Job summary
- Main area
- Psychiatry
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 6 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 311-M186-25
- Employer
- Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Stockport Town Hall
- Town
- stockport
- Salary
- £105,504 - £139,882 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/02/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Consultant Psychiatrist
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
If you are Kind, Fair, Ingenious and Determined then we want you to come and join our #PennineCarePeople
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Job overview
Job description pending approval from Royal College
This innovative consultant post works across boundaries of physical and mental health services building partnerships to best meet patient needs. The patient group have frequent presentation to healthcare services reflecting persistent physical symptoms or long term conditions together with significant psychological distress. Hence this post is well suited to a consultant who has an passion for understanding the interaction between physical health and complex emotional and relational needs, and who values working within a biopsychosocial model of care. This post, along with a colleague psychiatrist/medical psychotherapist and two psychologists supports a small team of liaison mental health practitioners offering psychologically informed patient care for a period of up to 18 months.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work closely with members of the MDT providing collaborative assessment, formulation and ongoing management of patients referred into the service. As a senior member of the team, they will be involved in the ongoing development of the service pathways and ensuring best evidence in care. The post holder will, along with psychology and psychiatry colleagues, provide supervision to liaison practitioners in the team. They will additionally offer liaison and advice to colleagues in both physical healthcare and mental health services in the borough, and share expertise through provision of training.
Working for our organisation
We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.
Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We’re really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we’re a great place to work.
All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.
If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:
- Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
- Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance
- Access to Continued Professional Development
- Involvement in improvement and research activities
- Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service
- Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will work alongside an existing consultant psychiatrist/medical psychotherapist (8PAs) to provide consultation for and liaison with GP practices and neighbourhood practitioners across Stockport using a collaborative care model with patients 16 years and above. This service user group have high levels of complexity who may be at risk of harm, with complex poly-pharmacy and where diagnosis/formulation is needed.
The post holder will liaise with Primary Care clinicians and managers and Primary (e.g. IAPT) and Secondary Care Mental Health Services (such as psychiatrists, physician
colleagues and substance misuse services) amongst others. There will also be liaison with clinicians working in primary care, GPs, practice nursing staff and community healthcare staff.
This will involve identifying the learning needs of Primary Care and Primary Care Mental Health staff and others and developing a suitable educational and training approach to be delivered in a variety of formats and settings such as formal direct teaching, workshops and providing a space for reflection and discussion. Supervision of primary care staff, including GPs and IAPT staff is key feature. The post holder will also be expected to engage actively in education and training of the service’s own staff including liaison practitioners. The service has a GP plus post attached from a local GPs in deprivation training scheme, and the post holder will be encouraged to be a clinical supervisor.
The post holder will attend relevant project planning meetings as well as other Pennine Care and CCG/ Stockport Together events that support the delivery of the project.
The post holder will take an active role in developing this area of work with the support of the team lead, rest of the team, IAPT services, the Psychological Medicine Service,
Pennine Care and local commissioners.
Clinician and patient rated outcome measures, patient rated experience measures and health care utilization data will be collected. The amount and impact of educational activity will be evaluated. This will be done with the support of existing Pennine Care and CCG structures and externally commissioned providers. The post holder is expected to take an active role in supporting and facilitating this.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MRCPsych (or equivalent)
- CCT in General Adult psychiatry (or equivalent)
- MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
Desirable criteria
- Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
- Endorsement in Liaison psychiatry
- Psychotherapy qualification at postgraduate level
- Additional clinical qualifications.
Eligibility
Essential criteria
- Fully registered with the GMC with a license to practice at the time of appointment.
- Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months.
- Approved under S12 OR able to achieve with 3 months of appointment
Desirable criteria
- In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice
- Approved Clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
Transport
Essential criteria
- Holds and will use valid UK driving license OR provides evidence of proposed alternative.
Clinical skills, knowldege & experience
Essential criteria
- Excellent knowledge in liaison psychiatry including knowledge and experience of a range of persistent physical health and long-term conditions with complex psychological problems
- Evidence of experience and knowledge of a range of psychological interventions for this patient group
- 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
Desirable criteria
- Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
- Evidence of recent experience in working in a Primary Care setting
- Evidence of recent experience of delivering group supervision
- Evidence of experience of and enthusiasm for service development and understanding of D.O.H strategy regarding this area of clinical work and the challenges and process of implementation
Academic skills & lifelong learning
Essential criteria
- 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 criteria
- 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
- Ability to do a learning needs analysis and deliver and evaluate an educational program for Primary Care and Primary Care Mental Health staff.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Julia Hose
- Job title
- Strategic medical lead for psychological medicine
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0161 7162070
- Additional information
Dr Ioannis Papadopoulos/Dr Claire Moffat
Consultant Psychiatrist - Stockport Psychological Medicine in Primary Care
0161 7162018
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