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Specialty Doctor Job Description
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Specialty Doctor Psychiatrist in Assessment and Liaison
Service, North Down and Ards Sector
General Adult Psychiatry
Ards Hospital
RESPONSIBLE TO:
Clinical Director
JOB SUMMARY
This post will be in Crisis Response, and based in the Ards mental health assessment centre.
Each SEHSCT sector has a Crisis Response/Assessment Centre model which provides both
emergency assessment of individuals and assessment of cases sent from primary care. A
specialty grade psychiatrist works in each of the other two sectors, along with the members of
the Community Mental Health Team. This post will provide an equivalent service to the North
Down and Ards sector.
PROFILE OF HOSPITAL
1. . The base hospital will be the Ulster Hospital, Dundonald (Ward 27, 22 inpatient
beds), but this post is community-based. The successful applicant will provide
any necessary medical assessment for patients undergoing review at the
Assessment Centre, or those referred for liaison by the Ulster Hospital and
communicate with General Practitioners on suggested treatment after this
assessment. There will be a role for providing education to the Ulster A&E
department.
WORK OF DEPARTMENT
Mental health services provide an assessment and treatment service for the mentally ill,
targetting particularly, but not exclusively, those who are considered seriously mentally
ill. There are five consultants in General Adult Psychiatry in the Newtownards area,
three working in the community and two responsible for the home treatment and acute
inpatient service. Each community Consultant Team is General Practitioner aligned.
There are two consultants in Psychiatry of Old Age and a consultant in Addiction
Psychiatry. The inpatient unit (24 beds) is situated in the Ulster Hospital.
KEY DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES

The post is for ten PAs per week. The postholder will work in the North Down and
Ards assessment centre and be responsible for the delivery of a high quality, cost
effective service to his/her patients in line with the Trust’s key strategic
objectives. This will involve a close working relationship with consultant
colleagues, other community staff and General Practitioners, with an emphasis
on providing treatment options in a community setting. Support from each of the
General Adult Consultant psychiatrists working in the sector will be available.
The postholder will:
arrange mutual cover with his/her colleagues working in the Ards sector;
ensure a high standard of outpatient work and also attend to the administration
and supply of his/her service;
through leadership, encourage and maintain multi-disciplinary work within his/her
workplace;
liaise with medical practitioners, psychologists, social workers, nurses and others
in order to ensure a high standard in provision of services;
work according to an agreed job plan and under the supervision of the local
consultants;
attend team meetings and participate in multidisciplinary discussions concerning
patients referred to the service;
provide any necessary medical assessment for patients undergoing review at the
Assessment Centre, or those referred for liaison by the Ulster Hospital and
communicate with General Practitioners on suggested treatment after this
assessment. There will be a role for providing education to the Ulster A&E
department.
complete a summary of the sector medical notes according to a structured format
and ensure this summary informs the care and treatment plan;
carry out relevant physical examination and arrange for appropriate
investigations to be carried out and ensure that results of investigations are acted
upon as necessary and are communicated to the General Practitioner;
have available as part of his/her job plan one supported programme activity
(SPA) to enable audit and research and the postholder will be expected to
engage in medical and clinical audit and resource management;
assist with the provision of teaching and clinical supervision for medical students,
medical post-graduate students, and others receiving training in mental health
services;
ensure his/her own continuing professional development (CPD) and the SEHSCT
will support and fund this. There are high quality medical library facilities
available both locally and in the DowneHospital;
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maintain his/her own continuing professional development in line with the Trust’s
strategy on Clinical Governance. The Trust will seek to facilitate progress in
professional examinations; and
maintain registration with the General Medical Council.
SUPERVISION ARRANGEMENTS
The postholder will work under the supervision of consultant psychiatrist Dr O’Connor,
who will be available for consultation throughout the week. During periods of leave,
another consultant will be responsible for support and supervision. The postholder will
have a timetabled supervision session with Dr O’Connor each Wednesday. The
postholder’s annual appraisal will be undertaken by the associate clinical director
(currently Dr Moynihan).
CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
The postholder will be encouraged to maintain his/her own continuing professional
development (CPD) and the SEHSCT will support and fund this. There are high quality
medical library facilities available both locally and in the Downe Hospital. The Trust will
seek to facilitate progress in professional examinations. The Trust’s in-house teaching
for all grades and trainees in psychiatry takes place on Friday morning at the Downshire
hospital. The postholder will be encouraged to undertake regular audit of the service in
which he/she works, and other audit projects as appropriate.
SOUTH EASTERN TRUST - 6 KEY THEMES
As organisations seek to cope with an ever changing and more challenging
environment, it is important that a set of key themes are developed that provide clarity
with regards to corporate direction and that are recognised throughout the organisation
and beyond.
The South Eastern Trust has developed six key themes from which Corporate
Objectives and Proposed Priorities have been developed and which guides all our
actions. They provide clarity for the general public and staff who deliver the services
thus ensuring consistency between strategy and delivery.
The South Eastern Trust’s 6 Key Themes are:
1. Safety, Quality and Experience
The Trust will ensure that services are safe, of a high quality and contribute towards
improving the experience and outcomes for patients, clients and carers.
2. Access
The Trust will ensure that patients and clients receive services in a timely and
accessible manner.
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3. Health and Wellbeing
The Trust will develop partnerships with other organisations, interested groups and
communities to promote and maintain health and wellbeing.
4. Efficiency and Service Reform
The Trust will continue to focus on the efficiency and effectiveness of services, improve
organisational capability within available finances.
5. Our Staff
The Trust will continue to build a stable, highly motivated workforce that is committed to
a culture of continuous development and ultimately service improvement.
6. Stakeholder Engagement
The Trust will ensure that it listens to and learns from patients, clients, carers and other
interested parties in the planning and delivery of services.
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PROPOSED JOB PLAN
The following indicates all your proposed regular weekly commitments. It does not
include activities that occur on an ad hoc basis as these are included in Programmed
Activities.
Time Activity Hours
DCC
SPA
MONDAY
9am-1pm
1pm-5pm
Clinical Work
Clinical Work
1
1
TUESDAY
9am-1pm
1pm-5pm
Multidisciplinary Meeting and Case
Discussions
Multidisciplinary Meeting and Case
Discussions
1
1
WEDNESDAY
9am-1pm
1pm-5pm
Supervision / CPD
Clinical Work
0.25
1
0.75
THURSDAY
9am-1pm
1pm-5pm
Multidisciplinary Meeting and Case
Discussions
Clinical Work
1
1
FRIDAY
9am-1pm
1pm-5pm
Medical staff meeting or
administration/case conference
Urgent reviews and Administration
0.75
1
0.25
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
Total 9 1
ON-CALL DETAILS
10 PAs
Predictable Emergency On-Call Work
Unpredictable Emergency On-Call Work
Agreed On-call Rota Frequency
nil
nil
There is no oncall
committment
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JOB PLAN REVIEW
The Job Plan should be reviewed annually, but can be reviewed earlier at the request of
either the doctor or the Clinical Manager. If it is not possible to agree a Job Plan, either
initially or at an annual review, there are agreed procedures for facilitation and appeal
with the final decision being binding on both the doctor and the Trust.
EMPLOYING AUTHORITY
South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
The National Terms and Conditions of Service for Specialty Doctors will apply.
As per the current salary scale under National Terms and Conditions of Service for
Hospital staff as updated via DHSSPS circular on rates of pay, the most recent
HSS (TC8) 3/2008, with effect from 1 April 2008 to 31 March 2009 and all uplifts
thereafter.
The full-time appointment will be for 10 PAs per week.
The successful applicant will normally be appointed to the grade for a one year
probationary period which, if confirmed, will be extended without term and held until
retirement under the terms and conditions of service.
The appointee will maintain registration with the General Medical Council (London).
Annual leave entitlement is 5 weeks (25 days) per year until 2 years service have
been completed in the grade and 6 weeks (30 days) thereafter for practitioners
remaining in the grade. Where the appointee in his/her immediately previous
regular appointment attracted the 6 weeks annual leave per annum, this
entitlement would remain.
You are required to live within a distance of 30 minutes or 10 miles by road from
your base place of work unless the employing organisation agrees that they may
reside at a greater distance.
Your private residence shall be maintained in contact with the public telephone
service
He/she will be expected to be flexible and to co-operate with reasonable requests
to cover for their colleagues’ absences where they are safe and competent and
where it is practicable to do so. Where doctors undertake duties in accordance
with this paragraph and such duties take place outside of their contracted hours,
they will receive either an equivalent off duty period or remuneration.
The post will be subject to termination at any time, by three months notice in writing
given on either side.
GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
The post holder must:
Carry out his/her duties with full regard to the Trust's Equal Opportunities Policy.
Co-operate fully with the implementation of the Trust's Health and Safety
arrangements and report any accidents/incidents, defects with work equipment or
inadequate safety arrangements.
Co-operate fully with all policies and procedures relating to Infection Control.
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Accept individual responsibility for ensuring a suitable, clean, uncluttered and
safe environment for members of the public, staff, patients/clients and their
relatives.
Comply with the Trust's Smoke Free Policy.
Treat those whom he/she comes into contact with in the course of work, in a
courteous manner.
Accept that this job description will be subject to review in the light of changing
circumstances and should be regarded as providing guidance within which the
individual works rather than something which is rigid and inflexible.
ADDITIONAL POINTS
From 1 January 1990, medical staff have not been required to subscribe to a
Medical Defence organisation. It should be noted, however, that the Trust's
indemnity only covers the Trust's responsibilities and therefore, the appointee is
advised to maintain a membership of a recognised professional defence
organisation for any work which does not fall within the scope of the Indemnity
Scheme.
Canvassing will disqualify.
Candidates wishing to apply online can do so at www.HSCRecruit.com,
alternatively application forms for the post may be downloaded and forwarded to
the Human Resources Department.
Applications must be made on the prescribed form, and must be returned to the
Human Resources Department.
A shortlist of candidates for interview will be prepared on the basis of the
information contained in the application form. It is therefore essential that all
applicants demonstrate through their application how and to what extent their
experience and qualities are relevant to this post and the extent to which they
satisfy each criterion specified, including clarification around equivalent
qualifications.
The Trust is committed to Equal Opportunities
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EMPLOYEE PROFILE
FACTOR
QUALIFICATIONS &
EXPERIENCE
POST: SPECIALTY DOCTOR -
MINIMUM CRITERIA
ESSENTIAL
Candidates must:
• Hold Full Registration with the GMC (London).
• Have at least 4 years’ full-time postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained
on a part-time or flexible basis) at least 2 of which will be in a specialty training
programme or as a Fixed Term Specialty Trainee in a relevant specialty;
or
• Have equivalent experience and competencies.
DESIRABLE (Examples given)
It is desirable that candidates:
• Hold a higher diploma e.g. MRCPsych, Diploma in Mental Health.
ELIGIBILITY
FITNESS TO
PRACTICE
LANGUAGE
SKILLS
• Eligibility to work in the UK.
• Is up to date and fit to practice safely.
• All applicants to have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English that
are adequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with
patients and colleagues which could be demonstrated by one of the following:
That applicants have undertaken undergraduate medical training in English;
OR
Have the following scores in the academic International English Language
Testing System (IELTS) – Overall 7, Speaking 7, Listening 6, Reading 6,
Writing 6.
• However, if applicants believe that they have adequate communication skills
but do not fit into one of the examples they need to provide evidence.
HEALTH
CLINICAL SKILLS
ACADEMIC /
RESEARCH SKILLS
• Meets professional health requirements (in line with GMC Standards/Good
Medical Practice).
• Appropriate knowledge base and ability to apply sound clinical judgement to
problems.
• Demonstrate understanding of the importance of audit and research.
OTHER WORK
RELATED
REQUIREMENTS
• Either a full current driving licence and access to a car or access to a form of
transport which will permit the full requirements of the post to be met.
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