Locum Consultant Psychiatrist - Intensive Service, Swindon

Job summary

Fixed Term 12 Months

Are you a Consultant Psychiatrist looking for a new and exciting opportunity to be a clinical leader at the forefront of shaping mental health services? AWP is a large mental health Trust dedicated to the delivery of high quality clinical care. We are an exciting and innovative NHS organisation with performance and service improvement high on our agenda. We are seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist to join the Intensive Service team in Swindon. This post has arisen due to the current incumbent relocating. The successful candidate will join a dynamic and supportive group of consultants already practicing in the locality. We are also recruiting into a Specialty Doctor post to support the Consultant in the team. The post holder will be expected to work in a flexible manner with a dynamic team whilst continuing to develop professionally.

Please refer to the accompanying job description for full details on the roles and responsibilities of this post.

Main duties of the job

The Consultant will deliver direct interventions to service users at a level of intensity according to need including those service users who require an assertive approach who are difficult to engage. This will include on-going assessment, diagnoses (including review and clarification) and treatment of mental and physical health needs. o The Consultant will supervise the medical team that provides medical care and act as Approved Clinician for service users in collaboration with other teams and Consultants. Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership Trust Page 7 of 22 o They will be responsible for the mental health care of service users in line with new ways of working, monitoring and evaluating service delivery and care through regular reviews. o The post holder is expected to collaboratively work with the inpatient teams to provide dedicated lead Consultant input to acute care services coordination, by meeting the needs of service users and enabling timely access to inpatient services, or recovery services, ensuring the CPA planning and aftercare arrangements are in place. o The post holder will participate in gate keeping, attend MHA assessments where appropriate, and facilitating CTO discussions.

About us

We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust) a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care. We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset. Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care