Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Consultant Psychiatrist in Liaison

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Job summary

This is a substantive post within the Liaison service across 2 sites. You will work alongside an existing consultants in Older People's mental health who provide sessional support; and a liaison team providing clinical assessment and management of patients with mental health problems at the PRUH Hospital in Farnborough and QEH in Woolwich.

The MHLT service for QEH is different from PRUH. QEH has a separate working age and adult teams while PRUH has combined OA & WA which means a consultant can cover both especially based on the demands.

Main duties of the job

The Job plan is 7.5 DCC and 2.5 SPA with job planning details agreed following discussions with the Clinical Director and ACD.

The consultant will provide day to day assessment and management of working age and older adult patients referred to PRU liaison service during working hours.

About us

At Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, we offer a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people living in South-East London and to people in prison across England. Our wide array of services includes community health care, such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies.

Oxleas is a great place to work. It has been recognised as one of the Top 10 Best Places to Work 2023 by the Sunday Times amongst very big employers. Our staff survey results show that we are in the Top 5 in England and the highest in London for staff experience amongst similar trusts.

"We are always delighted to welcome new colleagues to the Oxleas family. We care about making Oxleas a great place to work - it's a big priority in our strategy. Come and join us - it's a place where our values, teamwork, equity, and wellbeing matter and where you can really help to improve people's lives."

Ify Okocha, Chief Executive

Date posted

17 September 2024

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£105,504 to £139,882 a year Plus 1% on-call supplement

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

277-6598108-MA

Job locations

Green Parks House

Farnborough Common

Orpington

BR6 8NY

Job description

Job responsibilities

1. Day to day assessment and management of working age and older adult patients referred to PRU liaison service during working hours.

2. Provision of comprehensive psychiatric care to patients through evaluation, diagnosis and use of appropriate treatment plans/strategies, advising and supporting acute hospital staff as needed.

3. Availability to act as Section 12(2) approved doctor for the purpose of Mental Health Act Assessments. Where appropriate perform RC duties for patients.

4. Making decisions (with other team members and with supervision from the Consultant) regarding referrals to the crisis service, admissions to mental health hospital (gate keeping, discharges from hospital to the crisis service and treatment of patients in accordance with medical standards and local guidelines).

5. Ensuring the involvement of families and career, wherever possible, with the patients consent in treatment planning.

6. Facilitating discharge, care planning and good communication with families for patients in acute wards as well as enabling better and more effective care of those who are in acute hospital beds,

7. To liaise with other agencies, as may be appropriate, especially with regard to continuity of patient care.

8. In conjunction with the consultants and team managers to identify and advocate for needed resources including staff as necessary.

9. To keep excellent clinical records including excellent relevant quality and other data.

10. Taking part in administrative/management duties within the directorate and the Trust as a whole.

11. Participating in clinical governance, clinical audit and other committees as may be necessary.

12. To comply with the Trusts agreed policies and procedures and always practice in line with the Royal College of Psychiatrists Good Psychiatric Practice and General Medical Councils Good Medical Practice.