Consultant - Psychiatry Perinatal

Job description:

Detailed Job plan / Timetable available upon request

The Community Perinatal Team works closely with the Mother and Baby Unit (MBU) which is a newly refurbished 7 bedded & 7 cot facility, accredited by the Perinatal Quality Network (PQN) which sets national standards for inpatient mother and baby units

Mothers can be considered for admission from 32 weeks pregnancy through to 1 year postpartum.

The Community Perinatal team works alongside CRHT teams and ADTU to provide specialist advice for patients requiring crisis care who are not admitted to the Mother and Baby Unit.

You will be given:

• Secretarial support
• Dedicated office space at the team's base (but will also be able to work from flexible locations with remote working)
• Laptop
• 30 days of study leave over a 3 year period
• Expenses of up to £800 annually

Candidates for this role must be:

• GMC Registered
• Member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (or equivalent)
• Section 12 approved with AC status
• Hold CCT in General Adult Psychiatry - or be within three months of obtaining it.
• On-call rota will be 1 in 53

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions