Consultant Psychiatrist (Adult) - PICU and CJLS East London NHS Foundation Trust

This full-time post provides consultant care for a women’s Psychiatric Inpatient Care Unit (PICU) ward based at the Tower Hamlets Centre for Mental Health (THcMH). The successful candidate will work on the 13-bedded PICU ward for 8 female ELFT patients from across the boroughs of Newham, Tower Hamlets, and City & Hackney, and 5 beds allocated for non-trust patients. In addition, this post will have direct clinical oversight of the well-established ELFT Court Liaison Diversion service as the consultant lead. The 1.0 Whole Time Equivalent (WTE) job plan will be developed to meet the needs of the service and is envisaged to include 7.5 PAs for direct clinical care (DCC) and 2.5 PAs for supporting programmed activities (SPA). This would include assessing patients, devising management plans, and providing clinical leadership. The post holder will also provide cross-cover to the other Consultants in the team. The post-holder will provide consultant clinical leadership to the service and will assume consultant psychiatrist responsibility for patients. This includes assuming Responsible Clinician status for detained patients. They will participate, directly and indirectly, in the assessment of patients referred to the service and in drawing up care plans which will address the patients’ psychiatric, physical, and social needs. When a review of the care plan is indicated, the carer and any other professionals involved will participate in reviews. The post-holder will forge good working relationships with other psychiatrists in the service to encourage appropriate referrals to the service and assure a cooperative approach to the care of patients. Our mission is to make a positive difference to people\’s lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations. The Job Description is currently pending Royal College Approval. Tower Hamlets Centre for Mental Health is situated within a purpose-built unit on the Mile End Hospital site close to Mile End and Stepney Green Tube stations. The four general adult wards at THCMH have a continuity of care model with consultants having an inpatient and community workload. There is a partner 11 bedded male PICU ward (Millharbour) in the unit, which is led by another consultant (1.0 WTE). The Female PICU has close links with forensic colleagues based in Tower Hamlets and at the John Howard Centre (ELFT Forensic inpatient service), who provides Medium Secure beds for women and liaison forensic input. The PICU services in Tower Hamlets also have close links with the National Association of Psychiatric Intensive Care and have joint RCPsych/NAPICU accreditation. This advert closes on Sunday 12 Jan 2025. #J-18808-Ljbffr