Job summary
CNWL are currently looking for an experienced Consultant Psychiatrist to provide medical leadership in developing and managing the Kensington & Chelsea Psychotherapy service on a fixed-term Contract as Maternity cover.
The post-holder will work within the Kensington & Chelsea community mental health teams (Hubs) to inform overall treatments, and to provide specialist psychological therapies assessments and treatment as part of integrated care pathways. The post-holder will also be working closely with Complex Emotional Needs (CEN) Clinical Lead and Art Therapists to provide specialist psychotherapy interventions.
This post is an established part time (8 sessions) post due, and is based at Hathaway House, London, W9 2BA
Main duties of the job
To provide specialised psychological therapies assessments and treatments in secondary care services as part of integrated care pathways, provide medical leadership in developing and managing the psychotherapy service, specialist supervision of psychotherapy treatments and fulfil the training responsibilities of the Trust for psychiatric trainees, medical students and other mental healthprofessionals.
About us
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL) specialises in caring for people with a wide range of physical and mental health needs.We are constantly developing and working in innovative ways to provide modern, dependable services in:o physical and mental health sectorso primary, secondary and community services
Kensington and Chelsea adult mental health service provides a range of mental health services for adults across the age range within the community and in hospital settings. These are integrated health and social care services. These are based at:o St Charles Hospital with 8 inpatient wards; two adult PICUs, 4 adult acute wards and two Older Adult wardso South Kensington and Chelsea Mental Health Centre, next to Chelsea and Westminster Hospital with the liaison service, health psychology, therapies team, memory service, older and younger adult psychiatric liaison serviceso Community team bases for adult Mental Health Hubs and Psychology and Psychotherapy serviceso KCW Early Intervention Service at Hathaway Houseo Home Treatment Team (HTT)o Mental Health Act Team (AMHP Team)o Psychology and Psychotherapy Services including Clinical Psychologists embedded in the CMHTs and inpatient unit, Arts Psychotherapy, and other specialist family and individual psychotherapieso FOCUS Team (community forensic service) at Hathaway House
o in health and social care settings for all ages.
Job description
Job responsibilities
CORE CLINICAL AND LEADERSHIP RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Managing psychotherapy referrals, as well as psychotherapy waiting lists in the Psychotherapy Service.2. Providing specialist psychological therapy assessments and extended consultations. The post-holder will provide on a weekly basis one new psychotherapy assessments directly or by supervising a junior member of staff, one follow-up assessment consultation and one consultation for ongoing complex psychotherapy cases.3. Holding a clinical caseload including patients undergoing psychotherapy assessment (on average four patients); complex psychotherapy patients (on average four patients); patients in ongoing psychotherapy treatments as provided by medical and non-medical psychotherapists under the supervision of the post-holder (on average twenty five patients). Patients on the caseload suffer primarily from severe or treatment resistance mood disorders, co-morbid personality disorders and severe relational difficulties.4. Providing clinical and psychotherapy supervision for 1.5 WTE Psychotherapy junior doctors posts (six- months psychotherapy placements usually at CT3 level) allocated to this Consultant post. The post holder will also be providing regular supervision of psychotherapy cases of junior doctors during their rotation placement in the Kensington and Chelsea services. Psychotherapy cases are allocated to junior doctors following assessment by the consultant psychotherapist in the service. The post-holder will maintain consultant responsibility for psychotherapy cases throughout the psychotherapy treatments. Junior doctors are supervised in supervision groups typically made up of five supervisees for one hour a week. Psychotherapy supervision consists in the discussion and the review of the clinical management of individual psychotherapy cases. The duration of individual psychotherapy treatments is up to 12 months.5. Attending weekly and fully participating in the K&C North and South Hub team meetings6. Direct involvement in the community teams clinical work.7. Providing clinical leadership to allow for the provision of a full range of psychological treatments across Kensington and Chelsea.8. Medical input and clinical leadership in line with the Trusts strategic objectives.
For a full list of Job Responsibilities, please see Job Description
Job description
Job responsibilities
CORE CLINICAL AND LEADERSHIP RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Managing psychotherapy referrals, as well as psychotherapy waiting lists in the Psychotherapy Service.2. Providing specialist psychological therapy assessments and extended consultations. The post-holder will provide on a weekly basis one new psychotherapy assessments directly or by supervising a junior member of staff, one follow-up assessment consultation and one consultation for ongoing complex psychotherapy cases.3. Holding a clinical caseload including patients undergoing psychotherapy assessment (on average four patients); complex psychotherapy patients (on average four patients); patients in ongoing psychotherapy treatments as provided by medical and non-medical psychotherapists under the supervision of the post-holder (on average twenty five patients). Patients on the caseload suffer primarily from severe or treatment resistance mood disorders, co-morbid personality disorders and severe relational difficulties.4. Providing clinical and psychotherapy supervision for 1.5 WTE Psychotherapy junior doctors posts (six- months psychotherapy placements usually at CT3 level) allocated to this Consultant post. The post holder will also be providing regular supervision of psychotherapy cases of junior doctors during their rotation placement in the Kensington and Chelsea services. Psychotherapy cases are allocated to junior doctors following assessment by the consultant psychotherapist in the service. The post-holder will maintain consultant responsibility for psychotherapy cases throughout the psychotherapy treatments. Junior doctors are supervised in supervision groups typically made up of five supervisees for one hour a week. Psychotherapy supervision consists in the discussion and the review of the clinical management of individual psychotherapy cases. The duration of individual psychotherapy treatments is up to 12 months.5. Attending weekly and fully participating in the K&C North and South Hub team meetings6. Direct involvement in the community teams clinical work.7. Providing clinical leadership to allow for the provision of a full range of psychological treatments across Kensington and Chelsea.8. Medical input and clinical leadership in line with the Trusts strategic objectives.
For a full list of Job Responsibilities, please see Job Description
Person Specification
Educational and professional qualifications
Essential
- Primary Medical Degree
- Full GMC Registration
- Section 12 MHA Approved
- Inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register (or CCT expected within 6 months of interview date)
Desirable
- MRCPsych (or equivalent)
- Additional GMC Specialist Registration
- AC approval
- Higher degree (MSc, LLM, MD or PhD)
- Additional UKCP/BPC accredited post-graduate qualification in specialist psychotherapy or in advanced stage of training towards this
General knowledge/ experience & core skills
Essential
- Experience of providing psychotherapy supervision to medical and non-medical staff as well as offering consultations to senior colleagues across disciplines
- Experience of working in multidisciplinary teams
- Proficient in risk assessment and management.
- Evidence of completed clinical audit/quality improvement projects
- Evidence of undergraduate and postgraduate trainee teaching
Desirable
- Experience of service development/business planning/service evaluations
- High level knowledge of planned developments at a national level to improve efficiency and deliver quality services
- Experience of running a Balint group
- Experience of teaching non- medical staff/carers
- Experience of working with ethnic and multi-lingual minorities, refugees and other minority groups
Other attributes
Essential
- Good communication and interpersonal skills
- Demonstrable leadership skills, maturity and the ability to contain and support a team
- Sound organisational skills
Desirable
- Demonstration of ability to innovative practice and service improvement
- Relevant publications in the field of psychotherapy
Person Specification
Educational and professional qualifications
Essential
- Primary Medical Degree
- Full GMC Registration
- Section 12 MHA Approved
- Inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register (or CCT expected within 6 months of interview date)
Desirable
- MRCPsych (or equivalent)
- Additional GMC Specialist Registration
- AC approval
- Higher degree (MSc, LLM, MD or PhD)
- Additional UKCP/BPC accredited post-graduate qualification in specialist psychotherapy or in advanced stage of training towards this
General knowledge/ experience & core skills
Essential
- Experience of providing psychotherapy supervision to medical and non-medical staff as well as offering consultations to senior colleagues across disciplines
- Experience of working in multidisciplinary teams
- Proficient in risk assessment and management.
- Evidence of completed clinical audit/quality improvement projects
- Evidence of undergraduate and postgraduate trainee teaching
Desirable
- Experience of service development/business planning/service evaluations
- High level knowledge of planned developments at a national level to improve efficiency and deliver quality services
- Experience of running a Balint group
- Experience of teaching non- medical staff/carers
- Experience of working with ethnic and multi-lingual minorities, refugees and other minority groups
Other attributes
Essential
- Good communication and interpersonal skills
- Demonstrable leadership skills, maturity and the ability to contain and support a team
- Sound organisational skills
Desirable
- Demonstration of ability to innovative practice and service improvement
- Relevant publications in the field of psychotherapy
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
