Consultant Psychiatrist - Acute Care

Job Reference: 38017
Job Type: Permanent Vacancy
Job Location: Guernsey

Our client is seeking an experienced Consultant Psychiatrist in Adult Psychiatry to join an established Mental Health Service in Guernsey. This is a senior clinical opportunity combining inpatient psychiatry with liaison work, alongside a collaborative multidisciplinary team. The successful candidate will play a key role in the delivery of high-quality adult mental health care, providing clinical leadership, specialist psychiatric input and contributing to the ongoing development of services. Job Duties: Provide Consultant-level psychiatric care within an adult inpatient setting. Undertake psychiatric assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning and ongoing clinical management. Manage patients presenting with complex and high-risk mental health conditions. Work closely with multidisciplinary colleagues to ensure coordinated and effective patient care. Provide specialist psychiatric advice and support to primary care professionals. Participate in the Consultant on-call rota. Provide clinical leadership, supervision and support to medical and wider clinical colleagues. Contribute to teaching, training and continuing professional development activities. Participate in clinical audit, quality improvement and service development. Contribute to research activity where appropriate. Support the effective clinical management and development of the wider Mental Health Service. Participate in professional appraisal and revalidation requirements. Job Requirements: Full registration with the General Medical Council. MRCPsych or an equivalent recognised qualification. Inclusion on the Specialist Register, or equivalent, with CCT in General Adult Psychiatry. Wide and recent experience within General Adult Psychiatry. Experience managing high-risk and complex mental health presentations. Proven clinical leadership experience. Strong multidisciplinary team-working experience. Relevant teaching and continuing medical education experience. Evidence of commitment to clinical quality and continuous professional development. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Inpatient and community psychiatry experience would be advantageous. Previous Consultant-level experience would be beneficial. Experience of service development would be advantageous. Section 12 Approval is desirable but not essential. Interested? Contact Jodie at jodie@itchyfeet.gg in the strictest confidence to find out more and to apply.

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