals to the service.
Involvement in quality, inspections and governance processes
Maintaining professional development, Annual Appraisals and Revalidation.
To provide out of hours medical cover as part of medical on call rota
To be successful in this role, you will need:
Registered on the GMC Specialist Register for Adult Psychiatry with a licence to practise.
AC status
Good communication skills
What you will get
Competitive annual salary
30 days annual leave plus bank holidays and your birthday off!
A Group Personal Pension Plan (GPPP) and pension contribution
Life Assurance
Enhanced Maternity Package
Free meals while on duty
Employee Assistance Services
Career development and training
Wellbeing support and activities
Voluntary benefits
Medical indemnity cover
Flexibility to work in clinically led environments
There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts and special offers, car leasing without a credit check and much more.
About your next employer:
You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.
Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.
The safety of our service users and colleagues is our priority and as such we encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.
Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person's individual responsibility and are committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of service users. Candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure.