Consultant in General Adult Community Psychiatry

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical responsibilities:

1. Provide senior clinical advice and support to the daily triage, MDT and other regular clinical team meetings.

2. Support the convening of regular Intervision spaces for the team as part of their Open Dialogue practice.

3. Ensure that all referrals are triaged daily and responded to in a timely way

4. Assessment of new patients and clinical supervision of assessments carried out by other team members, understanding how this can be adapted to be more Open Dialogue informed.

5. Review complex needs patients to ensure appropriate care packages are put in place

6. Mental Health Act related-work

7. Domiciliary visits to provide assessment and treatment services as a member of the CMHT

8. Domiciliary assessments in response to emergencies

9. Occasional psychiatric assessments of residents who may be in crisis in another borough.

10. Ensure that physical health needs are addressed

11. Review and monitoring of the caseload to ensure appropriate care packages are put in place and discharges facilitated to maintain patient flow.

12. Develop good working relationships with local GPs and other providers

13. Provide mental health advice and support to GPs and primary care clinicians by surgery visits and other means, to assist patient management in the primary care setting

14. Close liaison with the wards to facilitate admission and discharge planning.

15. Liaison with CRHTT, Psychiatric Liaison Services, AMHP services and Forensic Services in the borough.

16. Develop working relationships with local voluntary sector services in order to support and promote recovery

17. Following the cross-cover protocol that has been agreed with another team or colleague which will make sure appropriate consultant cover is in place during absences.

Leadership responsibilities:

1. Leadership role in the quality agenda: identifying areas for improvement and active engagement with QI

2. Lead the development and understanding of how service processes would need to be adapted to be informed by Open Dialogue

3. Meet regularly with the team and local service managers to ensure quality, finance and performance targets are met

4. Support recruitment and ensure optimal retention of team members

5. Line management and clinical supervision of junior and higher trainees and specialty doctors in the team

6. Teaching of medical students

7. Engage in service development, particularly around Open Dialogue transition

8. Actively link and develop a relationship with the Primary Care Network(s) you are affiliated to, to respond to their developing needs and support the move towards more integrated care.

Please see Job Description for a full list of Job Responsibilties

Person Specification

QUALIFICATIONS

Essential

• MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.

Desirable

• Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
• Additional clinical qualifications.
• MRCPsych OR MRCPsych equivalent
• Training/Qualification in Open Dialogue

ELIGIBILITY

Essential

• Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment
• Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months
• Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
• Approved under S12

Desirable

• In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice

CLINICAL SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE

Essential

• Excellent knowledge in specialty
• Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
• Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
• Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others
• Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA
• Experience in delivering Open Dialogue in a clinical service

Desirable

• Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service

TRANSPORT

Essential

• Ability to use public transport (for travel to see patients if indicated).

ACADEMIC SKILLS & LIFELONG LEARNING

Essential

• Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
• Participated in continuous professional development
• Participated in research or service evaluation.
• Able to use and appraise clinical evidence.
• Has actively participated in clinical audit.

Desirable

• Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post
• Reflected on purpose of CPD undertaken
• Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation.
• Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations and publications.
• Has led clinical audits leading to service change.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

South Westminster Mental Health Hub (Victoria PCN)

190 Vauxhall Bridge Road

London

SW1V 1DX

Employer's website

https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/work (Opens in a new tab)