Substantive 0.6 WTE consultant psychiatrist post in the Intensive Outreach pathway within the Core Community Mental Health Teams, created with new ICB investment. The consultant gives clinical leadership, advises GPs, and carries out assessments, medication reviews and risk planning for referred patients. The work sits alongside the core team's multidisciplinary staff, housing, social services and Talking Therapies, with an emphasis on relationship-building. Section 12 approval and approved clinician status are required, or achievable within three months of appointment.
What the job involves
- Provide consultant input and clinical leadership to the Intensive Outreach pathway
- Advise GPs and practice staff on assessing and managing patients' mental health difficulties through case discussions, joint consultations and training
- Assist with diagnosis, formulation, medication reviews, Dialog+ care planning, and risk, safety and self-help plans for referred patients
- Carry out direct clinical assessments, Mental Health Act and domiciliary assessments as required
- Assist with triage of new referrals
- Be Section 12 approved and take part in the Trust-wide Section 12 daytime rota
- Provide second opinions for consultant colleagues on request
- Keep up with administration and timely note-keeping on the electronic patient record, including GP letters and risk assessments
- Work within the MDT, promoting respect for all professional groups and integrated teamwork
- Assist with Serious Incident investigations and complaints on request
- Liaise with GPs, primary care, Talking Therapies, voluntary services and intersecting systems to join up care
- Take part in management, governance, audit and quality improvement activity, and attend consultant and management meetings
Qualifications
- MBBS or equivalent qualification
Registration & licences
- Full GMC registration with a current licence to practise at intended start date
- On the GMC Specialist Register, or within six months
- Approved clinician status, or achievable within 3 months of appointment
- Section 12 approval, or achievable within three months of appointment
Experience
- Participated in research or service evaluation
- Actively participated in clinical audit and quality improvement programmes
Skills & knowledge
- Excellent knowledge in the specialty
- Excellent clinical skills using a bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
- Excellent oral and written communication in English
- Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
- Makes evidence-based decisions, using and appraising clinical evidence and drawing on others' input
- Able to meet duties under the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act
Other
- Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
- Able to work in and lead a team, with commitment to shared leadership and collaborative working
- Basic computer skills, including email and internet use
Nice to have
- Higher degree or qualification in medical education, clinical research or management
- Open Dialogue training
- Additional clinical qualification
- In good standing with the GMC, with no warnings or conditions on practice
- Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience in the NHS or a comparable service
- Experience in clinical research and/or service evaluation, and of leading audits that led to service change
- Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement, such as awards, prizes, presentations or publications
- Planning and delivering relevant teaching, reflecting on CPD undertaken, and experience in data gathering and management
What’s offered
- London Zone Weighting of £2,162 per annum
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
