Consultant General Adult Psychiatrist - CIMHS

A consultant general adult psychiatrist post in the CIMHS, a general adult community mental health team in Newham, run by East London NHS Foundation Trust. The work centres on comprehensive psychiatric assessment, diagnosis and medication management, leading multidisciplinary risk management, and liaison with GPs, forensic services, the courts and the police. The service is primary care facing and gives both brief and longer-term care to people with complex mental health needs. Candidates need GMC Specialist Register entry, or the ability to achieve it within six months, and approved clinician status, or the ability to achieve it within three months.

What the job involves

• Comprehensive psychiatric assessments and care plans, considering patients' capabilities, strengths and resilience
• Mental state examination and clinical diagnosis
• Initiating and reviewing pharmacological treatment
• Leading multidisciplinary assessment, formulation and management of individual risk
• Physical health assessments
• Making referrals to other services, including medical referrals, diagnostic tests and forensic services
• Liaising with GPs, community and forensic services
• Reviewing clinical progress and care plans
• Assessing readiness for transfer to a less restrictive setting and discharge planning
• Safeguarding planning
• Consulting and liaising with families and carers
• Liaising with the criminal justice system, police, courts and probation when required

What’s required

Qualifications

• MRCPsych or equivalent

Registration & licences

• Full GMC registration with a licence to practise at appointment
• GMC Specialist Register entry, or within six months (older adult or dual older adult/adult)
• Approved under S12, or able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
• Approved clinician status, or able to achieve within 3 months of appointment

Experience

• Excellent experience of operating an older adult mental health service
• Knowledge of how acute adult and older adult mental health services operate
• Assessment and treatment of a wide range of mental health and psychological disorders using evidence-based interventions
• Assessment of cognitive impairment and diagnosis of dementia and delirium
• Understanding of social care structures relevant to older adults

Skills & knowledge

• Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team
• Excellent clinical skills using a bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
• Ability to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
• Commitment to working with service users in service development and delivery
• Knowledge of mental health and capacity law, particularly the MCA 2005
• Understanding of relevant government guidelines, targets and legislation

Nice to have

• Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management
• Formal leadership or management training
• Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to the post, within the NHS or a comparable service
• Experience of contributing to or leading service planning, development and management

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