Consultant Psychiatrist in Bristol Dementia Wellbeing Service

Job Description

Welcome to Devon Partnership NHS Trust! We would like to invite you to apply for a post as Consultant psychiatrist working in the Bristol Dementia Wellbeing Service providing dementia care to Bristol residents from diagnosis to end of life. The post holder will provide joint clinical leadership to the service as a whole, but specifically to the Central-&-East and South Bristol community team as well as providing input to complex diagnostic assessments.This post offers the opportunity to work in one of the most challenging and innovative areas of psychiatric medicine with the opportunity for protected time to develop a special interest in a related area of Old Age Psychiatry. The Dementia Wellbeing Service is an exciting and proactive dementia service that seeks to actively engage and meet the needs of those with a diagnosis of dementia. This is a full time community post providing 10 sessions working across 5 days with the potential to negotiate 2 sessions of protected time to pursue a special interest related to dementia and Old Age Psychiatry for candidates with sufficient experience and a demonstrated commitment to their chosen area. There are particular opportunities to work within service development and research. There is no on-call attached to this post. Applications for less than full time will be considered.The service is a novel one, providing an integrated dementia wellbeing service with collaboration between the NHS (Devon partnership NHS Trust) and the Alzheimer’s Society.Our approach is pro-active in trying to address factors that influence this long term condition, improve wellbeing and prevent admissions. The model has been specifically devised to meet the need for increased integration and place-based care in chronic conditions and aims to adapt to changing needs of the population in line with the NHSE Community Mental Health Framework and NHS Long Term Plan. We actively involve people who use our services and the wider Bristol community in ongoing service development. The aim is to have everybody in Bristol with a dementia known to the service and to ensure that everyone in Bristol with dementia receives the best possible support and care when and where they need it throughout the course of their condition. We do not discharge from our service, unless requested by the service user.The post is for community work only.As part of the medical role, outside of the sessions given day to day to service commitment, the post holder will be offered the option to work across an area of interest relating to dementia or appropriate area of Old Age Psychiatry with a particular emphasis on research. There is an opportunity to negotiate up to 2 sessions of protected time to pursue an area of interest. The service has active links with academic partners and access to a large longitudinal data set for all with a diagnosis of dementia in the Bristol area. Any special interest will be developed as part of the job planning process and can cover a range of options beyond research including cross organisational development, options to educate and teach both internally and out in the community and opportunities to develop bids and business cases to expand and develop services.This is a new post developed in response to retirement and change in working patterns of the existing post holder and complements the existing structure and function of this well established service, whilst offering significant opportunities in service development and clinical leadership.Patient safety and Quality Improvement are key aspects of the role, and training will be provided if required.Training future psychiatrists is also an important part of the role with the potential to develop this further within the service.This post is suitable as a first NHS consultant post or an existing consultant with a broad level of old age psychiatry expertise. New consultants will be offered mentoring support do develop into the role.International candidates are welcome to apply. Experience of working in older adult mental health services is preferable but support will be given to doctors wishing to move from other psychiatric specialties or roles.Approved clinician status at appointment is preferable but those who would be eligible e.g. doctors applying from abroad, will be supported to obtain this authority.A mentor and peer group can be provided.You will have 1.0 Supporting Programmed Activities (4 hours a week) to support your professional development, attend your monthly peer group, quarterly medical advisory committee and local postgraduate meetings.If you are interested in working with us or want additional information, we are keen to speak to or meet you informally.We are very happy to arrange a visit for you to meet key people in the clinical team and Trust whether in person or remotely. Please do not hesitate to contact the medical staffing team on .