Consultant Adult Psychiatrist

**Currently open for expressions of interest**

Established in 2014, Psymplicity has provided outpatient psychiatry, psychology and psychotherapy services to thousands of individuals, couples and families with a wide range of mental health concerns, since it's inception.

We work with individuals from all age groups referred to our clinic as well as having contracts in place with schools, universities and corporations to provide an array of services to their students and employees. Our dedicated customer care team complement and support our clinical team to provide an extremely patient centred approach.

We are committed to creating a nurturing, validating, supportive and cohesive culture for all staff and believe that the workplace should be somewhere where each individual member of staff can thrive because their individual needs are satisfied, they are sufficiently challenged and stimulated, they find themselves in a place where their career can progress, and they can realise their potential.

Our clinical team combine many years of medical and psychiatric expertise with a strong appreciation for neuroscience and digital technology. Working at the forefront of mental healthcare delivery, we are privileged to find ourselves in a position in which we can contribute to the advancement of mental healthcare service frontiers. We are clinician led and are actively working on several innovative emerging treatment interventions and treatment delivery models.

Psymplicity provides a broad range of mental health services including assessments, talking therapies, family support and psycho-education. With demand for services surging, we are interested in speaking with general adult psychiatrists looking for an opportunity to be part of a dynamic multi-disciplinary team of psychiatrists, psychologists and psychotherapists, working together to provide an excellent care and treatment experience for our patients and helping us to further develop as a leading provider of psychiatric care. If we sound like a good match, please read on as we would be delighted for you to consider joining our team.

Location:

• Online outpatient Psychiatry (work from home – remote)
Contract Type:
• Independent Contractor
Remuneration:
• Competitive

Job description:

• Varied and clinically interesting outpatient caseload across mood, anxiety and neuro-developmental disorders with some more complex severe and enduring patient presentations, covering assessment and treatment pathways and early progression to a balanced caseload of new and follow-up patients.

• Options to immediately refer patients in-house to multidisciplinary team members offering a variety of therapeutic treatment modalities

• Timetabled weekly and monthly MDT meetings, risk management meetings, clinical governance meetings, CPD and PDP with opportunities to be involved in clinical leadership and service development where interested

• Patient referrals are managed centrally and allocated to meet your clinical caseload preference

• All patient, GP and Insurer liaison, including diary booking, dictation, transcription and report formatting is handled by our inhouse team allocated to support you with your caseload

• Weekly, monthly and quarterly peer and MDT meetings that can be attended remotely 

• A role that would appeal to those seeking an engaging caseload mix; a healthy blend of clinical patient facing time, with opportunities to be involved with service development, quality improvement, clinical and digital innovation

Experience:

• You have a full GMC license, CCT in General Adult Psychiatry / Forensic Psychiatry 

• You have recent and relevant experience providing safe and effective interventions to improve the lives of individuals and families struggling with mental health difficulties

• You have excellent interpersonal and communication skills

• You are a team player and enjoy supporting others in the workplace

• You have effective time and management skills

Skills/Qualities:

• You are a provider of safe and effective therapeutic interventions to adult patients and are able to offer support to their families

• You know when to make appropriate recommendations and referrals to other services

• You have excellent interpersonal and communication skills

• You are a team player and enjoy supporting others in the workplace

• You can support and advise the multidisciplinary team where appropriate

• You are able to support the development of new initiatives and ways of working

• You work within your competency and standards as defined by your professional body, with whom you are in good standing

• You are happy to take direction from departmental leads where relevant

• You are interested in contributing to our clinical governance program and in the development of new services at Psymplicity

Benefits:

• A working environment of supportive and passionate colleagues, team-spirit and can-do attitude

• In-house training, professional development, and PDP program

• Appraisal and Revalidation 

• Many opportunities for career development and growth within the company

• Flexible working arrangements