Consultant or Associate Specialist – General Adult Psychiatry – Bedford

Cpl UK Healthcare (formally RIG Locums) are currently looking for an experienced General Adult Consultant in the Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team, around St Helens.

Will consider Consultant or Associate specialist Community Mental Health Teams (CMHTs) are multi-disciplinary assessment teams which provide mental health care and treatment for those adults with more complex and enduring mental health needs, who can benefit from specialist support. The CMHTs also provide treatment and care for those with time-limited disorders who, it is felt, may benefit from specialist support. The teams provide care and treatment to people in the community who are experiencing mental health difficulties, promoting positive mental health and independence. This ensures improved access to appropriate support services and resources, supporting timely discharge from hospital and reducing the need for hospital admission. The key aims of the CMHT are to: Improve engagement with a range of community services including mainstream leisure and vocational services in order to promote positive relationships with patients and carers. Promote stability within the lives of patients and their carers. Promote social functioning and quality of life for patients by working to keep people at home, hence promoting the principles of recovery and social inclusion. Offer meaningful engagement with patients and promote recovery. Give advice on the management of mental health problems by other professionals in particular advice to GPs Provide treatment and care for those with time limited disorders who can benefit from specialist support. Provide treatment and care for those with more complex and enduring needs Safeguard vulnerable adults and children from all forms of abuse and to preserve the rights and choices of individuals to take positive risks.

Job Description available with timetable upon request.

To apply we will require the following documents:

• GMC License
• Right to Work in the UK
• DBS Cert
• 2 Recent References

We cannot offer sponsorship. We require the Right to Work in the UK.

Cpl UK Healthcare works with NHS Trusts all over the UK, alongside many private hospitals, and as a framework supplier, we have access to jobs nationwide as soon as they are needed. 

We can easily assist with updating your compliance, planning travel and accommodation, providing mandatory training/CPD courses and we are also a designated body with the GMC offering services for appraisal and revalidation. Here at Cpl UK Health, we like to get doctors onboarded as early as possible prior to their available period so they can complete registration in good time – this in turn allows the doctor to accept their perfect locum offer without delay.

The benefits of working with Cpl UK Healthcare:

• Approved NHS Framework Supplier
• Weekly Payroll 
• CPD training provided including BLS
• Expert Recruiters working solely in one Specialty
• Designated Body for the GMC
• Appraisal and Revalidation support
• Excellent referral schemes

For more information on this role please contact Katalin Rusai on 07867459588 or email [email protected] with your CV for immediate consideration.