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CONSULTANT IN ADULT
GENERAL PSYCHIATRY
RENFREWSHIRE HSCP
INFORMATION PACK
REF: 38470D
CLOSING DATE: NOON ON 2ND OCTOBER 2015
www.nhsggc.org.uk/medicaljobs
SUMMARY INFORMATION
POST: CONSULTANT ADULT GENERAL PSYCHIATRIST
BASE: MILE END MILL AND DYKEBAR HOSPITAL
Applications are invited for a full-time post in General Adult Psychiatry based in West
Renfrewshire. Mental Health services in Renfrewshire are provided by integrated health
and social work multidisciplinary CMHTs, supported by an intensive home treatment
team and a primary care mental health team.
This full time (10 PA) post is based at the West Renfrewshire Community Mental Health
Team (CMHT), with in patient duties in South Ward, Dykebar. The post holder will be
supported by appropriate medical secretary time. Responsibilities will be shared
between a total of 10 general adult psychiatrists in Renfrewshire, and the successful
applicant would be expected to work closely with colleagues to provide a full range of
services to patients.
The successful candidate would be encouraged to take the opportunities available for
further education and continuing professional development. There are active education
and audit programmes within the service. Out of Hours on call responsibilities will be
shared with other consultant colleagues on an approximately 1:32 rota.
Applicants must have full registration with the General Medical Council, a licence to
practice and be eligible for inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register. Those trained in
the UK should have evidence of higher Specialist Training in adult general psychiatry
leading to a CCT in Psychiatry or eligibility for specialist registration (CESR) or be within
six months of confirmed entry at the date of interview. Non UK applicants must
demonstrate equivalent training.
For further information please contact Dr. Alex Thom, Clinical Director Adult Mental
Health Services on 0141-314 4079 or email Alex.Thom@ggc.scot.nhs.uk or Dr Sinead
McAree on 0141 618 5600 0r email Sinead.McAree@ggc.scot.nhs.uk
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
CONSULTANT IN GENERAL ADULT PSYCHIATRY
GREATER GLASGOW & CLYDE
RENFREWSHIRE HSCP
West Renfrewshire CMHT, Paisley
JOB DESCRIPTION
CONSULTANT GENERAL ADULT PSYCHIATRIST –
West Renfrewshire CMHT
Applications are invited from a dynamic and enthusiastic individual for this 10 PA
General Adult post. Responsibilities would be shared, along with the other Consultants,
for a weighted adult population of 46,000 people in West Renfrewshire sector with in
patient beds located in Dykebar Hospital. There is an established Community Mental
Health Team in West Renfrewshire, and the successful applicant will be expected to
work closely with colleagues to provide a full range of services to inpatients and
outpatients. They will join 18 other Consultants in Renfrewshire and will take part in a
combined on call rota on a pro rata basis. They will be supported by Junior Doctor time
and Medical Secretary input.
1.
Present Service Provision
Community mental health services in Renfrewshire are part of Renfrewshire HSCP, and
cover a total population of 181,481. The Mental Health Partnership for Greater Glasgow and
Clyde supports and coordinates the delivery of adult mental health services delivered by
CHCPs in four divisions across the Board area: South Clyde, South Glasgow, West
Glasgow and Northeast Glasgow.
The Head of Service for Mental Health in Renfrewshire is Katrina Phillips and the Clinical
Director is Dr Alexander Thom. The Community services manager is James Clocherty. The
Associate Medical Director for Mental Health is Dr Michael Smith, and the HSCP Chief
Officer is David Leese.
Inpatient psychiatric services in Renfrewshire are provided at Dykebar and
Leverndale Hospitals, which have 37 acute inpatient beds. The hospital has access
to a total of 8 intensive psychiatric care unit beds based in Inverclyde. A total of 20
beds provide inpatient intensive rehabilitation and continuing care services for
South Clyde and are based at Dykebar.
Adult Mental Health Services are currently based round two joint health and social
work community mental health teams (CMHTs) - a Paisley CMHT based at the
Charleston Centre, Paisley and a West Renfrewshire/Renfrew CMHT based at Mile
End Mill in Paisley.
The Paisley CMHT is based at the Charleston Centre, and currently comprises 1
Staff Grade, 1 Nurse Team Leader, 5.0 Band 7s, 3.0 Band 5-6, 2.0 Support
Workers, 2.0 OT's, 1.0 Consultant Psychologist, 1.0 Social Worker Team Leader,
4.0 Social Workers, 1.0 Social work Assistant, and 3.0 SW Support Workers.
The West Renfrewshire/Renfrew Adult Community Mental Health Team currently consists
of 2 job share nurse team leaders, 1 Social work Team Leader,5.0 Band 7s, 3.0 Band 5-6
Nurses, 5.0 Support Workers, 1.0 Senior Occupational Therapist, 1.0 Grade A Psychologist,
4.0 Social Workers/MHOs and 1.0 Social Work Assistant.
The “Doing Well” team (12 clinicians including 0.2 WTE consultant psychiatrist) provides
treatment for all patients presenting with a new episode of low mood in Renfrewshire.
The “Intensive Home Treatment Team” (IHTT) provides emergency assessments,
gatekeeps all new admissions and provides home treatment where indicated. The
team operates from 9am to 8pm weekdays and 10am to 6pm weekends and
holidays. The team comprises of 1.0 Consultant Psychiatrist,0.5 Specialty Doctor,
1.8 Team Secretaries, 1 Team Leader, 8 Senior IHTT Practitioners (7 nurses & 1
social worker) and 4 IHTT Practitioners (all of which are nurses).
There are separate teams for Liaison Psychiatry and Rehabilitation Services.
Patients in Renfrewshire have access to specialist psychology, psychotherapy and
addiction services. The GG&C Perinatal Service, based at Leverndale, provides
GG&C wide services and the ESTEEM service provides Early Intervention
Psychosis services. Forensic service provision includes a forensic CMHT for South
Clyde. The Community Eating Disorder Service Is based in East Glasgow with
admission beds at Stobhill.
Child and Adolescent Services are based at old Renfrew Health Centre but the inpatient
beds are provided at Gartnavel Royal Hospital and Yorkhill Hospital respectively. There are
10 Learning Disability assessment/treatment beds and a Community Learning Disability
Team.
2.
Medical Staffing (Renfrewshire Division of Psychiatry)
(i)
Paisley Sector
Dr Alex Thom – General Adult Psychiatry / Clinical Director
Dr Alistair Kinniburgh – General Adult Psychiatry
Dr Mark McAllister – General Adult Psychiatry
Dr Shilpa Shivaprasad - General Adult psychiatry
Dr Greg King – General Adult Psychiatry (Specialty Doctor)
Dr Stella Shanmugan – General Adult Psychiatry (Specialty Doctor)
ii)
West Renfrewshire/Renfrew Sector
Dr Peter Bennie- General Adult Psychiatry / BMA Chairman
Dr Joan Thomson– General Adult Psychiatry/Continuing Care and Rehabilitation
Dr Baljeet Kaur – General Adult Psychiatry
Dr Nagore Penades- General Adult Psychiatry
Dr Lynne Doig Inglis – General Adult Psychiatry (Specialty Doctor)
Dr Kim Hickey – General Adult Psychiatry (Specialty Doctor)
(iii)
Medical Staff Working within other specialties
Dr Michael Smith – General Adult Psychiatry/ Lead Associate Medical Director for
Mental Health
Dr Sinead McAree –Lead Clinician and IHTT
Dr Emma Earl IHTT Specialty Doctor ( 5 sessions)
Dr Maria Oto -Liaison Psychiatry (p/t)
Dr Alison Blair -Lead Clinician and Consultant for ESTEEM service
Dr Charles McMahon – Addictions Psychiatry
Dr Ann Graham– Learning Disability Psychiatry
Dr Alex Wootton - Learning Disability Psychiatry
Dr Katy Wheeldon - Psychotherapy
Dr Rob Gray – Old Age Psychiatry
Dr Mark Webster – Old Age Psychiatry
Dr Diane Lusman– Old Age Psychiatry
Dr Sumit Sharma – Old Age Psychiatry
There are also 9 ST1-3 posts (and one FY2 post), and generally 1-3 senior
trainees at any one time.
3.
Duties of the Post
This 10 PA consultant post is based at the West Renfrewshire Community Mental
Health Team. The successful applicant will be expected to work with colleagues to
provide a comprehensive General Adult Psychiatric service to the West
Renfrewshire area. This area has a weighted population of 46,000.
The successful candidate will be expected to provide a comprehensive range of
services to General Adult patients and graduate elderly patients. This will include
inpatient and outpatient treatments working as part of a multi-disciplinary team. In
patient beds are located in South Ward, Dykebar hospital. The current bed
provision is 13.
He or she will participate in the daytime on call rota, out of hours on call rota
(Renfrewshire is covered by the GG&C OOH CPN service) and cover for
colleagues during absence in line with arrangements set out in the National Terms
and Conditions. The on call rota covers the whole of Renfrewshire and full time
Consultants are on call 2 or 3 days per month. Domiciliary visits, court reports,
Mental Health Act/Adults with Incapacity work and liaison assessments will be
undertaken as required. The post will have sessional support as required from a
Medical Secretary and access to a ST1-3/FY2 doctor.
In the Paisley sector 43% of the population are within DEPCAT 1-4 and 57% are
within DEPCAT 5-7, for an adult population of 56,734. The West CMHT is based at
Anchor Mill in Paisley, and provides services to Renfrew, Johnstone, Linwood,
Kilbirnie, Erskine, Lochwinnoch and surrounding areas. (In the West
Renfrewshire/Renfrew sector, 62% of the population are within DEPCAT 1-4 and
38% are within DEPCAT 5-7, which represents average levels of deprivation for
Scotland).
Continuing Professional Development
The post holder will be expected to maintain good professional standing for CPD
with the Royal College of Psychiatrists. There is a study leave budget and medical
staff are encouraged to ensure that they keep their practice up to date. In addition
the post holder will be expected to take part in the annual cycles of peer review,
appraisal and job planning.
4.
Teaching/Administration
The post holder will undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of
patients and the proper function of the clinical team including appraisal, clinical and
non-clinical supervision of medical staff and clinical supervision of non-medical
staff. He or she will also be expected to participate in the broader aspect of
administration and management within the Renfrewshire Division of Psychiatry and
the Renfrewshire Community Health Partnership.
It is expected that the successful candidate will take part in Job Planning,
Appraisal, Peer Review and Continuing Professional Development. Participation in
audit or research is encouraged. The post holder will be actively involved in the
teaching of undergraduate medical students. In addition the post holder will be
expected to participate in the postgraduate teaching of medical staff and staff of
other disciplines.
5.
Other Information
Informal enquiries will be welcomed by Dr Alex Thom, Clinical Director, Dykebar
Hospital (0141 314 4079).
PROPOSED TIMETABLE
MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
Dykebar- Internal
Teaching
Psychological therapy
Ward duties
meetings
West Ren CMHT West Ren CMHT
South ward
Monthly Division ofWest Ren CMHT
a.m.
(Clinical meeting) OPC
Dykebar Hospital
Psychiatry
OPC
CPA etc
Meetings
(SPA)
West Ren CMHT
Ward Duties
West Ren CMHT
OPC
South ward
p.m.
OPC
Dykebar
Clinical Administration
South ward
Session
Dykebar Hospital
This job plan is negotiable and will be agreed between the successful applicant and
the Clinical Director. NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde initially allocates all full
time consultants 10 PAs made up of 9 PAs in Direct Clinical Care (DCC) and one
core Supporting Professional Activities (SPA) for CPD, audit, clinical governance,
appraisal, revalidation, job planning, internal routine communication and
management meetings. The precise allocation of SPA time and associate objectives
will be agreed with the successful applicant and will be reviewed at annual job
planning.
Person Specification
Consultant – General Adult Psychiatry
Essential
 Applicants must have full GMC registration, a licence to practice and
be eligible for inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register. Those trained
in the UK should have evidence of higher specialist training leading to
a CCT in General Adult Psychiatry or eligibility for specialist
registration (CESR) or be within 6 months of confirmed entry from the
date of interview. Non-UK applicants must demonstrate equivalent
training.
Attributes
Essential
Education and
Qualifications:
MRCPsych or equivalent.
Desirable
Full GMC registration with current
Licence to Practice.
Inclusion on GMC Specialist Register
(or be within 6 months of confirmed
entry onto the Specialist Register from
the date of interview).
Section 22 approval or willingness to
gain approval following appointment.
Experience:
o Expertise in
generalist
field
o Expertise in
subspecialty
field
Demonstrate
experience
General Psychiatry.
within
Experience of working within and
developing
partnership
structures
within a mental health environment.
Experience
of
working
with
stakeholders, carers and service users
to develop and improve the patient
journey.
Demonstrable record of professional
achievements within a mental health
environment, evidenced by specific
examples throughout their career.
Team Working
Committed to working effectively within Demonstration of clinical
the multi-disciplinary team evidenced leadership
with examples throughout career.
Teaching
Training
& Ability to train and supervise junior Experience
Research
Publications
&
medical staff, medical students and
other members of the multi-disciplinary
team;
demonstrating
a
flexible
approach to reflect varied learning
styles.
of teaching and
training
postgraduate
and
undergraduate medical staff and
other professional groups and/or
carer/service user groups.
Demonstrate an interest to
participate in research and
encourage
evidence
based
practice.
Clinical Audit
Demonstrate breadth of knowledge Evidence
of
audit
cycle
and
understanding
of
Clinical completion.
Governance agenda within Mental
Health.
Evidence of involvement in other
Experience of service development areas of Clinical Governance
utilising Clinical Audit/Governance to (CIRs, ICP, MCNs, critical review
achieve patient centred improvement.
of evidence etc)
Service
Management
Experience of contributing to and Embrace innovative solutions to
supporting service modernisation and deliver modern patient centred
redesign programmes.
services.
Personal
and Demonstrate
effective
clinical Clear evidence of providing
Interpersonal
leadership by demonstrating clinical clinical leadership and ability to
Skills
leadership within multi-disciplinary give examples.
teams
or
organisations.
across
partnership
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE
The conditions of service are those laid down and amended from time to time by the Hospital and Medical
& Dental Whitley Council.
TYPE OF CONTRACT
Permanent
GRADE AND SALARY
Consultant
£76,761.00 - £ 103,490.00 per annum (pro rata)
New Entrants to the NHS will normally commence on the minimum point of the
salary scale, (dependent on qualifications and experience). Salary is paid
monthly by Bank Credit Transfer.
HOURS OF DUTY
Full Time 40.00
SUPERANNUATION
New entrants to NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde who are aged sixteen but
under seventy five will be enrolled automatically into membership of the NHS
Pension Scheme. Should you choose to "opt out" arrangements can be made
to do this via:www.sppa.gov.uk
REMOVAL EXPENSES
Assistance with removal and associated expenses may be given and would be
discussed and agreed prior to appointment.
EXPENSES OF
CANDIDATES FOR
APPOINTMENT
Candidates who are requested to attend an interview will be given assistance
with appropriate travelling expenses.Re-imbursement shall not normally be
made to employees who withdraw their application or refuse an offer of
appointment.
TOBACCO POLICY
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde operate a No Smoking Policy in all premises
and grounds.
DISCLOSURE SCOTLAND
CONFIRMATION OF
ELIGIBILITY TO WORK IN
THE UK
This post is considered to be in the category of “Regulated Work” and
therefore requires a Disclosure Scotland Protection of Vulnerable Groups
Scheme (PVG) Membership.
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) has a legal obligation to ensure
that it’s employees, both EEA and non EEA nationals, are legally entitled to
work in the United Kingdom. Before any person can commence employment
within NHS GGC they will need to provide documentation to prove that they
are eligible to work in the UK. Non EEA nationals will be required to show
evidence that either Entry Clearance or Leave to Remain in the UK has been
granted for the work which they are applying to do. Where an individual is
subject to immigration control under no circumstances will they be allowed to
commence until the right to work in the UK has been verified. ALL applicants
regardless of nationality must complete and return the Confirmation of
Eligibility to Work in the UK Statement with their completed application form.
You will be required provide appropriate documentation prior to any
appointment being made.
REHABILITATION OF
OFFENDERS ACT 1974
The rehabilitation of Offenders act 1974 allows people who have been
convicted of certain criminal offences to regard their convictions as “spent”
after the lapse of a period of years. However, due to the nature of work for
which you are applying this post is exempt from the provisions of Section 4 of
the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 by virtue of the Rehabilitation of
Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions Orders 1975 and 1986). Therefore, applicants
are required to disclose information about convictions which for other purposes
are “spent” under the provision of the act in the event of employment, failure to
disclose such convictions could result in dismissal or disciplinary action by
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. Any information given will be completely
confidential.
DISABLED APPLICANTS
A disability or health problems does not preclude full consideration for the job
and applications from people with disabilities are welcome. All information will
be treated as confidential. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde guarantees to
interview all applicants with disabilities who meet the minimum criteria for the
post.You will note on our application form that we ask for relevant information
with regard to your disability. This is simply to ensure that we can assist you,
if you are called for interview, to have every opportunity to present your
application in full. We may call you to discuss your needs in more detail if you
are selected for interview.
GENERAL
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde operates flexible staffing arrangements
whereby all appointments are to a grade within a department. The duties of an
officer may be varied from an initial set of duties to any other set, which are
commensurate with the grade of the officer. The enhanced experience
resulting from this is considered to be in the best interest of both NHS Greater
Glasgow and Clyde and the individual.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
The postholder will undertake their duties in strict accordance with NHS
Greater Glasgow and Clyde’s Equal Opportunities Policy.
NOTICE
The employment is subject to three months’ notice on either side, subject to
appeal against dismissal.
MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE
In terms of NHS Circular 1989 (PCS) 32 dealing with Medical Negligence the
Health Board does not require you to subscribe to a Medical Defence
Organisation.
Health Board indemnity will cover only Health Board
responsibilities. It may, however, be in your interest to subscribe to a defence
organisation in order to ensure you are covered for any work, which does not
fall within the scope of the indemnity scheme.
FURTHER INFORMATION
For further information on NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, please visit our website on
www.show.scot.nhs.uk
View all our vacanciesat: www.nhsggc.org.uk/medicaljobs
Register for Job Alertsat: www.medicaljobs.scot.nhs.uk
Applicants wishing further information about the post are invited to contact Dr Alex Thom on
0141 314 4079 with whom visiting arrangements can also be made.
HOW TO APPLY
To apply for these posts please include your CV and names and addresses of 3 Referees, along
with the following documents; (click on the hyperlinks to open)
Medical and Dental Application and Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form
Declaration Form Regarding Fitness to Practice
Immigration Questionnaire
Alternatively please visit www.nhsggc.org.uk/medicaljobs and click on the “How to Apply” tab to
access application for and CV submission information.
RETURN OF APPLICATIONS
Please return your application by email to nhsggcrecruitment@nhs.net or to the recruitment
address below;
Medical and Dental Recruitment Team
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Recruitment Services, 1st Floor
Modular Building, Gartnavel Royal Hospital
1055 Great Western Road
GLASGOW
G12 0XH
CLOSING DATE
The closing date will be 2nd October 2015
INTERVIEW DATE
The interview date will be 30th October 2015