Consultant Psychiatrist, Chiltern Crisis Resolution
| Posting date: | 23 May 2025 |
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| Salary: | £105,504.00 to £139,882.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £105504.00 - £139882.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 21 June 2025 |
| Location: | High Wycombe, HP11 1NH |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9267-25-0677 |
Summary
The consultant psychiatrist will provide senior medical input and clinical leadership to the Crisis team. The post holder will have responsibility for those patients seen by himself/herself, together with those patients seen by medical staff directly supervised by the post holder. The post holder will work with the team manager and other senior colleagues in the team to ensure the effective functioning and development of the service. The post holder will be expected to provide direct clinical care and ensure medical involvement in reviewing care plans. The post holder will be expected to produce timely written correspondence to relevant professionals documenting assessments, on-going management, progress, and eventual discharge using the Trust IT and clinical records system training will be provided. The post holder will be expected to collaborate with other agencies. In particular, this will include liaison with staff from other teams to manage smooth and timely transfer into and out of the team. The post holder will be expected to contribute to the collection of data as required by the Trust and other relevant agencies. This includes the timely recording of clinical activity data, and participation in clinical audit with appropriate administrative support. The post holder will be expected to attend regular directorate managerial meetings as necessary, particularly the Medical Advisory Committee and Directorate/Managerial liaison meetings. The post holder would be expected to participate in both a CPD peer group and a clinical supervision group with fellow medical colleagues. The post holder would be expected to maintain their own programme of training and CPD accreditation with the support of their lead consultant/Associate Medical Director/Clinical Director. Medical colleagues normally cross-cover for each other for annual leave, study leave and brief periods of sickness absence; in addition, there is a daytime cover rota. The consultants take part the Buckinghamshire Adults of Working Age out-of-hours rota. This is a 1 in 16 rota currently, with 3%, band A intensity. There is full shift resident on call cover out of hours. The appointee will be entitled to study leave (up to 30 days over 3 years) and expenses according to the Trusts (currently £2,700 over 3 years), in line with national terms and conditions of service.