Job Description
Are you a Consultant Psychiatrist in General Adult Psychiatry or Psychotherapy interested in delivering and developing specialist treatments for those diagnosable with personality disorder?
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has an exciting opportunity for a passionate, energetic consultant to join the Complex Needs Service, an established specialist personality disorder service. We are seeking a medical leader who can inspire our team and the wider organisation to deliver excellent care and facilitate innovative service development.
The service aim is to:
- improve outcomes for individuals diagnosable with personality disorder through direct clinical interventions, specialist consultation, training and education and engagement in research;
- instil hope and;
- reduce stigma associated with the diagnosis.
Main duties of the job
This is a new post developed to support the expansion of clinical service and consultation provision across Oxfordshire alongside the development of an integrated care pathway for individuals with complex emotional needs. As an established centre of excellence, the Complex Needs Service offers a comprehensive range of evidence-based treatments for personality disorder. The successful applicant will join a dynamic multidisciplinary team to deliver psychological interventions and together with two other consultant psychiatrists, will provide oversight of psychiatric care to patients under CPA in the service.
About us
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as good by the CQC. The Oxfordshire Mental Health Partnership is an exciting partnership that formally brings together six local mental health organizations from the NHS and the charity sector: Connection Floating Support, Elmore Community Services, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, Oxfordshire Mind, Response and Restore.
The Trust can offer a generous relocation package and a welcome incentive is available for specific roles within our directorates, in addition to the annual leave, study leave, pension and wellbeing support that is available.
The aim is to work much more closely with each other and with people who have mental health problems, their carers and families to make it easier for people to get the best possible patient focused support when they need it.
We have a strong tradition as a leading Trust for teaching, training and research, with close links to both the University of Oxford and Oxford Brookes University.
We are offering unique opportunities to combine leadership, management, clinical/educational supervision and safeguarding lead roles with clinical duties, and we support flexible working practices.
To find out how our unique reward and benefits package can be adapted to suit you, please get in touch.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For a detailed list of the roles and responsibilities for this post, please see the attached job description. We would be delighted to answer any questions you might have and to find out more about you.
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS
Essential
- Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, or equivalent qualification (in accordance with Royal College of Psychiatrist's Guidelines) Approved clinician Status and section 12( MHA) Approval are essential. Candidates who are in the process of getting AC approval will be considered. Eligibility for Section 12 (Mental Health Act) Approval
Desirable
- Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management. CCT in medical psychotherapy. Additional clinical qualifications.
ELIGIBILITY
Essential
- Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment. Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within appropriate time period for eligibility. Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment Excellent IT skills including typing.
Desirable
- CCT in General Adult Psychiatry or other relevant training such as CCT in General Practice
CLINICAL SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Excellent knowledge in specialty (personality disorder). Experience of a variety of therapeutic modalities including as a minimum therapeutic community work and mentalisation based therapy (MBT). Training in MBT. Experience of close collaborative work with social care and other agencies Recent experience of either working in or closely working with general adult psychiatry 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, including the ability to work closely and collaboratively with colleagues to achieve positive patient outcomes. 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 & LIFELONG LEARNING
Essential
- Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training. Recent experience of training. Ability to work in and lead team Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement. Participated in continuous professional development Evidence of recently being research active. Demonstrable awareness of recent research in the field of personality disorder. Able to use and appraise clinical evidence. Application of research evidence to clinical practice Has actively participated in clinical audit and quality improvement programmes
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 in the field of personality disorder. Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations and publications. Has led clinical audits leading to service change or improved outcomes to patients
TRANSPORT
Essential
- Holds and will use valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative.
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