Consultant Psychiatrist in General Adult Psychiatry ICMP
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Main area: ICMP
Grade: NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 10 sessions per week (Monday to Friday - 8 hours per day)
Job ref: 277-6509878-A3-TS
Site: Ferryview Health Centre, 25/27 John Wilson Street, Woolwich, London, SE18 6PZ
Town: Woolwich, London
Salary: £105,504 - £139,882 + £2,162 London Weighting + 1% on-call supplement
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 13/01/2025 23:59
Job overview
The post holder will be one of 2 Consultant Psychiatrists to the Greenwich East Intensive Case Management for Psychosis Team (ICMp) with Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust. This is a job share with a well-established consultant that reduced their hours several years ago as part of retirement plans. The post has been filled by a locum associate specialist for the past few years.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for the care and treatment of patients who receive high level and complex mental health care within the team. This will involve attending multi-disciplinary team meetings, case discussion meetings, and weekly referrals meetings within the team. The post holder will be expected to attend zoning meetings at least twice a week to prioritize contacts with patients, especially those service users who are deteriorating and presenting with increasing risk. The post holder will be expected to support the team with the development of robust crisis plans for those patients that may be deteriorating.
The post holder will additionally be expected to chair review/CPA meetings, offer crisis appointments to patients who are in the red zone, and provide home visits and telephone advice to general practitioners and other professionals involved with the care of service users on the caseload.
Working for our organisation
At Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, we offer a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people living in South-East London and to people in prison across England. Our wide array of services includes community health care, such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities, and mental health services such as psychiatry, nursing, and therapies.
Oxleas is recognized as one of the Top 10 Best Places to Work 2023 by the Sunday Times. Our staff survey results show that we are in the Top 5 in England and the highest in London for staff experience among similar trusts.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will have 4 formal outpatient clinics a week with 4-5 patients booked per clinic. The consultant and other team medics will be responsible for screening new referrals and ensuring prompt assessment from the team. This follows a framework with other team members to offer an Initial Family Meeting (IFM) where goals and objectives are agreed. There may be additional crisis clinic appointments and/or home visits required during the week, and the consultant will be expected to show flexibility in managing their diary.
Within the clinics, some patients will have a care co-ordinator and will have formerly been on CPA; other patients may only be seeing a doctor who will act as the lead clinician. There are various projects in place looking at ways of reducing the ICMp caseload and aligning this with the Trust objectives of providing great out-of-hospital care and reducing any delays to treatment.
There is protected time for administrative work, and the post holder will be supported with any digital/electronic/technological help required to facilitate timely communication with GPs, referrers, and partner agencies. Time will also be allocated to deal with mental health act-related work including attending tribunals for patients on community treatment orders (CTO).
The post holder will have supervision duties for the Associate Specialist and GPVTS Trainee working with the team, which will be agreed with the other consultant. It is expected that weekly supervision supports the junior doctors with complex cases and other educational and pastoral issues.
Person specification
GMC Registration
* GMC registered number
* Registration application
Section 12
* Registration application for Section 12
Experience of ICMP
* Work history of CV
* Working in ICMP environment
We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that welcomes and supports individuals of all abilities. If you meet the minimum criteria for this role and have a disability, you can be guaranteed an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme. Please ensure you select this on your application form. We encourage you to be open about your needs so we can work with you to design a comfortable and accessible interview experience. Any information you provide regarding a disability or a need for adjustments will be treated in confidence.
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Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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