About the role
Salary: £109725.00 to £145478.00
An exciting opportunity has arisen for the post of substantive Consultant Psychiatrist to work equally across Willow Ward, our inpatient rehabilitation facility, and our new developing Open Mental Health Rehabilitation Team - an innovative new offering from Somerset FT in partnership with our VCSE colleagues.
The main duties of this post are to provide consultant leadership to Willow Ward and the Open Mental Health Rehabilitation Team and to deliver the service expansion together with the existing team, Clinical Director, and Service Manager. The post holder will play an important role in delivering our community strategy as we expand these services and have an active case load of patients with the Open Mental Health Rehabilitation Team, as well as patients that are managed on Willow Ward. The post holder will also offer consultation services to various partner services and agencies.
Willow Ward is an 11-bed inpatient rehabilitation ward which provides a county wide service for female and male adults who require a high level of support and intensive rehabilitation due to severe and enduring complex mental health conditions. These patients may also have one or more of the following: cognitive impairments associated with their illness, coexisting mental health conditions such as substance misuse, pre-existing neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism spectrum disorder or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and physical health conditions such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, or pulmonary conditions. These complex problems affect a person's social and everyday functioning. Willow Ward accepts referrals from both inpatient services and community, and patients on the ward are both subject to the Mental Health Act or voluntary patients.