This locum consultant post sits within the Home Treatment team at East London NHS Foundation Trust, covering an 11-month fixed-term gap while the substantive holder is seconded elsewhere in the directorate. The work centres on psychiatric assessment, diagnosis and medication, alongside leading multidisciplinary risk management. It spans acute adult and older adult mental health, with liaison across GPs, forensic services, families and the courts. Full GMC registration and MRCPsych or equivalent are required, with some approvals achievable within three months of appointment.
What the job involves
- Comprehensive psychiatric assessment, mental state examination and clinical diagnosis, with care plans reflecting patients' capabilities, strengths and resilience
- Leading multidisciplinary assessment, formulation and management of individual risk
- Initiating and reviewing pharmacological treatment
- Physical health assessments
- Referrals to medical, diagnostic and forensic services
- Liaison with GPs, community and forensic services
- Reviewing clinical progress and care plans
- Assessing readiness for transfer to a less restrictive setting and planning discharge
- Safeguarding planning
- Consulting and liaising with families and carers
- Liaison 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
- Included on the GMC Specialist Register, or within six months (older adult or dual older adult/adult)
- Approved under section 12, or able to achieve within three months of appointment
- Approved clinician status, or able to achieve within three months of appointment
Experience
- Excellent experience of operating an older adult mental health service
- 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
Skills & knowledge
- Working as part of a multidisciplinary team
- Excellent clinical skills using a bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
- Managing clinical complexity and uncertainty
- Commitment to working with service users in service development and delivery
- Excellent knowledge of acute adult and older adult mental health services
- Excellent knowledge of mental health and capacity law, in particular the MCA 2005
Other
- Understanding of relevant government guidelines, targets and legislation, and of social care structures for older adults
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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The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
