Trust Locum Consultant Psychiatrist in Early Intervention (Aspire)

We are delighted to bring to advert the post of Trust Locum Consultant Psychiatrist at Aspire in the city of Leeds - a culturally diverse city with an estimated population of 780,000. Aspire is a city wide, community based First Episode Psychosis Service delivered by a specialist multidisciplinary team with input from the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS). The service's principles are engagement, hope and recovery. It supports people to find their own level of recovery, fostering hope for the future and encouraging individuals to lead an ordinary life in their community. The team works in collaboration with service users, carers and families using a bio-psycho-social model, delivering service at the most appropriate location and environment.
This post has become available due to the need for maternity leave cover for the current substantive post holder and will be available between Sept 2024 and Sept 2025., As of Jan 30th 2024, the total caseload for the team is 438. The average number of referrals per month (in 2023) was 55 per month and the average number of discharges per month was 15-20. The commissioned number of cases for the service is 428 and currently review and implementation of the inclusion criteria is underway, as is supported discharge planning in team supervision to ensure the service does not continue to exceed commissioned capacity.
The post holder will work with the MDT, colleagues and other agencies to deliver safe and effective care to patients. The service commitments are divided between the 2 consultants during the job planning process.
The post holder, supported by the MDT, will provide:
+ Regular clinical reviews
+ Flexibility to accommodate urgent clinical reviews
+ To undertake the duties of Responsible Clinician for those subject to the MHA 1983 care
+ Complex prescribing and review
+ Effective liaison with local mental health providers, local authority professionals and statutory organisations
+ An expectation to work intensively and assertively with the client group
+ To contribute to and work as part of the multidisciplinary community team
+ To work collaboratively with other services within the Trust
+ To provide professional leadership
+ To provide one hour a week protected clinical supervision to any trainees in the service for which they are the clinical supervisor
+ To work jointly with the Clinical Leadership Structure, Operations Manager and Head of Operations and those in other agencies to ensure the service is delivered successfully
+ Support for non medical prescribers in training and afterwards

Are you committed to providing high quality patient care? WE need you to help us achieve our goals; to live our lives free from stigma and discrimination; and to improve the lives of people with a learning disability and mental ill health.
Here are Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) we are an organisation committed to providing high quality care to improve health and lives which seeks to provide outstanding mental health and learning disability services as an employer of choice and while maintaining the values of simplicity, integrity and care for those in need.
The Trust strategy is built upon three priorities:
+ Delivering great care that is high quality and improves lives
+ Providing a rewarding and supportive place to work
+ Using resources to deliver effective and sustainable services
As a medical workforce, we provide outstanding secondary care mental health services that allow our service users to feel that they are safe and receiving the latest, high quality, evidence-based care, delivered by motivated, engaged and compassionate staff, who feel supported and enabled to grow in the workplace and the systems we provide. Further information can be found here, Aspire provides a specialist service to people aged between 14 and 65 in Leeds and has 3 main pathways; full caseload for up to three years, extended assessment for up to 3 months and the new "At Risk Mental State" (ARMS) pathway., LYPFT is committed to upholding its' statutory responsibilities in relation to safeguarding adults and children. Please refer to job description for further information.
Patient Safety is a priority at LYPFT with a focus on system-based improvement and creating opportunities for learning. We will ensure compassionate engagement with all those involved in an incident and all incidents are met with a proportionate response.
LYPFT is a member of the Disability Confident scheme and is committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process.
As part of the Trust's commitment to its Gold Standard Armed Forces Covenant status, members of the Armed Forces Community are entitled to a guaranteed interview subject to meeting the role criteria.
We welcome applicants with lived experience of providing unpaid care and/or support to a family member or friend with a disability, health condition, frailty, mental health problem, addiction or other health needs.
Please note that the Trust reserves the right to close the vacancy before the closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received. It is in the candidates best interest to apply as soon as possible.
In view of Home Office Immigration Regulations all applicants must state their current immigration status, including expiry dates.
In submitting an application form, you authorise Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the ESR IAT process should you be appointed to the post.
In submitting an application for a role please ensure that you only declare qualifications that are relevant to the role itself. We reserve the right to check all declared qualifications on an application form, whether they are directly relevant to the role or not.
If you have not received any further communication from us within four weeks you are asked to assume that your application has been unsuccessful. If you should have any queries regarding progress with your application form please contact us.
Please note: The Trust does not offer reimbursement of interview expenses.

LYPFT now offer a revised and increased starting salary for newly appointed consultants to the Trust. All newly appointed will be started on £105,390 at pay point YC72 (point 04).
We offer a wide range of benefits to help support a healthy work-life balance and support your overall health and wellbeing including:
+ Excellent relocation package (if applicable)
+ Annual leave entitlement as per the terms and conditions of Consultant contract,
+ On-site parking
+ Cycle to work & car leasing schemes
+ Wide -range of Health & Wellbeing benefits
This is a 6 PA post plus a 1% category B availability for out of hours on-call duties
We want to understand what flexibility means to you, do you want to work condensed hours? Do you have caring responsibilities? Is there a certain day which you cannot work for personal reasons? Then talk to us.

• subject to conditions.

What you will get:
+ Supportive and friendly colleagues
+ Personalised Coaching and Mentoring
+ Weekly academic teaching
+ Access to NHS Leadership and Development opportunities, including opportunity to become an appraiser and educational / training development opportunities
+ Annual Medical Leadership development day
+ Generous study leave allowance (averaging 10 days per year and up to 30 days leave over 3 years with a budget of £1000 per annum)