HSE Consultant Old Age Psychiatry in Munster Region - Republic of Ireland on a fixed term / permanent basis; working for our client via Workplace Doctors

*** Must have IMC (Specialist Division) Registration (Irish Medical Council) - Essential
*** Location: Republic of Ireland – Munster Region (Clare, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary, Waterford)
***Speciality: Psychiatry: Old Age

*** Duration: 12 months (FREE visa & work permit + relocation package offered)

*** Role: Consultant (6+ years post graduate experience)

*** Start date: ASAP

***IELTS Score of 7.0 Overall (minimum) – Essential

***Exact location details provided on application

*** Pay rate: €217,235 to €261,051 Euro’s (dependent on experience) basic salary (allowances paid extra)

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Overview

Following the retirement of the current post holder, we are looking to recruit a Consultant Psychiatrist (Old Age Psychiatry) to join our well established Community Mental Health Team in the Munster region.

You would be joining a team of older adult Consultants working in the locality. This post is based at the purpose built Centre in the region.

This is an exciting opportunity and we are looking for a consultant interested in inspiring, leading, and developing our service. You will work with a multidisciplinary team including other doctors, nurses, OTs, social workers, and psychology.

On Call: Negotiable inclusion on the out-of-hours consultant duty rota covering adult and older adult psychiatry in Munster, currently 1 in 7 3 rd tier (will not start on rota immediately if so).

Salary: As per new consultant contract terms and conditions Existing discretionary points, CEAs and merit awards will be honoured.

Accountability: Accountability to the Medical Director via Clinical Director and Associate Medical Director.

Please note that full IMC registration and license to practice is an essential for this role. If you do not currently have IMC registration, but you are in the process of applying, please use the supporting information section of the application form to provide an update about the status of your IMC application.

Candidates without IMC registration at the time of shortlisting will not be considered- as per hospital requirements.

Additional Information

You will be able to take advantage of the excellent Consultant contract for the Republic of Ireland. The basic salary range for this post is euros €217,235 to €261,051 Euro’s per annum plus a further euro 26,672 per annum available in Commitment Awards.

Older Adult Mental Health Services

The core function of the older adult mental health services is to provide a range of high quality community and in-patient mental health services to people (predominantly aged 65 and over) who are experiencing dementia and/or functional conditions. The service is also available to people under this age whose clinical needs would be more appropriately met within Advanced Care Services.

The hospitals in-patient provision is arranged around diagnostic requirements and we have two wards for patients with a dementia diagnosis and three wards for patients with advanced care needs which will often include people who have a degree of physical frailty and medical problems associated with aging as well as a functional mental illness.

Older adult mental health community services are managed on a three localities model and a structure of professional advice for the localities reflects the emphasis on multi-disciplinary contributions at locality and network level. The medical aspect of this is through a Deputy Associate Medical Director who is one of the consultants within the locality. Their role is to advise on the optimum use of medical resources in implementing network agreed clinical practice/care pathways and coordinate consultant views in relation to clinical services. The network actively seeks to involve clinicians in the development of services. Practice development groups, with consultants integral to their function, are active in relation to in-patient services, community mental health teams, memory assessment services, rapid intervention and treatment teams and liaison services.

Specific Duties

·       This post will provide support to the Community Mental Health Team at the designated site. The requirement is for both direct care and advice/consultancy to other members of the team with involvement in around one third of the team’s cases. The setting in which patients are seen reflects their needs. The post holder will collaborate with community team members to ensure an emergency response is available as necessary during normal working hours to services for the locality.

·       Support and, where appropriate, supervision of junior doctors during on call and multidisciplinary team. This would depend on allocation of junior trainees in psychiatry from the deanery, their learning objectives and the post holder having requisite experience to be recognised as an educational/clinical supervisor.

·       Collaboration with consultant colleagues to ensure consultant availability for emergency assessments through daytime (9am to 5pm) within the locality and also to provide cross cover during periods of annual/study leave.

·       Assessment and management of patients under the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act.

·       The post holder may be required to participate in the out-of-hours duty rota. Daytime cover rota is 1 in 5 (low intensity); out-of-hours consultant duty rota

Teaching Commitments

·       regular commitments to ward based teaching of undergraduates.

·       participation in the lecture programmes for 2^nd and 4^th & 5^th year medical students.

·       teaching of other groups as required including other specialty juniors and specialist nurses.

Job Plan

A formal job plan will be agreed between the appointee, the Operational Medical Director and Lead Psychiatry: Old Age, on behalf of the Trust’s Medical Director, based on the provisional timetable. This will be signed by the Chief Executive and will be effective from the commencement date of the appointment.

It will be reviewed at 3 months & thereafter annually or at any time, but no less than 3 months after a previous review, as requested by the appointee, Operational Medical Director or Clinical Lead & adjusted accordingly to the agreement of both parties.

Standard Duties and responsibilities

a) To participate in development of and undertake all duties and functions pertinent to the Consultant’s area of competence, as set out within the Clinical Directorate Service Plan  and in line with policies as specified by the Employer.

b) To ensure that duties and functions are undertaken in a manner that minimises delays for patients and possible disruption of services.

c) To work within the framework of the hospital / agency’s service plan and/or levels of service (volume, types etc.) as determined by the Employer. Service planning for individual clinical services will be progressed through the Clinical Directorate structure or other arrangements as apply.

d) To co-operate with the expeditious implementation of the Disciplinary Procedure 

e) To formally review the execution of the Clinical Directorate Service Plan with the Clinical Director / Employer periodically. The Clinical Directorate Service Plan shall be reviewed periodically at the request of the Consultant or Clinical Director / Employer. The Consultant may initially seek internal review of the determinations of the Clinical Director regarding the Service Plan.

f) To participate in the development and operation of the Clinical Directorate structure and in such management or representative structures as are in place or being developed. The Consultant shall receive training and support to enable him/her to participate fully in such structures.

g) To provide, as appropriate, consultation in the Consultant’s area of designated expertise in respect of patients of other Consultants at their request.

h) To ensure in consultation with the Clinical Director that appropriate medical cover is available at all times having due regard to the implementation of the European Working Time Directive as it relates to doctors in training.

i) To supervise and be responsible for diagnosis, treatment and care provided by non-Consultant Hospital Doctors (NCHDs) treating patients under the Consultant’s care.

j) To participate as a right and obligation in selection processes for non-Consultant Hospital Doctors and other staff as appropriate. The Employer will provide training as required. The Employer shall ensure that a Consultant representative of the relevant specialty / sub-specialty is involved in the selection process. 

k) To participate in clinical audit and proactive risk management and facilitate production of all data/information required for same in accordance with regulatory, statutory and corporate policies and procedures.

l) To participate in and facilitate production of all data/information required to validate delivery of duties and functions and inform planning and management of service delivery

Essential Requirements

This post is open to doctors who hold Registration as a Specialist in the Specialist Division of the Registrar of Medical Practitioners maintained by the Medical Council in Ireland in the specialty of Psychiatry: Old Age

Office Accommodation

The post holder will undertake administrative work associated with their clinical and other professional duties.  Adequate time and facilities for clinical administration, including appropriate office space, secretarial support and access to a personal computer, software & internet access, will be available.

Service Provision and Cover during Absences

The consultant has a continuing responsibility for the care of patients in his/her charge and for the proper functioning of the service allowing for appropriate delegation for the training of his/her staff.

He/she must be available by telephone and able to attend the hospital in a timely fashion when on-call (40 minutes journey time).

Consultant staff must ensure that services are covered during his/her planned absences. Where fixed commitments need to be cancelled during planned absences appropriate notice (8 weeks) must be given. Absences must be co-ordinated with other consultant staff in the specialty to ensure senior cover is always available.

Management Responsibility

All Consultants are required to attend the monthly Directorate Meetings. Post holders will be expected to share in administrative duties allocated by mutual agreement within the Directorate. As part of the Consultant Team, the consultant  will offer mentoring support and lead the existing clinical team through; joint clinics, one-to-one support, individual case management and complex cases, identifying development needs and suggesting CPD (Continuous Professional Development) opportunities and responding to clinical enquiries via e-mail and telephone.

If you are interested in working in growing your career and increasing your income, then talk to our healthcare team today. If you can fill the above requirements, we will give you the following benefits:

*** Visa & Work Permit for FREE!

*** Guidance, Training & Career Development

*** Dedicated & Supportive team- Consultant available when you need.

*** Excellent Basic Pay, Overtime paid for extra hours
***Assistance provided with relocation

We look forward to helping you progress your career and find you the ideal position.

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The hospital welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, race or religion- essentially the applicant must meet the criteria mentioned above

Call us today on +44 (0) 1234 889213 to discuss this vacancy or email your CV to info@workplacedoctors.co.uk  or apply online today (see below).

***Please note due to the high number of applications, we do answer every application in turn.***