Consultant Child and Adolescent PsychiatristLeeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation TrustWe 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 support young people's mental health including the NHS, local authorities and third sector providers. Main duties of the jobAre 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 at 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 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 livesProviding a rewarding and supportive place to workUsing resources to deliver effective and sustainable servicesAs a medical workforce, we provide outstanding secondary care mental health services that allow our service users to feel that they are safe and receiving the latest, high quality, evidence-based care, delivered by motivated, engaged and compassionate staff, who feel supported and enabled to grow in the workplace.
About usLYPFT 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:
Annual leave entitlement as per the terms and conditions of Consultant contractOn-site parkingCycle to work & car leasing schemesWide range of Health & Wellbeing benefitsThis 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 colleaguesPersonalised Coaching and MentoringWeekly academic teachingAccess to NHS Leadership and Development opportunities, including opportunity to become an appraiser and educational/training development opportunitiesGenerous study leave allowance (averaging 10 days per year and up to 30 days leave over 3 years with a budget of £1000 per annum)Job responsibilitiesThe post holder will join another full-time Consultant psychiatrist to look after 16 General Adolescent beds.
There is also a 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.
Person SpecificationDemonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement in various settingsExcellent knowledge in specialty, demonstrating the use of bio-psycho-social perspective and wider medical knowledgeAbility to work in and lead MDT work, demonstrating leadership qualities and abilities in the application with clear examples of MDT workingParticipated in research or service evaluation, with examples of publication or demonstration of a project in application leading to service development or improvementAbility to deliver teaching and training, demonstrating in application about teaching and training medical students, trainees, and 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.Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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.
Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
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