JOB TITLE: Consultant in Care of the Elderly Psychiatry, Royal Edinburgh Hospital JOB REFERENCE: CG 1867 JOBTRAIN REFERENCE: 020954 CLOSING DATE: 19th May 2020 INTERVIEW DATE: 23rd June 2020 http://careers.nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk Contents Section Section 1: Person Specification Section 2: Introduction to Appointment Section 3: Departmental and Directorate Information Section 4: Main Duties and Responsibilities Section 5: Job Plan Section 6: Contact Information Section 7: Working for NHS Lothian Section 8: Terms and Conditions of Employment Section 9: General Information for Candidates Unfortunately we cannot accept CV’s as a form of application and only application forms completed via the Jobtrain system will be accepted. Please visit https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk for further details on how to apply. You will receive a response acknowledging receipt of your application. This post requires the post holder to have a PVG Scheme membership/record. If the successful applicant is not a current PVG member for the required regulatory group i.e. child and/or adult, then an application will need to be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before the successful post holder can commence work. All NHS Scotland and NHS Lothian Medical vacancies are advertised on our medical jobs microsite: www.medicaljobs.scot.nhs.uk Please visit our Careers website for further information on what NHS Lothian has to offer http://careers.nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk http://careers.nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk Section 1: Person Specification REQUIREMENTS ESSENTIAL DESIRABLE Qualifications and GMC registered medical Additional post-graduate Training practitioner qualifications, e.g. MD/ PhD/MSc Licence to practice Additional sub-specialty CCT in Old Age Psychiatry or training equivalent or within six months of gaining CCT. Eligible for recognition (following training if required) as Approved Medical Practitioner with regard to Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 Experience Higher training in Old Age Psychiatry Experience in providing Experience working in an Old intensive community support Age Psychiatry service for older adults with mental illness Experience of multidisciplinary working Ability Ability to take full responsibility for independent management of patients Ability to communicate effectively and clearly with patients and other team members Academic Evidence of research activity Evidence of research and Achievements and presentations publications in peer reviewed journals Evidence of poster or oral presentations at national or international meetings Teaching and Audit Evidence of commitment to: Experience of designing audits clinical audit Experience of simulation training formal and informal teaching and training of trainee doctors, Evidence of training in clinical medical students and other and / or educational http://careers.nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk clinical staff supervision learning and continuing professional development Motivation Evidence of commitment to: Desire to develop services for patients patient-focused care continuous professional development and life-long learning effective and efficient use of resources Team Working Ability to work in a team with Ability to motivate colleagues colleagues in own and other and act as a clinical leader disciplines Evidence of previous Ability to organise time efficiently managerial training and and effectively experience Reliability Excellent communication skills Circumstances of May be required to work at any Job of NHS Edinburgh and the Lothian’s sites A full current driving licence Section 2: Introduction to Appointment Job Title: Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry Department: Royal Edinburgh Hospital Base: Royal Edinburgh Hospital Full time but applications for part time work will be considered Post Summary: The Edinburgh Old Age Psychiatry Service covers a population of approximately 75,000 people over the age of 65, and also sees younger people with cognitive problems. The service is divided into 4 sectors and these match the locality boundaries of all other health and social care services, including Adult Psychiatry and Substance misuse. The four community mental health teams in each quadrant of Edinburgh have a full complement of community psychiatric nursing, occupational therapy, psychology and administrative staff. These localities are linked to inpatient services at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital. Recently a home treatment team for older adults has been developed to support the whole pathway. The Rapid Response Team has won numerous awards since its opening a couple of years ago and demonstrated NHS Lothian’s commitment to innovate new services for older people’s mental health. http://careers.nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk This post is a full time inpatient post and would suit doctors both at the start of their consultant careers, as well as more established consultants wishing to further develop their individual interests and clinical leadership. Mentoring is available for newly appointed consultants at the start of their consultant careers. The consultant group meets weekly and provides both informal and formal support to colleagues. The service has a strong track record in supporting consultants to develop and expand their roles/careers. Dedicated time for teaching, quality improvement, academic work, medical leadership or clinical work in subjects of particular interest is part of all excising consultant’s job plans. For example one of the National Training Directors in Psychiatry of Old age works in the department. As part of our commitment to flexible working we would also be happy to discuss options for less than full time working for any prospective candidate. Successful consultant careers often include periods of developing new interests and skills both in and out of work, and mental health services in Lothian have a strong track record in supporting people to do this. There is a flourishing and leading Quality Improvement Programme in Mental Health across NHS Lothian including the department of Psychiatry for Older Adults. All clinicians are actively encouraged and supported to become involved in this ongoing quest to achieve the highest quality of care delivery to patients as possible. Edinburgh and the Lothians offer an unequalled quality of life in the UK, with truly world- class cultural, leisure, educational and sporting facilities throughout the city and adjoining areas. The Royal Edinburgh Hospital is in the highly desirable residential area of Morningside, approximately 2 miles from the city centre, with easy transport links to all areas of the city, the airport and surrounding countryside. Professor Craig Ritchie is Professor of the Psychiatry of Ageing and heads the University’s highly regarded dementia research program and contributes to the clinical service. He is actively leading plans to integrate community memory assessment with the Centre for Dementia Prevention in the new Bio-quarter of the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. The University and NHS Lothian have developed strong links between the academic department and the clinical service. Dr Tom Russ, who has a joint clinical / academic post is director of the University of Edinburgh based Alzheimer Scotland Dementia Research Centre. The post-holders will normally participate in an Old Age Psychiatry on-call service for Edinburgh, East and Midlothian, with a frequency of approximately 1 in 12 Section 3: Departmental and Directorate Information The Royal Edinburgh and Associated Services (REAS) division of NHS Lothian provide a range of Mental Health Services to the population of Lothian and other Boards within Scotland, particularly inpatient and regional services. Community mental health services are provided by Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership. The Royal Edinburgh Hospital is located on the south side of the City of Edinburgh. It comprises some 20 wards, 400 beds, bases for community services and outpatient facilities. The hospital provides the following range of specialties:- - Older People’s Mental Health Services (wards and community team base) - Acute psychiatry services including acute care, IPCU and rehabilitation - Mental Health Assessment Service (MHAS) http://careers.nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk - Forensic Psychiatry and Regional Medium Secure Unit - Adolescent Mental Health Services - Psychotherapy Service - Psychology Services - Services for Eating Disorders - Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy Services - Social Services and Mental Health Officer Services In-patient services Assessment Wards All acute admission beds for older adults are provided from within the recently opened Royal Edinburgh Building. All of these wards provide full single en-suite accommodation in a modern, purpose built facility. WARD SEX PATIENT GROUP # BEDS LOCATION Eden F Functional 15 REB Harlaw M Functional 15 REB Canaan M Organic 15 REB Fairmile F Organic 15 REB Hospital Based Continuing Care Wards These are continuing care wards for people who have very complex needs. On the Royal Edinburgh site Pentland M Dementia 15 REH Off site Ferryfield Mixed Dementia 30 NW Edinburgh Prospect Bank Mixed Dementia 25 NE Edinburgh Ellen’s Glen Mixed Functional 30 SE Edinburgh There are currently 3WTE consultants with responsibility for wards on the REH site, Dr Robert Clafferty, Dr Pamela Taylor and THIS POST. Dr Tom Russ (0.5 WTE) and Dr Donald Macintyre (0.2 WTE) have reasonability for the three off-site hospital based continuing care wards. Community Services There are 4 Community Mental Health Teams, Consultant