Job Description

We are recruiting for a substantive Consultant Psychiatrist to join our General Adult community services covering Hull East and Hull West CMHT.



The service covers a total population of approximately 175,729 and accepts young people and adults with all psychiatric illnesses in the age range of 14-65. The team covers an area of high socioeconomic deprivation, with a very high proportion of young people with NEET status (not in employment, education or training).



Hull East and Hull West Community Mental Health Team works according to the New Ways of Working Model, with the Consultant providing consultation to care coordinators. The team has a full complement of Care Co-ordinators, Social Workers and Clinical Support Nurses. The team has an active in-house training programme and is increasingly family orientated in its overall approach to complement individual support, relapse prevention and other Therapies.



The team expects to receive on average 30 new referrals a week. The referrals can come from the GP, triaged by Mental Health Triage and Assessment Team, and Acute Mental Health Wards It is expected that all team members (apart from the support workers) carry roughly equivalent numbers of cases as care co-ordinators.



The consultant psychiatrist is expected to carry a compact caseload of the most complex and unstable cases but will also be available at short notice to provide consultation and advice to other team members, although they are not required to act as care co-ordinator.



We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website



We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.



We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you'll need to get you started.



We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.



Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.



We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.



From city to countryside, market towns to moors you'll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.



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As a consultant working for Hull East and West CMHT, you will have responsibility for the provision of safe and effective care and treatment. You will share the vision of integrated and multi-disciplinary working and actively engage in the development of the service through research and support.



The post holder would be expected to be approved as a Responsible Clinician or be willing to undertake training to obtain Section 12(2) MHA and will be expected to renew this approval according to agreed procedures.



The ability to commute within the Trusts geographical area with access to the appropriate means of transport is essential.



Please read our attached and Person Specification for more information on our exciting role available.