This full-time replacement consultant post sits in the Kilburn Locality Community Mental Health Team at Park Royal Centre for Mental Health, Brent. The consultant holds responsible clinician duties for a defined caseload, alongside assessment, senior medical input and mentoring of junior staff. It suits a consultant seeking wider community psychiatry experience in a well-established team. Applicants need GMC registration with a licence to practise and S12 approval, or the ability to achieve both within three months.
What the job involves
- Assess new patients and supervise assessments carried out by other team members
- Hold senior medical responsibility for complex patients in the community team
- Review caseload care plans, packages and discharges to maintain patient flow
- Take a full part in the multidisciplinary community team
- Carry out domiciliary assessments and treatment, including emergency visits
- Liaise with wards on admission and discharge planning
- Liaise with the home treatment team, liaison psychiatry, AMHP and forensic services
- Lead quality improvement and clinical audit
- Line manage and supervise junior doctors and trainees in the team
- Teach medical students and support educational supervision of trainees
- Take part in service planning and link with primary care networks
- Keep accurate clinical records and comply with Trust policies and financial instructions
What’s required
Qualifications
- MB BS or equivalent medical qualification
Registration & licences
- Full GMC registration with a licence to practise at appointment
- Included on the GMC Specialist Register, or within six months
- Approved clinician status, or able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
- S12 approval under the Mental Health Act, or able to achieve within 3 months
Skills & knowledge
- Excellent knowledge of 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, including with the contribution of others
- Able to meet duties under the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act
Nice to have
- MRCPsych or an equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management
- Additional clinical qualifications
- In good standing with the GMC and RCPsych, with no warnings or conditions on practice
- Valid UK driving licence, or evidence of an alternative means of transport
- Wide specialist and sub-specialist experience in the NHS or a comparable service
What’s offered
- London weighting of £2,162 per annum, pro rata
- Support to access training for the educational supervisor role, included in job planning
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
