Consultant - Enfield South and North Core (Bush Park & Lucas House)

North London Foundation NHS Trust seeks to appoint an enthusiastic full-time (or 2 part-time) consultant psychiatrist(s) to the Enfield North and South CORE Teams, which are based in Silver St and Lucas House in Enfield respectively. The North and South Locality Teams together cover the borough of Enfield. The post is available as one current substantive consultant has taken up a management role.

This post offers up to 10 Programmed Activities per week as a single post - 8.0 PAs for direct clinical care (DCC) and up to 2.0 PAs for supporting professional activity (SPA). The post holder(s) will be required to provide clinical and professional leadership and to take part in related management activities. As a senior clinician, the post holder will have an integral role in the performance of the team, further development of the service, and the development of clinical pathways and priorities.

• To work within the MDT promoting respect for all professional groups and focusing upon coherent and integrated teamwork.
• To be Section 12(2) approved and have approved clinician status and participate in the Trust-wide Section 12 daytime rota.
• To provide second opinions for consultant colleagues if requested.
• To keep up with administration and note-keeping on the electronic patient record system in a timely manner, including letters to GPs, Dialog+ and risk assessments.
• To assist with Serious Incident investigations and complaints if requested.
• To keep up to date with mandatory training.
• To attend and participate in Consultants' and Management meetings to keep informed of service issues and developments.
• Other management/clinical supporting activity (to be negotiated as required by the Trust).

About us: North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.

Our Five-Year Strategy: We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all. We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care. We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.

• To manage an established caseload of patients with SMI, many of whom use medication.
• To contribute to the management of non-SMI clients in collaboration with colleagues from psychological therapies service streams and other staff groups working in the team.
• To act as Responsible Clinician (RC) for the clients of the Locality Team treated on a Community Treatment Order (CTO, S17A MHA) under your PCN.
• To comply with all legal obligations covering clinical practice e.g. Mental Health Act and Code of Practice, safeguarding procedures.
• To complete relevant paperwork, including maintaining the electronic record and participating in routine outcome monitoring of clinical work.
• To supervise and facilitate learning to medical staff and other professionals in all aspects of psychiatric care.
• To participate in the Enfield consultant psychiatrist on-call rota (1:32).
• To participate in the weekly team meeting and undertake other duties, as negotiated, that contribute to the good functioning of the clinical team.
• To provide clinical and professional leadership within the post and take part in management activities and governance processes related to the post or the wider service within which it is embedded.
• As a senior clinician, to have an integral role in the performance of the team, further development of the service, and the development of the clinical pathways and priorities of the service line.

• Qualifications
  • Essential: MBBS or equivalent qualification
  • Desirable: Qualifications or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management, Open Dialogue Training, Additional clinical qualification
• Eligibility
  • Essential: Full Registration with the General Medical Council (GMC) with a current licence to practise from the GMC at intended start date, Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months, Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment, Section 12 Approved or able to achieve within three months of appointment
  • Desirable: In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice
• Transport
  • Essential: Holds and will use valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative
• Clinical skills, knowledge and 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
  • Desirable: Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
• Academic Skills and lifelong learning
  • Essential: Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training, Ability to work in and lead team, Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership and collaborative working to deliver improvement, Participated in research or service evaluation, Able to use and appraise clinical evidence, Has actively participated in clinical audit and quality improvement programmes.
  • Desirable: Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post, Reflect 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 or improved outcomes to patients.
• Information Technology Experience & Skills
  • Essential: Basic computer skills, including ability to use e-mail and Internet
  • Desirable: Experience in data gathering and management

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.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.