About the role
Salary: £113565.00 to £150569.00
Are you ready to take the next step on your career and join us as our Consultant Psychiatrist at the Julier Centre in Bicester?
Provide senior medical input and clinical leadership to the team. Medical responsibility for patients usually remains with the GP, except where a medical member of the team takes a patient on for continuing treatment. You will have responsibility for those patients seen by you, as well as those patients seen by medical staff under your supervision.
Undertake MHA assessments and undertake RC responsibility for patients as required.
Responsibility for those patients seen by yourself, together with those patients seen by medical staff directly supervised by you
Work alongside the whole AMHT team managers, service manager and the other consultant psychiatrists in the service to ensure the effective functioning and development of the service.
Provide direct clinical supervision and line management to the trainees and speciality doctor and any senior trainee placed with the team
Provide direct clinical care and ensure medical involvement in the CPA process and weekly multidisciplinary ward rounds. Family meetings, professionals' meetings, further ad hoc patient reviews and seclusion reviews are expected as part of this role. The consultant will be expected to adhere to good clinical practice based on research evidence.
Contribute to referral management with the team manager and leadership team. The post holder will jointly review care plans with care coordinators and attend daily FACT meetings.
The Bicester AMHT is based at Julier Centre in Bicester. The team serves adults aged 18 to 65 across a primarily urban and rural catchment area. The team receives around 300 referrals per year, with referral patterns evolving following the development of the PCMHT. The team holds a whole-team caseload of approximately 200 patients requiring longer-term treatment and coordinated multidisciplinary care. The consultant will hold 3 clinics a week, with an approximate ratio of 5 follow ups to one new assessment. The consultant will see approximately 1 to 2 new assessment per week, 10-14 follow ups and hold a caseload of approximately 200 patients.