Description
We are seeking a Community Old Age Consultant Psychiatrist to join our team in the Havering Old Age Community Mental Team. The successful candidate will provide clinical leadership, direct patient care, and collaborate across the care pathway for Old Age mental health patients.
The role combines clinical leadership, direct patient care, and collaboration across the care pathway for Old Age mental health patients. You will help shape service development, support staff, and champion the Trust values of kindness, respect, and partnership with communities.
Main duties of the job The postholder will be part of the Senior Psychiatrist on-call rota covering out of hours for Mental Health Services in NELFT. The on-call covers Adult and Older Adult services. This is currently a 1:40 rota with a 3% Category A salary supplement.
Job responsibilities The post holder will be a Consultant Psychiatrist committed to establishing a culture of care and collaborative working in the team. You will be expected to provide clinical leadership and supervision to the team, work directly with adult patients and their families, and liaise as appropriate with inpatient, crisis, and other community consultant psychiatrists.
Benefits
- Salary: £113,565 to £150,569 a year
- Permanent, full-time position
- Opportunities for consultants to take an active role in teaching and clinical curriculum delivery
Person Specification
- Essential qualifications: Inclusion in/eligibility for the Specialist Register for Psychiatry (or within 6 months of CCT), Approved Clinician status/eligibility
- Desirable qualifications: Postgraduate qualification
Experience
- Essential experience: Comprehensive understanding of biological, psychological, and social determinants of mental health disorders, a range of evidence-based treatment approaches for people with frailty and in Old Age, awareness of NHS and NELFT strategic priorities and clinical governance
- Desirable experience: An understanding of systemic leadership principles, working knowledge of quality improvement methodology