Consultant Psychiatrist in Perinatal Psychiatry

• Provide expert psychiatric assessment, diagnosis, risk assessment and treatment for women experiencing moderate to severe mental illness during pregnancy and up to two years postnatally.
• Deliver specialist advice on the safe and effective use of psychotropic medication during pre-conception, pregnancy and breastfeeding to patients, maternity services, primary care and mental health colleagues.
• Work as a senior clinical leader within the multidisciplinary team, providing consultation, guidance, supervision and support to medical and non-medical colleagues.
• Collaborate closely with maternity, obstetric, health visiting, primary care, social care and safeguarding services to ensure high-quality, integrated care for women, infants and families.
• Contribute to the strategic development, quality improvement, clinical governance, teaching and research activities of the Perinatal Mental Health Community Service and the wider Trust.
• Participate in the Consultant on-call rota (currently 1:30, non-resident), provide Responsible Clinician duties where required, and support the delivery of safe, responsive and recovery-focused mental health care across Kent and Medway.

Essential

• MB BS or equivalent medical qualification
• Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise.
• On the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months.
• Approved Clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
• Approved under S12 OR able to achieve with 3 months of appointment

Desirable

• Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
• MRCPsych
• Additional clinical qualifications
• In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice

Essential

• Excellent knowledge in specialty
• Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
• Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
• Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others
• Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA

Essential

• Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
• Ability to work in and lead team
• Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement.
• Participated in continuous professional development
• Participated in research or service evaluation.
• Able to use and appraise clinical evidence.
• Has actively participated in clinical audit and quality improvement programmes

Desirable

• Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post
• Reflected on purpose of CPD undertaken
• Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation.
• Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations and publications.
• Has led clinical audits leading to service change or improved outcomes to patients