Consultant Psychiatrist in General Adult Psychiatry (Harness CMHT) in London

CNWL is looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated Consultant to join the Harness Community Mental Health Team. This full‐time position would be excellent for someone wanting to broaden their experience of community psychiatry and develop their clinical skills in a supportive and challenging environment. The team is well established with good support from senior clinical and managerial colleagues.

Main duties of the job:

• This is a Consultant Psychiatrist replacement post working within the Harness Locality Community Mental Health Team.
• The post holder will have consultant and RC responsibility for a defined caseload of service users under the care of the local CMHT.
• The post holder will also provide mentoring and supervision as an experienced consultant.

Brent Adult Mental Health Service provides a range of services for adults within community and hospital settings. Our community services have recently transformed to improve the quality of care received by people with mental health needs in their local community in line with the NHS Long Term Plan, towards provision of more integrated, personalised and place‐based care.

Brent adult mental health services include:

• Acute in‐patients (4 wards) and PICU (13 beds) – Park Royal Centre for Mental Health
• Community Mental Health Hubs – organised in three hubs serving the three GP networks in the borough.
• Early Intervention Service – Fairlight Avenue, Harlesden
• Home Treatment Team (HTT) – Park Royal
• Mental Health Act Team (AMHP Team) – Park Royal
• Brent Integrated Psychology and Psychotherapy Services embedded within the team
• Community Forensic Service – Provided in collaboration with West London NHS Trust
• Brent Talking Therapies
• Brent Community Collaboration and health inequalities team
• Mental health social team which deliver AMHP, hospital discharge, placements and complex case management

Job Responsibilities:

• Manage, appraise and provide professional supervision to junior medical staff as agreed between consultant colleagues and the medical director.
• Ensure junior medical staff working with the post holder operate within the parameters of the New Deal and are Working Time Directive compliant.
• Record clinical activity accurately and comprehensively, and submit this promptly through the Trust's clinical information systems.
• Participate in service and business planning activity for the locality and, as appropriate, for the whole mental health service.
• Participate in annual appraisal for consultants.
• Attend and participate in the academic programme of the Trust, including lectures and seminars as part of the internal CPD programme.
• Participate annually, as a minimum, in a job plan review with the clinical manager.
• Work with local managers and professional colleagues in ensuring the efficient running of services.
• Comply with the Trust's agreed policies, procedures, standing orders and financial instructions.
• Assessment of new patients and clinical supervision of assessments carried out by other team members.
• Full participation in the multidisciplinary team providing care in the community.
• Senior medical responsibility for the care carried out by the Community Mental Health Team for both CPA and LPC patients.
• Review and monitor the caseload to ensure appropriate care packages are put in place and discharges facilitated to maintain patient flow.
• Contribution to the continuous development of the Community Mental Health Team.
• Domiciliary visits to provide assessment and treatment services as a member of the CMHT.
• Domiciliary assessments in response to emergencies.
• Research, in terms of personal projects and clinical audits as part of clinical governance.
• Involvement in joint planning of future service development.
• Occasional psychiatric assessments of residents who may be in crisis in another borough.
• Close liaison with the wards to facilitate admission and discharge planning.
• Liaison with HTT, Psychiatric Liaison Services, AMHP services and Forensic Services in the borough.

Person Specification:

• MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
• Desirable: Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
• MRCPsych OR MRCPsych equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
• Eligibility: 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 OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment.

Clinical Skills, Knowledge & Experience:

• 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.

Academic Skills & Lifelong Learning:

• 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.

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 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.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.