Ready for a New Chapter Beyond the NHS? Join Us in Beautiful Jersey as a Consultant Psychiatrist
Were offering two exciting permanent Consultant Psychiatrist roleswithin Jerseys Community Mental Health Serviceswith the flexibility to tailor your job plan to your interests. These roles can be combined with Liaison Psychiatryor Criminal Justice Psychiatry, giving you variety, autonomy, and the chance to make a real impact across different areas of care.
At Health and Care Jersey, were not part of the NHS which means were agile, well-resourced, and actively reshaping our mental health services to meet the islands needs. Our system is small enough to influence yet large enough to matter.
The successful applicant will be expected to provide medical expertise in the field of Adult CMHT Psychiatry. The key responsibilities and expectations are:
Responsibility for the investigation, diagnosis, and management of psychiatric disorders in a community setting for patients aged 18-65 years.
Providing clinical leadership, support, and advice to the adult community mental health team.
Contribution to the Care and Recovery framework process for individuals who are care co-ordinated.
Supervising one of the staff grade doctors.
Close working relationships with other parts of the mental health care group.
Fulfilling the role of Responsible Officer for detained patients on long term leave in the community, working closely with the Mental Health Law Office to ensure timely delivery of tribunal reports and other documentation linked to Jersey Mental Health Law.
Working collaboratively with service users, families, carers, and the voluntary sector.
Why choose Jersey?
Were looking for motivated and forward-thinking psychiatrists who want to help transform how mental health care is delivered, all while enjoying a truly exceptional place to live and work.
Interested in finding out more? Reach out to our Clinical Lead, Dr Rachel Ruddy, at [email protected]or call01534 445841for a confidential conversation.
Come and experience Jersey for yourself you might not want to leave!"
Liaising with other medical specialties and primary care colleagues as required.
To record clinical activity accurately and contemporaneously on the electronic patient record system and send letters to GPs.
Participating in the in-house teaching programme.
Fulfilling the CPD requirements set by the Royal College of Psychiatrists and participating in a peer group.
Participating in the development and delivery of training programmes for a variety of disciplines aimed at improving the level of expertise and the standard of care for adults with mental health needs within Health and Community Services.
Participating in the all-age 1:14 on-call rota for psychiatry and contribution to the day on call rota for MHLaw assessments.
Working with managers and professional colleagues to ensure the efficient running of the services and to share with consultant colleagues the medical contribution to the management of the service.
Complying with Health and Community Services agreed policies and procedures.
Working effectively with partner organisations who provide services to people with mental health problems and co-morbidity issues as appropriate.
Engagement in service development activities, audits, and monitoring.
Cover for colleagues on annual leave or study leave.
See the attached job description for more information.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Health and Community Services
20 La Chasse
St. Helier
Jersey
Channel Islands
JE2 4UE
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