Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry in Halifax

Substantive Old Age Consultant in Liaison Psychiatry for Calderdale & Kirklees covering Huddersfield Royal Infirmary and Calderdale Royal Hospital. This role plays a vital part in ensuring our patients receive the care that they need and will be an integral role within the Mental health liaison team. Provide medical leadership input to the liaison service. To work with colleagues in the acute and mental health trusts to integrate psychiatry into acute medical care to improve patient outcomes.

The starting salary for this post is aligned with point 04 of the consultant pay scale (£123,672 -£150,569), in line with Trust policy for newly appointed consultants. Placement on the scale will be reviewed where applicable NHS consultant experience can be evidenced.

Main duties of the job:

• The Trust has much to offer as a place to work and Yorkshire has much to offer as a place to live.
• We encourage diversity and understand that everyone's circumstances are unique.
• We actively encourage any prospective candidates to get in touch if they have any questions or would like to discuss any aspect of this exciting post.

Job responsibilities:

• For full advert, job description and person specification, please see attached supporting documents.

Transport:

• Essential: Holds and will use valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative.

Skills and Knowledge:

• Essential: Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training.
• Ability to work in and lead a team.
• Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership and collaborative working to deliver improvement.
• Participated in continuous professional development.
• Participated in research or service evaluation.
• Able to use and appraise clinical evidence.
• Has actively participated in clinical audit and quality improvement programmes.

Qualifications:

• Essential: MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
• Desirable: Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.

Personal Attributes:

• Essential: Demonstrates emotional intelligence and leadership skills.
• Able to work flexibly and efficiently prioritise conflicting demands.
• Able to effectively manage time and resources within a team.
• Able to use electronic records.
• Commitment to annual appraisal and revalidation.

Eligibility:

• Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
• Included on the GMC Specialist Register for Liaison and/or Old Age OR within six months of gaining CCT.
• Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within three months of appointment.

Experience:

• Essential: Excellent knowledge in specialty.
• Able to provide clinical leadership to a multi-professional team and liaise with a wide variety of agencies.
• 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.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

Employer details: South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust, Calderdale Royal Hospital, Salterhebble, Halifax, HX3 0PW, United Kingdom.