Consultant Psychiatrist in General Adult Psychiatry, Recovery Team

Branch: Enniskillen Area
Location: South West Acute Hospital
Directorate: Adult Mental Health & Disability Services
Functional Area: Adult Mental Health & Learning Disability Services
Salary: £110,681 - £145,517 Per Annum
Contract Type: Permanent
Closes: Fri, 29 January 2027 @ 3:30 PM

Recruitment and Retention Premium
Due to challenges in filling this role, the Trust has received approval from the Department of Health to apply a Recruitment and Retention Premium (RRP) to this position for successful applicants joining HSCNI. The rate of 20% of the basic starting salary will be applied as RRP, exclusive of any clinical excellence or discretionary points and any on call availability supplement. The RRP will normally be paid as a lump sum. The RRP is a fixed rate for the 2 year period and is not uplifted by incremental progression or by any uplift arising from pay awards. The allowance is non-pensionable.

Please be aware you will be expected to remain in the post for at least 2 years and that the premium will be repayable if you leave the post before the end of the 2 year period. It is important to note that this RRP does not apply to applicants applying from within HSCNI.

Flexible Working
Successful applicants have the opportunity to request Flexible Working from the 1st day of their employment. A number of Flexible Working provisions are offered by all HSC Organisations, what provisions are available depends on the role being undertaken.

Current Service
The Trust wishes to recruit 1 whole time equivalent Consultant General Adult Psychiatrist to cover Community Mental health care in the Fermanagh catchment area (Approximately 60,000 people). This is a replacement post based in the South West Acute Hospital. The core responsibility for consultants within Adult Mental Health Services will be to treat patients aged between 18 and 64 inclusive. The new consultant contract terms and conditions of service will apply and a job plan based on 10 Programmed Activities, including up to 2.5 Programmed Activities for Supporting Professional Activities per week will be developed jointly with the Trust's Medical Director/Divisional Director of Psychiatry/Lead Clinician for the Northern Sector and the post holder.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Help develop a comprehensive treatment service to deliver a high quality response to those suffering from a range of mental health problems based on quality assured evidence based practice.
• Provide advice on the medical care of clients within the respective service area alongside consultant colleagues.
• Take overall responsibility for a defined caseload of community patients, with responsibility shifting to the Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Service when required.
• Provide professional supervision to other medical staff and manage junior medical staff time and duties, including Psychiatric trainees, GP trainees and Foundation Year 2 doctors.
• Contribute to undergraduate, post-graduate and continuing medical education, including teaching, examination and accreditation duties.
• Participate in an out of hours rota with other consultant psychiatric colleagues, covering general adult psychiatry, old age psychiatry and the Asha inpatient addictions unit.
• Perform duties under the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 and the Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016.
• Participate in clinical, multi-professional and medical audit, quality enhancement and service evaluation projects.
• Advise the Director of Adult Mental Health and Disabilities on service planning and development, and liaise regularly with General Practitioners.

Essential Criteria

• Hold or be eligible for Full General Medical Council (London) and Licence to Practise, and be on or be eligible to be on the GMC Specialist Register for General Adult Psychiatry.
• 7 years post registration experience including 5 years in psychiatry and 3 years Higher Professional Training.
• Be on or be eligible for the Part II list for administration of Mental Health Order (NI) 1986.
• Hold a current full driving licence valid for use in the UK and have access to a car or an approved form of transport on appointment.

Desirable Criteria

• MRC Psych or equivalent.
• Experience of or qualification in management.
• Research or publications.

The Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer. The duties and responsibilities outlined in this job description are not intended to be definitive nor restrictive, and may be amended to meet the changing needs of the Trust.