Consultant Psychiatrist-Rehab HDU Braeburn House-Salford

This is a full-time appointment for a consultant to work with inpatients at Braeburn House, Charles St, Salford M6 7DU. The service will jointly be provided by GMMH and the Priory Group.

The unit will provide rehabilitation and support to 28 male patients. Anticipated average length of stay is 2 years.

The patients will already have been in inpatient services commissioned by Manchester CCG and will be transferred for a more active rehabilitation and recovery approach.

All the patients will have previously been residents of the City of Manchester and under the care of Manchester Health and Social Care Mental Health Trust

• Manage, appraise and give professional supervision to junior medical staff as agreed between consultant colleagues and the associate medical director and in accordance with the Trust’s personnel policies and procedures. This may include assessing competences under the Modernising Medical Careers framework.
• Ensure that junior medical staff working with the post holder operate within the parameters of the New Deal and are Working Time Directive compliant.
• Undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of patients.

Record clinical activity accurately and comprehensively, and submit this promptly to the Information Department

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust (GMMH) is one of the leading mental health trusts in the UK.

Serving a population of 1.2 million people, the Trust employs around 6,400 people who make a difference across 160 locations. Situated in one of the most exciting and affordable cities in Europe, GMMH provides community and inpatient mental health care, alongside substance misuse services across the North West.

GMMH is one of the most active research trusts in the UK, with one of the highest levels of recruitment to clinical trials for mental health. This puts our staff and service users at the leading edge of new mental health treatments.

We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.

The Trust provides a range of specialist services including prison in reach across the North of England, a specialist centre for mental health and deafness and in patient perinatal mental health care.

We have been rated ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. Our substance misuse services and leadership were rated as ‘Outstanding’.

Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.

The post holder will provide medical leadership to the multidisciplinary team.

They will attend ward rounds during the week at designated times.

The post holder will be the Responsible Clinician and have a role with respect to The Mental Health Act – they will be involved in section 12 work, attend tribunals and section renewal meetings. They will share this role with the 0.5 WTE Consultant. It is anticipated that the post holder will be responsible for 20 inpatients and cross cover when the part-time consultant is not at work.

The post holder will lead the CPA meetings and be actively involved with the team in care planning and risk assessment.

They will take a lead with regards to capacity assessments and best interest meetings.

The post holder will become involved in the weekly rehab referral meeting and may require to be involved in assessment of new patients who may be more complex and or with physical health issues. The consultant will not be involved with follow up.