speciALTY doctor in psychodynamic psychotherapy (5 pa’s)
lansdowne psychotherapy service, west glasgow
INFORMATION PACK
REF: 42829d
cLOSING DATE: nOON 17th june 2016
SUMMARY INFORMATION RELATING TO THIS POSITION
Post: specialty doctor in psychodynamic psychotherapy
base: lansdowne psychotherapy service, west glasgow
Applications are invited from dynamic and enthusiastic individuals for this exciting Speciality Doctor post based at Lansdowne Psychotherapy Clinic in West Glasgow.
The Psychotherapy Specialty Doctor post is an established post. It is based in the Lansdowne Psychotherapy Service. Duties will be allocated by the Consultant Psychiatrists in Psychotherapy in the light of the post holder’s experience and the needs of the psychotherapy service. Clinical accountability will be to the Consultant Psychiatrists in Psychotherapy. Duties will involve clinical assessment of new referrals to the service and treatment of patients under appropriate supervision.
Excellent communication skills are essential.The post is linked to active teaching programmes and continuing professional development, audit and research are encouraged and supported.You should have full medical registration and experience of working in Psychiatry.
The General Adult posts are offered on a part time basis (5 sessions).
Sessional work for the post is between the hours of 9am and 5pm Tuesday - Thursday.
All applicants must possess full GMC registration, a licence to practice and have at least 4 Years full time Post Graduate Training, two of which must have been in relevant acute specialties, or you will demonstrate and evidence equivalent experience and competencies.
Informal enquiries for the this post are welcomed by Dr Lucie Colvin on 0141 232 9208 or Dr David Gerber on 0141 232 2001.
SPECIALTY DOCTOR
IN
PSYCHODYNAMIC PSYCHOTHERPAY
LANSDOWNE PSYCHOTHERAPY SERVICE
WEST GLASGOW
5 PA’s
JOB DESCRIPTION FOR SPECIALTY DOCTOR
IN
PSCHYODYNAMIC PSYCHOTHERPAY
5 SESSIONS
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
A.
Job Description
Job Description
Specialty Doctor in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy: Lansdowne Psychotherapy Service
1. Population served
The Lansdowne Clinic provides a Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Service to the West Sector of Glasgow (population 190,000). A recent audit of referrals showed 26% of patients come from areas categorised as highly deprived (Depcat score 6 or 7) with 41.9% of patients coming from areas of middle deprivation (Depcat score3, 4 and 5).
2. Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Services
There are five psychotherapy services in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Health Board Area, based in the West, North, East and South of Glasgow and one psychotherapy service based in Dykebar hospital Paisley (Clyde). There is also a Consultant Psychiatrist in Psychotherapy leading the Glasgow-wide “Homelessness Personality Disorder Service” and a Consultant Psychotherapist in West Dumbarton. The Consultant Psychotherapists from these services form the Division of Psychotherapy, a subcommittee of the Divisional Psychiatric Advisory Committee.
The Lansdowne Clinic psychotherapy service forms part of the overall psychiatric provision for West Glasgow and provides the psychodynamic psychotherapy resource for the area. Community psychiatric services are delivered by integrated (health and social care) teams based in community resource centres, and there are a number of specialist teams, for example, early intervention in psychosis (ESTEEM teams), liaison psychiatric services, community addiction services, mental health services to asylum seekers, services to patients with dual diagnoses, psychiatric services to the homeless population, crisis intervention services, primary care mental health teams etc.
The psychotherapy service is located within the Centre for Health and Care, Partick, along with the Riverside CMHT, Sandy Road Primary Care Team and other community services. This is a newly built facility in Sandy Road a short distance from Gartnavel Royal Hospital (GRH) where in-patient beds for the sector are located.
The clinic receives referrals from primary and secondary care services.New patients are assessed by senior (specialist) staff and by trainee psychiatrists under close Consultant supervision. The patient group is primarily those with mood disorders, post traumatic disorders, neurotic disorders and personality disorder. Patients are usually significantly more disturbed than those treated in primary care settings and often have received previous treatment, including in patient admissions. The treatment model is that of psychodynamic psychotherapy.
Within the department, in addition to the general psychotherapy clinic is a clinic for patients who have been sexually abused.
Careful assessment of patients’ difficulties is the cornerstone of treatment planning; thereafter treatments offered include individual psychodynamic psychotherapy, brief dynamic therapy, supportive psychotherapy, psychodynamic group or couple therapy and mentalisation based therapy.
The department has a key role in providing training and supervision in psychotherapy to psychiatric trainees. There is currently an Higher Psychiatry Trainee on placement within the service.
The department has a wider role within the psychiatric service, offering consultation, support advice and training where appropriate to staff working within the inpatient and community services.
3. Annual Workload
The psychotherapy service receives an average of 360 referrals per year. A steady proportion of these are to the sexual assault clinic, which amounted to 50 new referrals in the last 12 months.
The sexual assault clinic was established within the Lansdowne Clinic psychotherapy service in the 1980s in response to growing awareness of the scale of sexual abuse and of its short and long term sequelae. The clinic offers expertise in assessment and treatment of patients who have been sexually abused or assaulted. It is a valuable resource for the psychiatric services, voluntary sector and for general practice. Many of the patients referred have substantial psychiatric histories therefore skilled clinical assessment is crucial to the provision of appropriate therapeutic help.
The post will be based within the Lansdowne Psychotherapy Service. The successful applicant should have some experience of psychiatric assessment and an interest in psychodynamic psychotherapy . Training and supervision will be provided which could include Mentalisation Based Therapy.
4. Duties of the Post
Clinical
The Psychotherapy Specialty Doctor post is an established post and recently vacated. It is based in the Lansdowne Psychotherapy Service. Duties will be allocated by the Consultant Psychiatrists in Psychotherapy in the light of the post holder’s experience and the needs of the psychotherapy service. Clinical accountability will be to the Consultant Psychiatrists in Psychotherapy. Duties will involve clinical assessment of new referrals to the service and treatment of patients under appropriate supervision.
Teaching
GartnavelRoyalHospital is a teaching hospital and, as such, it aims to provide high quality teaching for all health care personnel. Medical students from GlasgowUniversity are attached to the consultant psychiatrists on a 5 week clinical clerkship basis. The students receive teaching in both the hospital and community settings to enable as rounded an experience in psychiatry as possible. The staff grade psychiatrist will be expected to participate, under supervision, in informal and formal teaching of medical students, as well as teaching students of nursing, social work, and occupational and other therapists. The specialty doctor would be encouraged to participate in audit and research and ongoing projects within the service under supervision fulfilling requirements for annual appraisal.
5. Proposed timetable- subject to job planning (there is flexibility regarding when sessions are to be worked)
AM / PMMonday
Tuesday / New Patient assessments / Clinical supervision/admin
Wednesday / Return patients / Staff meeting
New Patient assessments
Thursday / SPA teaching/audit/training/research
Friday
No out-of-hours on-call commitments
Flexible activities
- Administration
- Research/Audit
MODEL JOB PLAN FORMAT
Name:Specialty: / Psychotherapy
Grade: / Specialty doctor
Effective Date of Job Plan:
Next Expected Review Date: / 27/04/2017
Contract: / Part Time
Weekly PAs: / 5
Weekly APAs: / 0
Total Hours: / 20
Principal Place of Work: / Lansdowne Psychotherapy Service
Other Regular Work Places:
On-Call Availability Supplement / None
Out of Hours Work: / Predictable: / PAs
Unpredictable: / PAs
Managerially Accountable to: / Dr D Gerber (Clinical Director, West Sector)
Clinically Responsible to: / Dr L Colvin and Dr C Cahill (Lansdowne psychotherapy service)
a)Timetable of activities that have a specific location and time
Day / Hospital/Location / Description of Work / Category / PA TypeDC / SPA / AR / ED / PA / APA
Monday
9-1
1-5
Tuesday
9-1
1-5 / Lansdowne Psychotherapy Service / Clinical work
Supervision/admin / 1
1 / 1
1
Wednesday
9-1
1-5 / Lansdowne Psychotherapy Service / Clinical work
Staff meeting
Clinical work / 1
1 / 1
1
Thursday
9-1
1-5 / GRH / CPD teaching/audit
/training/research / 1 / 1
Friday
9-1
1-5
b)Description of activities that are not undertaken at specific locations or times (this section should include details of activity category and PA/APA allocation for such activities)
Teaching, training, special interest,audit,research-SPAc)Description of activities during premium rate hours of work, i.e. hours outwith 7am-7pm Monday to Friday (this section should further define activities that have already been included at a) in terms of location and timing)
Noned)Additional Programmed Activities (this section outlines the reason for allocation of APAs including the expected duration of the APAs)
None6. Continuing Education
The postholder will be encouraged to utilise his/her full entitlement to study leave. Attendance at fortnightly case conference/journal clubs would be expected or individuals could negotiate attendance at the external MRCPsych course, if they were planning to sit exams, or this was required for their Continuing Professional Development. The facilities of the main library at GartnavelRoyalHospital will be available. There is also an online library, which includes a literature search facility, to which all staff may have access. Advice on continuing postgraduate education and careers counselling is available from both the college tutors and other senior staff.
7. Management and Administration
The post holder will be encouraged to help formulate policies with regard to the development of the Psychotherapy Service and its role within the mental health services.
8.On-call
There is no on call commitment
9. Medical Staffing
Medical Staffing – West Glasgow
Consultants – General Adult Psychiatry
Dr S DaltonGoldenhill Resource Centre
Dr I McIver Goldenhill Resource Centre
Dr E EastonRiverside Resource Centre
Dr A Gray Riverside Resource Centre
Dr J RawstorneRiverside Resource Centre
Dr LocumArndale Resource Centre
Dr I ClarkeArndale Resource Centre
Dr LocumArndale Resource Centre
Dr J BindraArndale Resource Centre and Rehabilitation
Dr M CairnsShawpark Resource Centre
Dr D McCarthyShawpark Resource Centre
Dr M KeenanShawpark Resource Centre
Dr J DourishHelensburghVictoriaHospital
Dr S DornanRiverview Resource Centre
Dr N PuriRiverview Resource Centre
Dr S RooneyIPCU
Dr S BeesleyMcNair Ward GRH
Prof R Hunter Rehabilitation/R&D
Consultants - Subspecialties
Dr D GerberSandyford/Clinical Director
Dr K Sowerbutts ESTEEM
Dr I Smith Addictions, Kershaw Unit
Dr Donna MullenAddictions, DumbartonJointHospital
Dr C Cahill Psychotherapy, Landsdowne Clinic
Dr L ColvinPsychotherapy, Landsdowne Clinic
Dr P EdwardsPsychotherapy, Riverview
Consultants – Old Age Psychiatry
Dr E Jackson Glenkirk Centre
Dr J White Glenkirk Centre
Dr C Johnstone Glenkirk Centre
Dr J Wiggins Glenkirk Centre
Dr D Soyinka DumbartonJointHospital
Specialty Doctors
Dr J Ewing Goldenhill Resource Centre
Dr E Pearson Arndale Resource Centre / IPCU
Dr P ForresterShawpark Resource Centre
Dr S Rangwala Dumbarton Joint Hospital/Helensburgh
Dr VusikalaRiverview CMHT
Dr J MonaghanRiverside Resource Centre
VacancyLansdowne Clinic
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF SERVICE
The conditions of service are those laid down and amended from time to time by the Hospital and Medical & Dental Whitley Council.
TYPE OF CONTRACT / PermanentGRADE AND SALARY / Specialty Doctor
£38,302 £ 71,425 per annum (pro rata)
New Entrants to the NHS will normally commence on the minimum point of the salary scale, (dependent on qualifications and experience). Salary is paid monthly by Bank Credit Transfer.
HOURS OF DUTY / Part Time20.00
SUPERANNUATION / New entrants to NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde who are aged sixteen but under seventy five will be enrolled automatically into membership of the NHS Pension Scheme. Should you choose to "opt out" arrangements can be made to do this via:
REMOVAL EXPENSES / Assistance with removal and associated expenses may be given and would be discussed and agreed prior to appointment.
EXPENSES OF CANDIDATES FOR APPOINTMENT / Candidates who are requested to attend an interview will be given assistance with appropriate travelling expenses.Re-imbursement shall not normally be made to employees who withdraw their application or refuse an offer of appointment.
TOBACCO POLICY / NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde operate a No Smoking Policy in all premises and grounds.
DISCLOSURE SCOTLAND / This post is considered to be in the category of “Regulated Work” and therefore requires a Disclosure Scotland Protection of Vulnerable Groups Scheme (PVG) Membership.
CONFIRMATION OF ELIGIBILITY TO WORK IN THE UK / NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) has a legal obligation to ensure that it’s employees, both EEA and non EEA nationals, are legally entitled to work in the United Kingdom. Before any person can commence employment within NHS GGC they will need to provide documentation to prove that they are eligible to work in the UK. Non EEA nationals will be required to show evidence that either Entry Clearance or Leave to Remain in the UK has been granted for the work which they are applying to do. Where an individual is subject to immigration control under no circumstances will they be allowed to commence until the right to work in the UK has been verified. ALL applicants regardless of nationality must complete and return the Confirmation of Eligibility to Work in the UK Statement with their completed application form. You will be required provide appropriate documentation prior to any appointment being made.
REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS ACT 1974 / The rehabilitation of Offenders act 1974 allows people who have been convicted of certain criminal offences to regard their convictions as “spent” after the lapse of a period of years. However, due to the nature of work for which you are applying this post is exempt from the provisions of Section 4 of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 by virtue of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions Orders 1975 and 1986). Therefore, applicants are required to disclose information about convictions which for other purposes are “spent” under the provision of the act in the event of employment, failure to disclose such convictions could result in dismissal or disciplinary action by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. Any information given will be completely confidential.
DISABLED APPLICANTS / A disability or health problems does not preclude full consideration for the job and applications from people with disabilities are welcome. All information will be treated as confidential. NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde guarantees to interview all applicants with disabilities who meet the minimum criteria for the post. You will note on our application form that we ask for relevant information with regard to your disability. This is simply to ensure that we can assist you, if you are called for interview, to have every opportunity to present your application in full. We may call you to discuss your needs in more detail if you are selected for interview.
GENERAL / NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde operates flexible staffing arrangements whereby all appointments are to a grade within a department. The duties of an officer may be varied from an initial set of duties to any other set, which are commensurate with the grade of the officer. The enhanced experience resulting from this is considered to be in the best interest of both NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and the individual.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES / The postholder will undertake their duties in strict accordance with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde’s Equal Opportunities Policy.
NOTICE / The employment is subject to three months’ notice on either side, subject to appeal against dismissal.
MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE / In terms of NHS Circular 1989 (PCS) 32 dealing with Medical Negligence the Health Board does not require you to subscribe to a Medical Defence Organisation. Health Board indemnity will cover only Health Board responsibilities. It may, however, be in your interest to subscribe to a defence organisation in order to ensure you are covered for any work, which does not fall within the scope of the indemnity scheme.
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NOMINATION OF REFEREES
It is Board policy that no person can act as a member of an Advisory Appointments Committee and be a referee for a candidate for that post. You should therefore check with your proposed referees whether there is likely to be any difficulty in this respect for we may otherwise have to invite you to submit another name or names
Return of Applications
Please return your application by email to or to the recruitment address below;
Medical and Dental Recruitment Team
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Recruitment Services, 1st Floor
Modular Building, Gartnavel Royal Hospital
1055 Great Western Road
GLASGOW
G12 0XH
CLOSING DATE
The closing Date will be17 June 2016