Description
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust is currently looking for a full-time permanent Consultant Psychiatrist to provide input to a high-functioning community mental health team as part of a multi-disciplinary service (South Kensington Mental Health Hub - CMHH).
The role is to provide a comprehensive assessment and NICE-concordant treatment to all patients requiring secondary community mental health services input.
The post holder will have principal duties to provide clinical care to Kensington and Chelsea patients under South CMHH. They will be supported by the MDT team that includes a Specialist Registrar, and a Core resident doctor (CT1-3), a Foundation year doctor (FY) as well as other professionals such as pharmacist, psychologists, occupational therapists and employment specialists.
The post holder will provide joint leadership with the manager, for the performance culture of the team, ensuring best practice is employed, and that the Trust's quality and productivity targets are met. They will promote good clinical care for all patients for both their mental health and physical health.
The post holder will be expected to participate in Quality Improvement and service evaluation projects and will be encouraged to support any research which may be relevant to either short or long-term service improvement.
The post holder will be expected to be accredited as an Approved Clinician or achieve this within 3 months of commencement. The post-holder would be expected to be approved under Section 12(2) MHA and will be expected to renew this approval according to agreed procedures.
Responsibilities:
- Provide medical input, consultation, clinical leadership and overall RC responsibility for patients
- Provide medical input and leadership in care planning and risk assessment for all patients under care of South CMHH
- Be Responsible Clinician with responsibilities of attendance at and report-writing for Mental Health Tribunals and Managers hearings
- Regular clinical liaison with the Inpatient Consultants, other Community Mental Health Teams and the Home Treatment Team
Teaching Commitments:
- Active role in the postgraduate teaching programme
- Teaching of medical students who regularly attend ward rounds as part of their psychiatric experience
- Supervision of the resident doctors allocated to the team
Management:
- Member of the Medical Staff Committee of CNWL
- Participation in various committees and project teams relating to service developments
On-call responsibilities:
- Participation in the KCW wide consultants non-resident on-call rota
- Abide by the on-call policy
Benefits:
- Salary: £113,565 to £150,569 a year plus £2162 London weighting per annum pro rata
- Full-time permanent contract
- Opportunities for professional development and growth