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Job summary

Main area
Old Age Psychiatry
Grade
Consultant Psychiatrist
Contract
Permanent: Substantive
Hours
10 sessions per week (Full Time 10 PAs per week)
Job ref
342-RVN720-IEW-I
Employer
Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Fountain Way
Town
Salisbury
Salary
£93,666 - £126,281 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
22/05/2024 23:59

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Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry, Salisbury

Consultant Psychiatrist


Job overview

The Trust is seeking a consultant psychiatrist to join an established Community Mental Health Team providing services for adults of all ages in the community in Wiltshire.  The successful applicant will work with Older Adults within the team with an Older Adult colleague and Adult of Working Age Colleagues.  The post is an existing post which has become vacant on the previous incumbent retiring.

Fountain Way benefits from modern facilities, a hospital library, shop and a new primary care centre.  Salisbury is a beautiful cathedral city with excellent schools, a vibrant arts culture, easy road access to the New Forest, South Coast, Winchester and Bath and a direct rail link to London in under 90 minutes.

The post holder will work alongside a friendly and enthusiastic group of colleagues as well as visiting medical students from the University of Southampton. There is an in-house weekly teaching programme.   We encourage the development of special interests and involvement in management.

Main duties of the job

The post holder  will work within the Sarum Community Mental Health Team, the Memory Service and the Care Home Liaison team for designated surgeries within the Clinical Commissioning Group area.

You will provide consultant medical input to a population of approximately 19000 older adults registered with GP practices within the South Wiltshire area.

The post holder will be supported by 0.7 whole time equivalent of Specialist Doctors time within their CMHT patch and will be encouraged to be a trainer.

Please refer to the accompanying job description for full details on the roles and responsibilities of this post.

Working for our organisation

We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust) a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.  We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset. Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the accompanying job description for full details on the roles and responsibilities of this post.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • MB BS or equivalent medical qualification
Desirable criteria
  • Relevant Higher Degree e.g MD,PHD,Msc or other additional clinical qualifications
  • MRCPsych OR MRCPsych equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

Eligibility

Essential criteria
  • Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment
  • Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months of gaining CCT
  • Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
  • Approved under S12 OR able to achieve with 3 months of appointment
Desirable criteria
  • CCT in Older Adult Psychaitry

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of assessing and treating patients in a community setting.

Personal Skills

Essential criteria
  • To possess leadership skills and be able to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team.
  • Ability to manage own time, workload and prioritise clinical work
  • Able to demonstrate excellent communication skills, in order to effectively work with patients, carers and staff.
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills

Clinical Skills

Essential criteria
  • Ability to assess and treat psychiatric problems in Older Adults and to deal with crisis situations.

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Understanding of the management skills required to function successfully as a Consultant.

Teaching

Essential criteria
  • Commitment to and experience of undergraduate and postgraduate learning and teaching.
  • Understand principles of teaching.

Research and Audit

Essential criteria
  • Experience or involvement in a research project and publication.
  • Experience of carrying out an audit project.

Management

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of management/leadership skills training.

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Dr Maame Sarfo
Job title
Consultant Psychiatrist, Medical Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01772 2820173
Additional information

Dr Maame Duku Sarfo 
Consultant Psychiatrist, Medical Lead
01772 2820173

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