Job Description

Staffordshire NHS Consultant Post CCT ST7+ Psychiatry Eating Disorders United Kingdom via Workplace Doctors on a fixed term/ permanent basis.

***Location: Staffordshire - United Kingdom
***Speciality: Psychiatry - Eating Disorders Psychiatrist
*** Role: Consultant / ST 7+ / Post CCT / CESR
***Duration: Fixed Term / Permanent (NOT Locum Basis)
***Pay rate: \xc2\xa3NEGOTIABLE (dependent on experience \xc2\xa384,559 to \xc2\xa3114,003 a year)
***Start date: ASAP
*** GMC Registration Required ( General Medical Council) Essential
*** Specialist Register entry on the GMC Register
***CESR / CCT or Post CCT (within 6 month of job offer) or equivalent overseas qualification.

Overview

Our Staffordshire NHS client prides itself on being a friendly and caring place to work where the aim to combine our patient first approach with innovative and creativity against a backdrop of holistic team working, as encapsulated in their vision and values.

The purpose of this job description is to outline the level of responsibility and accountability of this post. This will ensure that all work undertaken by our staff is clearly identified and carried out under clear lines of accountability.

This new post has been developed as part of the All Age Eating Disorders (AAED) service commissioned by the CCG\'s to serve the 135,000 people in the whole county. The service was previously provided by the facility and has had a major overhaul , with a Single Point of Access (SPA) aiming to support adults, children and young people, families, carers and those working with them in a modern and accessible way. The pathways have been redesigned to include an all age pathway and will be accepting patients from age 8 onwards with no upper age limit.

Department

The CCG\'s awarded the contract to hospital to deliver a single, easily accessible, all age eating disorders pathway for adults and children and young people across the whole county covering the population of 135,000. The specialist inpatient service is commissioned nationally by NHS-E.

The service offers specialist care management, assessments and treatments, in line with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines, to adults and children with eating disorders. The service would accept referrals from GPs and health professionals for patients registered with a GP in Staffordshire. Patients with an established or suspected diagnosis of an eating disorder, aged 8 years old and above with no upper age limit would be accepted to the service an assessment and management plan.

The facility wants to create a modern service that fits in with adults and children\'s lives in a way that best suits them. A single point of access into the service, clear signposting, and use of digital channels to access support and services will allow more service users to obtain help and support or even empower and up-skill to self-help, sooner

General Duties- guideline only

• To offer consultant overview for all patients referred and assessed in the service by offering triage and screening supervision, taking a clinical lead role in risk assessments, formulation, management of psychiatric and medical components of complex patients by attending MDT meeting and offering Routine and Urgent OP clinics.
• To offer specialist consultant input for all patients admitted to general hospital by liaising with medical and liaison psychiatry consultants.
• Tier 4 liaison for patients admitted in SEDU in various parts of the UK by attending CPA, other professional and discharge planning meetings as required.
• Liaison advice on management of medical and psychiatric aspects of eating disorders to primary care professionals including GP\'s, secondary care professionals including inpatient consultants.
• Medical report writing for patients in work, training, education and accessing benefits.
• Psychiatric assessment of patients to establish Eating Disorder and other Psychiatric Psychopathology.
• Offer Psychiatric and Medical Risk assessment and Management to Eating Disorder Patients. Help with implementation of National (NICE ED Guideline, MARSIPAN, Local guidelines and Pathways.
• Work with team colleagues to help the Eating Disorder teams achieve NHS England and Department of Health set Eating Disorder service related directives (i.e. Access and Waiting time directives).
• Offer Psychopharmacological management to ED patients both licensed and off-licence as indicated in NICE guidelines and monitoring of such patients.
• Knowledge and use of Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, and other applicable legal frameworks in the management of patients with ED and to safeguard their needs.
• In keeping with the New Ways of Working for Consultant Psychiatrists\' agenda, consultant staff are encouraged to delegate responsibilities for patient care, where appropriate.
• The post holders will not hold clinical responsibility for the clinical work of other disciplines in the team.
• To conduct one audit/QI project per year

Job Plan

Regular job planning meetings will be undertaken with the post holder to ensure that the appointee is remunerated for any additional activities undertaken and that the job plan accurately reflects the overall workload undertaken by the post holder.

The supporting professional activities (SPAs) allocation within the provisional job plan is an illustrative guide and will be finalised following individual agreement with successful candidates.

Further discussion on supporting professional activities will depend on the Trust\'s requirements and the individual\'s particular expertise.

The job Plan will be reviewed and agreed with the post-holder at appointment.

Salary

This is as described in the Medical and Dental Terms and Conditions, in line with the Consultant Contract (2003). The current full time salary scale (as of July 2020) ranges from \xc2\xa384,559 to \xc2\xa3114,003 a year with eight thresholds.

The on call supplement is Category A and attracts a supplement of 5% of basic salary.

Office Accommodation

Office accommodation will be provided for the appointee with secretarial support.

Management Responsibility

All Consultants are required to attend the monthly Directorate Meetings. Post holders will be expected to share in administrative duties allocated by mutual agreement within the Directorate. As part of the Consultant Team, the consultant will offer mentoring support and lead the existing clinical team through, one-to-one support, individual case management and complex cases, identifying development needs and suggesting CPD (Continuous Professional Development) opportunities and responding to clinical enquiries via e-mail and telephone.

Teaching/Research

The consultant will be required to participate in programmes for teaching clinical students, training junior doctors and in clinical examinations. The post-holder\'s contribution to teaching, training and research will be included in the regular job plan review. Teaching will take place during programmed activities and flexibly at other times.

• To provide conditions for improved training opportunities in line with national and local recommendations arising out of GMC and related requirements
• To supervise and manage the work of his/her junior medical staff and participate in the training and development of these staff to the standards required by the Royal Colleges.

Clinical Governance & Audit

The consultant will participate in clinical governance activities, including clinical audit, clinical effectiveness, risk management, quality improvement activities as required by the Trust, and external accrediting bodies. There are 6 half day clinical governance meetings per annum which substitute regular fixed sessions. There is a weekly consultant meeting before MDT on Friday to discuss any issues during the week and to plan for next week.

Personal & Professional Development

The post-holder will be required to keep himself/herself fully up-to-date with their relevant area of practice and be able to demonstrate this to the satisfaction of the Trust.

The Trust supports the requirements for continuing professional development as laid down by the Royal College of Physicians and is committed to providing time and financial support for these activities.

Medical revalidation is the process by which the General Medical Council (GMC) confirms the continuation of a doctor\'s licence to practise in the UK, provides greater assurance to patients, the public, employers and other healthcare professionals that licensed doctors are up-to-date and fit to practise. It is a key component of a range of measures designed to improve the quality of care for patients.

The Trust supports Royal College guidance on provision of mentors for new consultants in line with GMC recommendations. All newly appointed consultant staff are provided with a list of locally trained mentors who are available for ongoing support as required.

Personal Responsibilities

Confidentiality

All confidential information, including patient records, individual staff records, details of contract prices and terms and any other confidential information, must under no circumstances be divulged or passed on to any unauthorised person or persons. The penalty for breach of confidentiality will normally be summary dismissal.

Workplace Doctors are looking for medical professionals with UK & Overseas experience: that possesses the following qualities:

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS:

*** Ability to act as part of a team
*** Ability to cope with a varying work load
*** GMC Registration Essential (General Medical Council) - We can provide guidance if needed
*** Specialist Register entry on the GMC Register
***Post CESR or CCT obtained (CCT - Certificate of Completion of Training) or (CESR- Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration)
****IELTS and PLAB Exam Part 1 & 2 (IELTS, overall score 7.5) - overseas doctors
****GMC Registration Essential (General Medical Council) - We can provide guidance if needed

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Note: The Trust operates a policy whereby all employment for staff that have access to children/vulnerable adults will be subject to a satisfactory DBS Disclosure (Disclosure and Barring Service) The Criminal Records Bureau ( CRB ) and the Independent Safeguarding Authority ( ISA ) have merged to become the Disclosure and Barring Service ( DBS ). CRB checks are now called DBS checks. Overseas candidates will require an international police check or character reference.

Tier 2 Certificate of Sponsorship (formerly a Work Permit)

Applications from job seekers who require Tier 2 sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. However, non-EEA candidates may not be appointed to a post if a suitably qualified, experienced and skilled EU/EEA candidate is available to take up the post as the employing body is unlikely, in these circumstances, to satisfy the Resident Labour Market Test.

At Workplace Doctors we welcome all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, race or religion. Candidates will be offered an interview providing they meet the minimum criteria for the post.

Workplace Doctors is a recruitment agency that offers locum, fixed term, permanent & locum medical jobs to cover the NHS, HSE, public and private sectors for Doctors and Nurses, AHP medical professionals.

We look forward to helping you progress your career and find you the ideal position.

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