About this role
Job summary
We are seeking to recruit a Specialty Doctor to join our East Early Intervention in Psychosis Service. This service forms part of the overall Community Mental Health provision in the City of Birmingham and works closely with other specialty teams, providers and services to deliver a high quality service.
The clinical base is The Washwood Heath Wellbeing Centre, 4 Clodeshall Road, Birmingham B8 3SN.
The service comprises specialist and dedicated mental health professionals including psychiatrists, senior mental health practitioners, clinical psychologist, occupational therapist and psychotherapists. The post older will work under the supervision of the Consultant Psychiatrist and will have a close working relationship with members of the MDT and liaison with other doctors in primary and secondary care.
The successful postholder should hold full registration with the GMC and have completed at least two years experience or training in psychiatry.
Main duties of the job
The Specialty Doctor will be a member of the EIP MDT at The Washwood Heath Centre and support the East EIP MDT Team. They will be involved in the assessment and management of young people (16-35 years) with mental ill health and neurodevelopmental conditions. The post holder will also contribute to providing psychiatric and medical risk management and co-work with multi-agency professionals such as social services.
About us
Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. We provide a comprehensive health care service to those people living in Birmingham and Solihull who are experiencing mental health problems. We serve a culturally and socially diverse population of over a million, spread over 172 square miles, have an annual budget of £760 million and a dedicated workforce of more than 6,000 staff - making us one of the largest and most complex mental health foundation trusts in the country.
Our catchment population is ethnically diverse and characterised in places by high levels of deprivation, low earnings and unemployment. These factors create a higher requirement for access to health services and a greater need for innovative ways of engaging people from the most affected areas. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people's lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For a detailed description of the role and its main responsibilities, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person Specification
Scoring
Essential
- oRecognised medical degree
- oFull GMC registration with a licence to practice
- oEligible for approval under Section 12(2) of the Mental Health Act.
- oCompleted at least four years' full-time postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained on a part-time or flexible basis) at least two of which will be within a psychiatry training programme or as a fixed term specialty trainee within psychiatry; or have equivalent experience and competences.
- oCommitment to personal programme of Continuing Professional Development.
- oAt least two years experience of working in psychiatry, including working with people suffering from severe mental illness.
- oExperience of teaching and training at an undergraduate/postgraduate level
- oCommitment to clinical audit and quality improvement within multi-disciplinary team.
- oFlexibility and adaptability to respond to changing service needs.
- oExcellent communication skills.
- oAbility to work creatively within multi-disciplinary team.
- oDemonstrable interest in the provision of gender sensitive mental health service
- oAble to travel across the community base area
Desirable
- oMRCPsych or equivalent
- oApproved under Section 12(2) of the Mental Health Act (1983)
- oBroad clinical training in psychiatry including both inpatient and community service
- oExperience serving a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic population.
- oExperience of providing psychological and/or social interventions
- oExperience of contributing to or completion of a service improvement project
- oCompleted clinically relevant audit projects
- oSkills in working with individuals who are difficult to engage.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
Address
East Early Intervention in Psychosis Team, Washwood Heath Health & Wellbeing Centre
4 Clodeshall Road
Birmingham
B8 3SN
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.bsmhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)