Consultant Psychiatrist
Elysium Healthcare
Clacton-on-Sea
Salary
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Posted
2 weeks ago
About the role
Looking for an opportunity to lead high-quality psychiatric care in a supportive environment where your clinical expertise and leadership can make a genuine impact? Join Dunnock View as a Consultant Psychiatrist and play a key role in shaping recovery-focused care for service users while influencing the future development of the service. In this rewarding role, you will provide psychiatric assessments and interventions for patients within the service, while offering specialist clinical expertise to the wider multidisciplinary team. You will lead on clinical decision-making, care planning and treatment formulation, ensuring patients receive holistic, evidence-based care in line with NICE guidelines and best practice standards. As the Responsible Clinician and Approved Clinician, you will oversee a suitable caseload, lead the Care Programme Approach process and fulfil statutory duties under the Mental Health Act 1983/2007. You will work collaboratively with MDT colleagues, external care coordinators, commis
This temporary Consultant Psychiatrist position at Elysium Healthcare in Clacton-on-Sea offers a chance to make a significant impact in psychiatric care. The role involves leading psychiatric assessments and interventions, providing specialist clinical expertise, and leading on clinical decision-making and care planning. The Consultant will act as the Responsible Clinician and fulfill statutory duties under the Mental Health Act. They will participate in clinical governance, service development, and business planning. Additionally, the Consultant will contribute to assessments, supervise junior staff, and support clinical recording and reporting with the support of a Medical Secretary. Responsibilities include contributing to clinical governance, participating in audits, service/team evaluation, and planning. The role involves leading a team towards a culture of continuous improvement and supporting quality improvement initiatives. Additional duties include participation in the senior on-call rota and covering colleagues on le