Consultant Psychiatrist | PECC
Core
Provide specialist psychiatric assessment, acute intervention, and clinical leadership for patients in complex mental health emergencies within a tertiary hospital emergency setting.
Role type
Consultant Psychiatrist (Emergency Psychiatry)
Builds
Acute mental health care services for high-acuity patients
Domain
Healthcare / Emergency Psychiatry
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Psychiatric assessment, acute mental health intervention, clinical leadership, multidisciplinary collaboration, teaching and supervision, research and quality improvement
Preferred skills
Experience in acute/emergency psychiatry, interest in service innovation
Technologies
None stated
Responsibilities
Conduct psychiatric assessments and acute interventions, manage patients in psychiatric crisis, lead multidisciplinary teams, supervise registrars and junior staff, collaborate with emergency medicine teams, participate in teaching and research initiatives
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership duties