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Consultant Perinatal Psychiatrist, Perinatal Psychiatry

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

CQC: Requires improvement

Hockley, Birmingham

Salary

£109,725 – £145,478

Training post

Unknown

Trust type

Mental Health

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About the role

Perinatal mental health services have undergone a time of huge expansion nationally. Locally this has led to the development of a comprehensive perinatal mental health service for South Birmingham during Wave 1 of national funding. Wave 2 of this national funding has led to the creation of comprehensive services covering the Black Country and West Birmingham and the North & East Birmingham and Solihull. All teams are multi-disciplinary and comprise of specialist practitioners from relevant disciplines – psychology, nursing, OT, nursery nurses. These teams work alongside the well-established existing 10 bedded inpatient Mother and Baby Unit and its inreach/outreach team, which accepts referrals from across the country. The Mother and Baby Unit is now commissioned by the West Midlands Perinatal Provider Collaborative.

Consultant Perinatal Psychiatrist, Perinatal Psychiatry

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

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This post provides consultant cover for the West perinatal community team working alongside another Consultant. An important aspect of this post will be supporting the continued development of perinatal mental health community teams.

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Some of main duties and responsibilities:

1. Provide expert assessment and treatment of women with a wide range of mental health problems during pregnancy and the post-partum period

2. Collaborate with other providers of maternal mental health care within West Birmingham and the West Midlands region towards more integrated referral pathways and patterns of care.

3. Provide psychiatric leadership and clinical expertise to support the work of multi-disciplinary teams. Contribute to the teaching and training of all professionals coming into contact with women during the perinatal period in relation to maternal mental health across the region

4. Provide evidence-based bio-psychosocial interventions to promote recovery and social inclusion

5. Responsible for the prescription of appropriate treatments, including drug treatments.

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Please find all responsibilities and main duties attached to this vacancy in the Job Description under the attachments section

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Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.

Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people’s lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.

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Person specification

Essential

Full GMC registration with a licence to practice
Approved under Section 12(2) of the Mental Health Act (1983)
MRCPsych or equivalent
Obtained inclusion on the Specialist Register; or within six months of the award of a Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training (CCST) in General Adult Psychiatry; or eligible for inclusion on the Specialist Register
Commitment to personal programme of Continuing Professional Development.
Substantial experience of psychiatry, including working with people suffering from severe mental illness, preferably in a community setting
Experience of providing psychological and/or social interventions
Experience of teaching and training at an undergraduate/postgraduate level
Experience within the field of perinatal psychiatry
Commitment to clinical audit within multi-disciplinary team.
Evidence of potential for effective leadership.
Excellent communication skills.
Ability to work creatively within multi disciplinary team.
Demonstrable interest in the provision of gender sensitive mental health service
Willingness to be involved in management of service.
Able to participate in Consultant on call rota.
Able to travel

Desirable

Additional qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or another relevant field
Broad clinical training including both inpatient and community service
Experience serving a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic population.
Experience of stakeholder engagement in service delivery
Experience of contributing to or completion of a service improvement project
Specific training in perinatal psychiatry
Completed clinically relevant audit projects