Consultant Psychiatrist

Come join the team as a Consultant Psychiatrist at The Copse, a well established 24 bed locked rehabilitation service for men in Weston-Super-mare. Weston-Super-Mare is a popular tourist destination ideally situated for rural and coastal living. It is close to Bristol which has an international airport and national rail services.
Working between 30- 37.5 hours a week, you will work with the multidisciplinary team in delivering patient centred care. 
Your responsibilities will include:

• Management of complex cases
• Care plan and treatment formulation, guidance on evidence-based treatment and effectiveness
• Liaison and collaborative working with care co-ordinators, commissioners, families and carers and other services/agencies
• Mental Health Act implementation and liaison with Ministry of Justice (if applicable)
• Multi-disciplinary, multi-agency and partnership working including oversight of the physical health management of patients in partnership with the visiting General Practitioner
• Administrative duties associated with the care of patients including ensuring all NHSE contractual obligations are met
• Contribution to clinical governance and responsibility for setting and monitoring standards
• Participation in clinical audit and quality improvement activities and service/team evaluation and the planning of future service developments
• Maintenance of professional registration with the General Medical Council and to abide by professional codes of conduct

* The hospital runs a two-tier on-call system with first tier on-call provided by associate specialists and agency on-call. The post holder will be required to be part of the second tier hospital on-call as the duty Responsible Clinician
To be successful in this role, you will need:

• MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
• Full GMC registration with licence to practice
• MRCPsych or MRCPsych equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists
• To hold Section 12(2) approval to work in England and Approved clinician status.
• Previous experience working in rehabilitation settings is desirable.

What you will get:

• Competitive annual salary plus £8,400 car allowance
• 30 days (pro-rata) annual leave plus bank holidays and your birthday off!
• A Group Personal Pension Plan (GPPP) and pension contribution
• Life Assurance
• Enhanced Maternity Package
• Free meals while on duty
• Employee Assistance Services
• Career development and training
• Wellbeing support and activities
• Voluntary benefits
• Medical indemnity cover

There are also a range of other benefits including retail discounts and special offers, car leasing without a credit check and much more.

About your next employer

You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move. 

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally. 

The safety of our service users and colleagues is our priority and as such we encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility and are committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of service users. Candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure.