TH ROYAL COLLEGE APPROVED BY ROYAL COLLEGE OF PSYCHIATRISTS – 18 JUNE 2020 (VALID FOR 2 YEARS) APPROVAL: JOB TITLE: Consultant Psychiatrist - Home Treatment Crisis Response Service DEPARTMENT: Mental Health & Disability BASE/LOCATION: All posts are appointed to the Southern Health and Social Care Trust. The base for this post will be Armagh Community Hospital however the post holder may be required to work on any site within the Southern Health and Social Care Trust. REPORTS TO: Dr P McMahon – Associate Medical Director for Mental Health & Disability ACCOUNTABLE TO: Director of Mental Health & Disability Services SUMMARY OF POST: This replacement post will participate in a 1:20 on-call rota. Current pay supplement is 3%. This is a permanent post. This post will attract a salary of £82,500 - £111,230 per annum. This is a full-time position, however anyone interested in working part-time / job share is also welcome to apply. This post will work alongside a team of dedicated multi-disciplinary staff and a close knit team of Consultant Psychiatrists. Annual leave will be 32 days per annum initially rising to 34 days after 7 years’ seniority, plus 10 statutory and public holidays. The post also has an attractive study leave entitlement of up to 30 days paid leave with expenses in any period of three years. A relocation package may also be available if appropriate. The Southern Trust has established a dedicated revalidation support team which ensures all doctors have an annual appraisal with a trained appraiser and supports all doctors through the revalidation process. The Trust has also appointed corporate, Consultant and SAS Leads for appraisal and revalidation. The Trust supports the requirements for continuing professional development (CPD) as laid down by the GMC and is committed to providing time and financial support for these activities. The post will attract all the terms and conditions and employment benefits associated with an NHS post e.g. NHS indemnity; access to NHS pension scheme and many additional benefits such as child care vouchers etc. THE SOUTHERN TRUST: The Southern Trust is one of the largest employers in Northern Ireland and Craigavon Area and Daisy Hill hospitals form the Southern Trust Acute Hospital Network – employing 13,612 staff and serving a population of over 383,000. Each year in our hospital network there are approximately 58,000 inpatient admissions; 37,000 day cases; 363,000 outpatient appointments; 139,000 Emergency Department attendances; and over 5,500 births. Statistics updated in 2019/20. The Southern Trust provides integrated hospital, community and primary care services to the areas of Armagh, Banbridge, Craigavon, Dungannon, South Tyrone, Newry and Mourne, across the southern part of Northern Ireland. General acute inpatient hospital services are located in Craigavon Area and Daisy Hill Hospitals and acute Mental Health and Learning Disability inpatient hospital services are located in the Bluestone Unit, also based on the Craigavon Area Hospital site. Working in collaboration with GP’s and other agencies, Trust staff provide locally based health and social care services in Trust premises, peoples own homes and in the community. As part of our medical workforce you will be one of the key leaders and role models in our team of outstanding individuals. Our doctors play a vital role in the care and treatment of our patients and in return you can expect to receive a positive experience and an environment that treats you as a valued member of the Trust that will support you and your professional development. But don’t just take our word for it – listen to the comments of a few of our European doctors who have chosen to relocate from their home country and make a career with the Southern Trust: Doctor 1 Doctor 2 Doctor 3 The Southern Trust’s acute hospital network was reaffirmed in 2016 as one of the UK’s Top Hospitals for the fifth consecutive year. The national CHKS Top 40 Hospitals programme recognises acute sector organisations for their achievements in healthcare quality, improvement and performance. The Top Hospitals award is based on the evaluation of over 20 key performance indicators covering safety, clinical effectiveness, health outcomes, efficiency, patient experience and quality of care. As well as being placed in the Top 40 Hospitals, the Southern Trust was shortlisted for the first time ever for the CHKS National Data Quality Improvement Award. Our vision is to 'to deliver safe, high quality health and social care services, respecting the dignity and individuality of all who use them'. WHY SHOULD YOU WORK FOR US? The Southern Trust was the first Trust in Northern Ireland to invest and implement in a fully electronic job planning system which is available for all permanent consultant and SAS doctors. This makes it much easier for doctors to maintain an up to date job plan to ensure they are paid correctly and to support the revalidation and appraisal process. Doctors in longer term temporary posts may also be able to use this system. As well as Corporate and Departmental Induction each new permanent medical employee will have an opportunity to have an informal meeting with the Medical Director at the end of month three / four of commencement with the Trust during which time they can explore the option of job shadowing a non-clinical manager within their speciality for a morning / afternoon. This will be facilitated via the relevant Associate Medical Director. There is also a fully embedded revalidation and appraisal process which supports all doctors with all of their appraisal and revalidation requirements. Opportunities also exist for doctors to avail of the Trust medical mentoring scheme. Follow us on Social Media to hear all the latest news Twitter / Facebook / YouTube / Instagram and LinkedIn. SOME RECENT KEY ACHIEVEMENTS A Day in the life of the SHSCT - YouTube Simulation Training - the first ever Simulation based training in Northern Ireland took place in the Southern Trust Simulation DHH - YouTube Work of Specialist Cardiology Registrars Published! https://southerntrust.hscni.net/work-of-specialist-cardiology-registrars-published/ Acute Care at Home Contributing to Major Research Southern Trust Teams shortlisted for National Awards National Recognition for Rheumatology Mental Health Team Shortlisted for UK Award THE MENTAL HEALTH AND DISABILITY DIRECTORATE The Directorate is managed by a Director and two Assistant Directors. The management team is supported by an Associate Medical Director and two Clinical Directors. The Mental Health Division of the Directorate underwent major service reconfiguration over 10 years ago merging four legacy trusts. All acute in-patient services have been amalgamated onto the Bluestone site including PICU, functional old age admissions, general adult admissions and the Intellectual disability assessment unit. Teams are aligned with General Practitioner practices providing a sector-based service with Support and Recovery consultants having responsibility for all inpatients and outpatients in that sector, with the support of the inpatient and Community Mental Health Teams. Some of the other consultant post are more Primary Care facing. The sector-based approach also applies in Psychiatry of Old Age, but 1 of the four post sits outside that and provides all the consultant input to patients admitted to the functionally mentally ill elderly ward at the Psychiatric Unit, Bluestone. The Consultant posts in the Directorate at present are as follows: Primary Mental Health Care - facing – approx. 2.5 WTE Support and Recovery / Inpatient Care – approx. 7.8 WTE Liaison Psychiatry – 2.0 WTE Home Treatment – 2.0 WTE (this advertisement is to replace one post vacated through retirement and add an additional post to enhance medical input to 3.0 WTE) Rehabilitation and PICU – 1.0 WTE Addictions – 1.0 WTE Eating Disorders and Psychotherapy – 1.0 WTE Psychiatry of Old Age – 4.0 WTE Forensic Psychiatry – 1.0 WTE (includes 0.5 WTE in Shannon Clinic, Belfast Trust) Learning Disability – 5.0 WTE MENTAL HEALTH FACILITIES Bluestone Unit – a 74 bedded unit for acute inpatient care on the Craigavon Hospital site. The new build on the site also houses PICU (Rosebrook) and the Learning Disability Treatment and Assessment Unit (Dorsy). St Luke’s Hospital – still retains beds for the dementia services for the Trust and provides the base for the Forensic Team and the Addictions Service. The Primary Mental Health Care Team and the Home Treatment Team are based at Armagh Community Hospital, Trasna House and Daisy Hill Hospital. Mental Health Resource Centres operate in Craigavon, Dungannon and Newry. Community Team bases in Armagh, Dungannon, Lurgan and Newry. ADULT MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES There are currently three arms to the service; Primary Mental Health Care, Acute Mental Health Care and Support and Recovery, they work across three geographical areas, Craigavon and Banbridge, Newry and Mourne and Armagh and Dungannon. Allied to this are teams for Eating Disorders, Addictions, Forensic Psychiatry and Liaison Psychiatry. PRIMARY MENTAL HEALTH CARE This service is based on the principles of the stepped care model, providing specialist mental health input to tier two/ three. THE ADDICTION SERVICE The Addiction Service is a Trust wide service which is based in St Luke’s Hospital site and provides community based clinics in 9 different locations across the Trust. It also provides enhanced community support and liaises with the inpatient facilities based in Downpatrick and Enniskillen, for this catchment area, to facilitate stepdown and step up of patients. INPATIENT SERVICE The Bluestone Unit is a purpose-built unit on the Craigavon Area Hospital site. It is located adjacent to the PICU. There are 3 Acute General Adult wards each with 18 beds. We have 2/3 consultants feeding into each ward, with cross cover provided each day so that clinical decision making occurs daily. Willows ward has 20 beds and provides acute admission beds for functional psychiatry of old age patients.