Desirable

• Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
• Additional clinical qualification.

Eligibility

Essential

• Must be in possession or within 6 months of possession of a CCT in Psychiatry or on Specialist Register in Psychiatry.
• On Specialist Register in enter specialism Psychiatry.
• Section 12(2) approval and Approved Clinician approval or ability to obtain approval before starting post

Desirable

• Experience of medicine outside psychiatry e.g. general practice, medicine.

Clinical Skills, Knowledge & Experience

Essential

• Excellent knowledge in specialty
• Evidence of effective multidisciplinary team involvement.
• Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wider medical knowledge.
• Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA.
• Make decisions based on evidence and experience including contribution of others.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

Desirable

• Teaching Experience.
• Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within the NHS or comparable service.

Dorset HealthCare Values

Essential

• Understand the importance of working with managers in the interest of goo patient care
• Able to manage priorities.
• Evidence of management / Leadership skills training.

Desirable

• Previous management experience including that of other junior medical staff.

Leadership Skills

Essential

• Understand principles of leadership and give examples of leadership in own practice.
• Able to provide clinical leadership to a multi-disciplinary team.

Clinical Governance

Essential

• An understanding of the importance of Clinical Governance in the NHS organisations and importance in patient care.
• Awareness of current issues in mental health service provision, policy and legislation

Self Awareness

Essential

• To have an understanding of own strengths and weaknesses and how these attributes affect professional functioning
• To have an understanding of the stresses involved in being a consultant psychiatrist and how to manage these appropriately.

Supervision of Junior medical Staff

Essential

• Knowledge of requirements for supervision and appraisal of junior medical staff.
• Approved educational supervisor training.

Research and Audit

Essential

• Experience of carrying out an audit project.
• Approved educational supervisor training.

Research and Audit

Essential

• Experience of carrying out an audit project.
• Experience or involvement in a research project and publication.
• Ability to supervisor junior medical staff undertaking research projects.

Desirable

• Published audit project
• Ability to critically appraise published research.

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