[ref. v35294702] Consultant Psychiatrist and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer

A Vacancy at Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust.

Consultant Psychiatrist and Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer (10PA)

*RRP payment Payable*

This post will attract a Recruitment & Retention Premia for 3 years as follows:

20% of basic salary in the first 12 months

15% of basic salary in the second 12 months

10% of basic salary in the third 12 months

Eligibility criteria do apply. Please note that staff currently employed by the Trust would not be eligible to apply for this recruitment and retention premia.

We are excited to launch the recruitment of this exciting and innovative new post, which has been developed in partnership with The Pears Cumbria School of Medicine. The role has two parts to it:

Consultant Psychiatrist– this would be a permanent role and we have opportunities available in a wide range of psychiatric specialties within The Bay locality. The main work base would be dependent on the clinical role undertaken. The clinical services are based either in Barrow in Furness, Kendal or Lancaster/Morecambe within The Bay locality.

Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer– this would be for 3 years (with a satisfactory annual review) and based at the Pears Cumbria School of Medicine in Carlisle.

There may be the opportunity to contribute to the Consultant On Call rota, for which additional remuneration would be paid.

This is an exciting opportunity for a Consultant Psychiatrist to join LSCft and to be an Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at the Pears Cumbria School of Medicine.

The PCSM graduate-entry MBBS programme will equip students with generalist skills and the ability to adapt and apply knowledge to different environments, circumstances and challenges.

The other part to the post will be as a practising clinician, embedded in the relevant clinical service within the Trust. Consultant job descriptions are available for each service, and are available for your speciality on request, including details of the service, staffing establishments and an example clinical job plan.

Applicants should hold full GMC registration and be included on the GMC Specialist Register or they should be eligible for entry to the Specialist Register within 6 months of the interview date.

The 10 PA role would include up to 4 PAs for educational time, 3.5 PAs for clinical time and 2.5 PAs for SPA time. Other benefits of this role include:

• At least 2.5 SPAs as standard for a full time post (we would be flexible in looking at enhancements to support other activities that support the wider ambitions of the Trust).
• Excellent peer support group
• Study leave budget of £3000 over 3 years or up to £5000 over 3 years for newly qualified Consultants
• Opportunities to be a clinical supervisor
• Relocation package available.

At our Trust, we're really keen to develop our Consultant workforce and nurture their areas of interest in a flexible way where possible. Come and have a chat with us about what your special interest or development area and build a suitable job plan with us.

We also have an extremely active Medical Education department and support our Consultants in becoming Clinical & Educational Supervisors and nurturing their interests in this area. There are also opportunities to have a role in Digital Leadership if this is a passion for any of our Consultants.

It is a requirement that applicants are Section 12 Approved at the time of commencing employment and have or are eligible to have Approved Clinician Status. Remuneration will be as set out in the terms of the New Consultant Contract according to previous experience.

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification for more details about this exciting, new post.

The Job Description has been submitted to the Royal College of Psychiatrists for approval.

This advert closes on Monday 25 Nov 2024