Locum Consultant General Adult Psychiatrist

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated general adult psychiatrist to join the Putney and Roehampton IRH based at Queen Mary’s Hospital. The role is being offered as 10 PAs on a fixed term basis. The Putney and Roehampton IRH provides care for walking age adults who live in the Putney and Roehampton area and experience severe and enduring mental illness. The IRH is one of four within the borough of Wandsworth with care provided according to GP and PCN alignment. The post sits within a well-established multidisciplinary team including another substantive consultant. The role works closely with a separate consultant led assessment team and interfaces with consultant led home treatment team and inpatient wards. There are also specialist teams for early intervention in psychosis and personality disorder.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will provide medical leadership to Putney and Roehampton IRH and medical consultant psychiatric advice to patients referred to the Wandsworth Single Point of Access Team (WSPA). The Consultant will work closely with the Team Manager to ensure a safe, efficient and effective service that meets the Trust’s Key Performance Indicators. While individual clinicians within the team have responsibility for the clinical care they deliver, the consultant shares with the team manager and other team members responsibility for ensuring the care delivered by the team is safe and of a good standard. This includes participating in systems of audit and clinical governance, working to resolve problems on their own initiative, and where necessary drawing any concerns they have been unable to resolve themselves to the attention of the team manager and others.

About us

South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS trust has a rich history, well established community links, and an international reputation. We provide a full range of local mental health services to the Kingston, Merton, Richmond, Sutton and Wandsworth London boroughs as well as specialist forensic mental health services including specialised services such as national deaf adults and CAMHS inpatients and OCD. We are committed to providing high quality integrated health and social care for local people with mental health problems in South West London and more specialist mental health services for people throughout the UK. The care quality commission already rates our services as good; however, we aim to be outstanding.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Consultant will run outpatient clinics, conduct home visits, attend CMHT-GP liaison meetings, and be available to review patients who have care coordinators when appropriate. A thorough knowledge of, and ability to deliver high quality clinical community psychiatry is essential, but immediate knowledge of local resources, while desirable, is not essential as many decisions can be made within MDT meetings or in collaboration with allied professionals within the team, where a broader knowledge of local services can be shared.

Please refer attached JDPS for detailed information.

Person Specification

QUALIFICATIONS

Essential

• Primary Medical degree
• Full GMC registration
• MRCPsych, or equivalent. Included on the GMC Specialist Register or eligible for such inclusion on the Specialist Registrar within three months of completing their CCT.
• Section 12 (2) approval of the Mental Health Act

Desirable

• Qualification in another specialism
• Qualification in a talking therapy such as CBT, DBT or MBT
• Qualifications in change management and service development skills
• CCT in General Adult Psychiatry

KNOWLEDGE: & EXPERIENCE:

Essential

• Completed minimum of three years full time training in approved higher psychiatric training scheme.
• A detailed knowledge of main treatment approaches for severe mental illness including psychopharmacological interventions

Desirable

• Knowledge and experience of the CPA process, risk assessment and risk management
• Experience of teaching medical and non-medical staff, including those who may not have a formal qualification

AUDIT AND MANAGEMENT:

Essential

• Commitment to developing practice through clinical audit and/or research
• Commitment to working with allied agencies including carer’s groups, and local charities.

Desirable

• Experience of service planning and development
• Experience of working with third sector partners

RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS:

Essential

• Evidence of participation in research, and outcomes of studies

Desirable

• Higher degree in research Completion of a research project and evidence of its dissemination
• Publication in a peer reviewed journal

TEACHING

Essential

• Experience of teaching undergraduate and postgraduate psychiatry

Desirable

• Teaching Qualification
• Evidence of feedback good from students

PERSONAL SKILLS AND CHARACTERISTICS:

Essential

• Ability to remain calm under pressure
• Ability to inspire others
• Ability to provide good clinical leadership
• Ability to effect change
• Ability to negotiate and collaborate with first, second and third sector organisations to identify shared agendas and meet common goals
• Willingness to supervise junior medical staff and staff from allied disciplines
• Willingness to take on a fair share of Trustwide duties
• Commitment to personal, team and service development
• Ability to work co-operatively in multi-disciplinary teams
• Ability to manage and adapt to change

Desirable

• Personal experience of mental illness
• Personal experience of social distress
• Evidence of helping others who have suffered physical, mental or social misfortune
• Evidence of seeking feedback as a way of improving one’s skills

Employer details

Employer name
South West London and St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust

Address
Queen Mary’s University Hospital
2nd floor Queen Mary’s Hospital,
Roehampton Lane
SW155PN

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