Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
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Job overview
We are delighted to recruit a dynamic Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist to provide consultant leadership to the Award-winning Red Kite View Adolescent inpatient unit in West Yorkshire.
The service supports young people experiencing significant psychiatric, psychological or emotional problems that are causing them interpersonal, educational and social functioning difficulties. The service team will work closely with community mental health teams and other services across West Yorkshire to supporting young peoples’ mental health including the NHS, local authorities and third sector providers.
Main duties of the job
Are you committed to providing high quality patient care? WE need you to help us achieve our goals; to live our lives free from stigma and discrimination; and to improve the lives of people with a learning disability and mental ill health.
Here are Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) we are an organisation committed to providing high quality care to improve health and lives which seeks to provide outstanding mental health and learning disability services as an employer of choice and while maintaining the values of simplicity, integrity and care for those in need.
The Trust strategy is built upon three priorities:
- Delivering great care that is high quality and improves lives
- Providing a rewarding and supportive place to work
- Using resources to deliver effective and sustainable services
Further information can be found here
Working for our organisation
LYPFT are in the process of agreeing in partnership a revised and increased starting salary for newly appointed consultants which aims to be agreed soon. This post will be in scope for the new consultant salary range once agreed.
In addition to this we offer a wide range of benefits to help support a healthy work-life balance and support your overall health and wellbeing including:
- Excellent relocation package
- Annual leave entitlement as per the terms and conditions of Consultant contract
- On-site parking
- Cycle to work & car leasing schemes
- Wide range of Health & Wellbeing benefits
This is a 5 PA post plus a 1% category B availability for out of hours on-call duties.
As well as the offer of financial support for relocation (up to £8,000*) we want to understand what flexibility means to you, do you want to work condensed hours? Do you have caring responsibilities? Is there a certain day which you cannot work for personal reasons?Then talk to us.
- subject to conditions.
What you will get:
- Supportive and friendly colleagues
- Personalised Coaching and Mentoring
- Weekly academic teaching
- Access to NHS Leadership and Development opportunities, including opportunity to become an appraiser and educational / training development opportunities
- Annual Medical Leadership development day
- Generous study leave allowance (averaging 10 days per year and up to 30 days leave over 3 years with a budget of £1000 per annum)
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will join another full time Consultant psychiatrist to look after 16 General Adolescent beds. There is also 6 bedded PICU which is covered by another full time consultant. They will be further supported by 2 full time specialty doctors and psychiatric trainees.As a new unit this is an exciting opportunity to be involved in the shaping of a gold-standard service.
**Please note any correspondence following application will be sent via trac.jobs & the Trust's Resourcing Team**
Person specification
Team working
Essential criteria- Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement in various settings
Excellent knowledge in specialty
Essential criteria- demonstrating the use of bio-psycho-social perspective and wider medical knowledge
Ability to work in and lead MDT work
Essential criteria- demonstrating leadership qualities and abilities in the application with clear examples of mdt working
Participated in research or service evaluation.
Essential criteria- examples of publication or demonstration of a project in application leading to service development or improvement
Ability to deliver teaching and training
Essential criteria- Demonstrate in application about teaching and training medical students, trainees, other members of the MDT. Bonus points for training non-medical prescribers or any other non medical professionals towards service improvement such as Physician Associates.
Applications are welcomed from candidates who wish to apply for a position on the basis of a smarter (Hybrid) or flexible working arrangement – please contact the Recruitment Team if you have any queries regarding this in terms of your initial application.
Where candidates are successful at interview, flexible working arrangement requests will be taken into consideration and may be accommodated where the needs of the service allow.
Please note that from 1^st July 2018, all new employees are required to subscribe to the DBS Update Service, DBS checks for volunteers remain free of charge.
LYPFT is committed to upholding its’ statutory responsibilities in relation to safeguarding adults and children. Please refer to job description for further information.
Patient Safety is a priority at LYPFT with a focus on system-based improvement and creating opportunities for learning. We will ensure compassionate engagement with all those involved in an incident and all incidents are met with a proportionate response.
LYPFT is a member of the Disability Confident scheme and is committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process.
As part of the Trust's commitment to its Gold Standard Armed Forces Covenant status, members of the Armed Forces Community are entitled to a guaranteed interview subject to meeting the role criteria.
We welcome applicants with lived experience of providing unpaid care and/or support to a family member or friend with a disability, health condition, frailty, mental health problem, addiction or other health needs.
Please note that the Trust reserves the right to close the vacancy before the closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received. It is in the candidates best interest to apply as soon as possible.
In view of Home Office Immigration Regulations all applicants must state their current immigration status, including expiry dates.
In submitting an application form, you authorise Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the ESR IAT process should you be appointed to the post.
In submitting an application for a role please ensure that you only declare qualifications that are relevant to the role itself. We reserve the right to check all declared qualifications on an application form, whether they are directly relevant to the role or not.
If you have not received any further communication from us within four weeks you are asked to assume that your application has been unsuccessful. If you should have any queries regarding progress with your application form please contact us.
Please note: The Trust does not offer reimbursement of interview expenses.