COMMUNITY ADULT CONSULTANT PSYCH (MHWT – EAST)

We are seeking a Community Adult Consultant Psychiatrist to join our East Mental Health & Wellness Team (MHWT-E), based at Beam Park Health Centre, 2 Halewood Way, Rainham, RM13 8QZ.

The successful candidate will work as part of a multidisciplinary team providing care to adults with mental health needs who are registered with a GP Practice located in the eastern part of the London Borough of Barking & Dagenham.

The postholder will be part of the Senior Psychiatrist on-call rota covering out of hours and weekends for Mental Health Services in NELFT.

The main duties of the job include:

• Organising and prioritising own and others' workload
• Deputising for the team manager in their absence
• Providing accurate records of information required by the Trust for audit purposes
• Ensuring effective risk management at team level

The postholder will be expected to:

• Act as an autonomous, registered practitioner who is legally and professionally accountable for their own unsupervised actions
• Have full registration with a licence to practice from the General Medical Council (GMC)
• Be responsible for providing senior medical support to the team
• Provide guidance and supervision to the team
• Work directly with adult patients and their families
• Liaise with other external mental health providers and acute hospitals

The salary for this post is £113,565 to £150,569 a year.

The post is permanent and full-time, with 10 Programmed Activities (PAs) and 7.5 Direct Clinical Contact activities (DCC) and 2.5 Supporting Professional Activities (SPAs).

Job Responsibilities:

• To be responsible for organising and prioritising own and others' workload in the day-to-day allocation of work.
• To deputise when required in the team manager's absence and delegate appropriately to other medical staff.
• To have organisational knowledge relating to Trust protocols and procedures and adhere to them.
• To be responsible for providing accurate records of information required by the Trust for audit purposes.
• To ensure effective risk management at team level by accident/incident reporting, assessing, and controlling risk and ensuring residual risks are added to the Trust's risk register.

Clinical Skills:

• To act as an autonomous, registered practitioner who is legally and professionally accountable for their own unsupervised actions guided by the professional code of conduct and Trust guidelines and protocols.
• The post holder will have full registration with a licence to practice from the General Medical Council (GMC).
• Further professional knowledge will have been gained through accredited courses, workshops, study, and in-house training programmes.
• To be responsible, and accountable, for service delivery to clients/patients.
• To be able to assess and develop care plans to meet the complex needs of patients with a variety of conditions.

Person Specification:

• CCT or equivalent.
• Section 12 Approval or eligibility for it.
• Approved Clinician status, or eligibility for it.
• Inclusion in, or eligibility for inclusion in the Specialist Register or within 6 months of obtaining CCST

Essential Experience:

• Mastery in the management of a broad range of mental disorders in adults.
• Experience in managing patients from different cultural backgrounds.
• Working with interpreters and translators.

Desirable Experience:

• Masters or Doctorate degree.
• A management qualification.
• ECDL or equivalent qualification.
• Experience in strategic development