Consultant Psychiatrist Working Age Adult CMHT, West

We are seeking to recruit Consultant Psychiatrists to work into the newly transformed Integrated CMHTs across the city. Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of specialist mental health and learning disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist services across York, the Yorkshire and Humber region, and some highly specialised national services.

The newly transformed community service has been designed following the NHS Long Term Plan which seeks to address gaps in care provision and ensure that people experiencing severe mental illness and difficulties get the care they need.

Mental health services need to ensure that:

o People can have a good-quality assessment at whatever point they present.

o Interventions for mental health problems are readily available and accessible at the location most appropriate to people's needs.

o Care can be stepped up where or when more specialist care is required, and stepped down, in a flexible manner without the need for cumbersome referrals and repeated assessments.

o There are effective links with community assets to support and enable people to become more embedded within their community and to use these assets to support their mental health.

Job description

Trauma informed care is a fundamental way of working which underpins how the service provides care. Teams consist of existing practitioners within Working Age Adult Community Mental Health Teams (WAA CMHT) and the Primary Care Mental Health (PCMH) element of Leeds Mental Wellbeing Service (LMWS). New roles will work within these teams, such as Community Wellbeing Connectors, expanded Peer Support roles, Advanced Clinical Practitioners (ACPs), and Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioners (MHWPs), and Complex Psychosis Practitioners, working together to provide support to people within the local areas they serve.

The vacancies have arisen due to the recognition that for the new ICMHTs to work effectively across the city of Leeds, additional consultant recruitment is required. This additional number of posts will enhance medical staffing across the city. The post holders will carry no responsibility for inpatients.

Please enquire for details of number of sessions and area /office base of each available post. The post holder, supported by the MDT, will be expected to provide:

Regular clinical reviews, hub meetings, core team meetings, advice and guidance to primary care, referral meetings, daily huddles, flexibility to accommodate urgent clinical reviews, clinical input within the CPA framework, Approved Clinician status and to undertake the duties of Responsible Clinician for those subject to the MHA 1983 under their care, complex prescribing and review, effective liaison with local mental health providers, local authority professionals and statutory organisations in support safe care and risk management, an expectation to work intensively and assertively with the client group, to contribute to and work as part of the multidisciplinary community team, to work collaboratively with other services within the Trust and other Trusts within the ICS, to provide professional leadership, to provide protected clinical supervision to the Core and Higher Trainee and SAS Doctor, to work jointly with the Clinical Leadership Structure, Operations Manager and Head of Operations and those in other agencies to ensure the service is delivered successfully.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

• MBChb and MRCPsych; CCT or CESR in general adult psychiatry

Experience

Essential

• Predominant experience in general adult psychiatry

Skills

Essential

• Evidence of ability to work well in MDT
• Evidence of previous leadership experience and/or motivation in developing medical leadership

values-based

Desirable

• Tell us about a time when you spotted something small going wrong and did something to stop it becoming a bigger issue.
• Tell us about a time when you realised a colleague or someone you know needed a bit of support and you offered to help.
• Tell us about a time when you showed someone kindness or understanding.

About the employer

The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.

There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.

We also have a bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank.

Applicants should be aware that individuals requiring a visa to work in the UK, the Trust only provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles(this does not include Healthcare Support Workers). This is an essential requirement, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you do not meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.