Job Description

The Central CMHT provides expert secondary mental health care to adults over the age of 18 who live in the central part of York and surrounding area. This part of York also serves the university populations. The locality has recently moved from GP allocated services to post code allocated services and there are further plans to align our services with the Primary Care Home model. The other parts of the city are covered by the North CMHT based in York at Huntington House the west team based at Acomb Garth in York and the South Team, based at Worsley Court in Selby. Our colleagues in the older persons CMHTs provide care for older adults (typically over 70, although the age boundary is flexible depending on need).

The team is multi-disciplinary, utilising the expertise of doctors, nurses, occupational therapists, psychologists, social workers and support workers. There is access to the dietetics team, physical health team and pharmacy.

The Trust provides a range of mental health and learning disability services to the 2 million people living in County Durham, Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire and York & Selby.

The Trust has strong academic links, particularly with the University of York.

New consultants are supported via a new consultant development programme. Opportunities exist for those consultants wishing to undertake medical management roles or medical education roles supporting postgraduate doctors and medical students.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder in the Central CMHT would be part of the leadership cell and would develop close working relationships with the other clinicians in the CMHT.

Take part in assessments, follow-up and joint working of patients to provide senior clinical leadership to the multidisciplinary team.

Work jointly with colleagues from other disciplines and all relevant agencies to provide a comprehensive approach to patient care and treatment.

The appointee should be approved under Section 12(2) MHA 1983.

To contribute to postgraduate teaching and supervision of junior doctors.

The appointee must be able to travel independently.

About us

The team is multi-disciplinary, utilising the expertise of doctors, nurses, occupational therapists, psychologists, social workers and support workers. There is access to the dietetics team, physical health team and pharmacy.

Referrals and Referral Numbers: The teams referral rate has been substantially reduced by the Access to Wellbeing Team who now have a substantive consultant in post. Over the course of the last 12 months the team has had 291 referrals and discharged 254 cases.

Caseload: Current caseload of post holder: 51 patients.

Doctors are supported in their development via annual appraisals, job planning and revalidation. The Trust provides a range of health and wellbeing services for staff including an Employee Support Service, counselling service, mindfulness sessions, staff retreats and guidance on health and fitness. A car lease scheme is available to staff

Job description
Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description for more detailed information on this post and also the Trust\'s website for information on our services - www.tewv.nhs.uk

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• MB BS or equivalent medical qualification

Desirable

• Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
• MRCPsych
• Additional clinical qualifications

Experience
Essential

• Excellent knowledge in specialty
• 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
• Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others
• Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA
• Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
• Participated in continuous professional development
• Participated in research or service evaluation.
• Able to use and appraise clinical evidence.
• Has actively participated in clinical audit.

Desirable

• Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
• 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.
• Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations and publications.
• Has led clinical audits leading to service change.

Professional and Personal Qualities
Essential

• Shows empathy and sensitivity.
• Manages own time, workload and prioritises work.
• Able to use electronic records and use IT for email, internet and office software
• Copes under pressure.
• Works co-operatively in a multi-disciplinary team and able to delegate appropriately.
• Evidence of annual appraisal and commitment to appraisal and revalidation.

Desirable

• Highly skilled in use of electronic records and IT at work

Leadership
Essential

• Reflects on own performance and behaviour, seeking and acting on feedback.
• Able to influence and persuade to improve services
• Able to take on leadership role in multidisciplinary team.
• Knowledge of structure and management of the NHS and the Trust.
• Shows commitment to quality through knowledge of quality improvement and lean thinking methodology OR able to achieve within one year of appointment
• Able to adapt to and lead service change.

Desirable

• Able to take on a leadership role outside the multidisciplinary team.
• Understanding of NHS & wider health economy and its implications for the work of the Trust.
• Trained to standard equivalent to level 2 in TEWV Trust Quality improvement system

Eligibility
Essential

• Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
• Eligible for inclusion in the Specialist Register or within 6 months of gaining CCT
• Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
• Approved under S12(2) MHA OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment

Desirable

• Included on the GMC Specialist Register in the relevant specialty.
• In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice.

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Company

Our mission:
We want people to lead their best possible lives

Our vision:
We will co-create safe and personalised care that improves the lives of people with mental health needs, a learning disability or autism, involving them and their carers as equal partners. We will listen, learn, improve and innovate together with our communities and will always be respectful, compassionate, and responsible

Our values:
The most important way we will get there is by living our values all of the time. These are respect, compassion and responsibility

Our goals:
We are committed to three big goals: To co-create a great experience for our patients, carers and families; To co-create a great experience for our colleagues; To be a great partner

Read details about out on the trust\'s website.

About

Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health and learning disability services to people of all ages.

The trust delivers a range of community and inpatient care across adult mental health, children and young people\'s services, mental health services for older people and forensic services. The trust has over 7,000 staff working across more than 90 sites.

With an annual operating income of over \xc2\xa3420 million, the trust works in partnership with local authorities, clinical commissioning groups, voluntary organisations, the private sector, as well as people who use our services and their families and carers.

Geographically Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS Foundation Trusts in the country, spanning County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire and York and Selby.

See below for a map of our area and

Our Journey To Change sets out where we want TEWV to be in five years\' time and has been co-created by you!Thanks to more than 2500 of you who took part in Our Big Conversation, Our Journey To Change is a reflection of where you want us to be and how we\'ll get there.

Why choose TEWV?

Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust (TEWV) is committed to co-creating a great experience for colleagues. They are committed to listening to staff and working together to be the best employer they can be.

The trust has achieved the gold Investors in People (IIP) standard and have been commended on great people management practice and demonstrating a commitment to staff development.

They are signed up to the Disability Confident Scheme. This means they have to demonstrate that they\'re taking positive action to attract, recruit and retain disabled people.

Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys are committed to continuously improving services. They have an award-winning system for delivering efficiency through clinician-led quality improvements.

All staff who join the trust are provided with a comprehensive induction programme, starting on their first day of employment.

Continuous professional development is important to the trust. Once you\'re comfortable in your new role, you and your manager will work collaboratively to form a Personal Development Plan (PDP), your personal career aspirations are taken into account and the trust will provide you with the resources you need to develop.

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