Consultant Psychiatrist in General Psychiatry (Kilburn CMHT & EIS) Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
CNWL is seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Consultant Psychiatrist to join the Early Intervention Service (EIS) and the Kilburn Locality Community Mental Health Team; the Kilburn post is a replacement post due to retirement of the part-time consultant while the EIS post is a long-term part-time vacancy.
The post holder will have consultant and RC responsibility for a defined caseload of service users under the care of the Kilburn Locality Community Mental Health Team and a reduced caseload in EIS. The post holder will also provide mentoring and supervision as an experienced Consultant.
To manage, appraise and provide professional supervision to medical staff as agreed between consultant colleagues and the medical director and in accordance with the Trust's policies and procedures.
# To ensure that medical staff working with the post holder operate within the parameters of the New Deal and are Working Time Directive compliant.
# To participate in service/business planning for the locality and, as appropriate, for the whole mental health service.
# To attend and participate in the academic program of the Trust as part of the internal CPD program.
# To participate annually, as a minimum, in a job plan review with the clinical manager, which will include consultation with a relevant manager in order to ensure that the post is developed to take into account changes in service configuration and delivery associated with modernization.
# To work with local managers and professional colleagues in ensuring the efficient running of services.
# To comply with the Trust's agreed policies, procedures and standing orders, and to take an active role in the financial management of the service and support the medical director and other managers in planning for services.
Brent Adult Mental Health Service provides a range of services for adults within community and hospital settings. Our community services have recently transformed to improve the quality of care received by people with mental health needs in their local community in line with the NHS Long Term Plan, towards provision of more integrated, personalised and place-based care.
Assessment of new patients and clinical supervision of assessments carried out by other team members.
Senior medical responsibility for the care carried out by the Community Mental Health Team.
Review and monitoring of the caseload to ensure appropriate care packages are put in place and discharges facilitated to maintain patient flow.
Contribution to the continuous development of the Community Mental Health Team, and to other parts of the Service as required.
Research, in terms of personal projects and clinical audits as part of clinical involvement in joint planning of future service.
To be responsible for carrying out detailed psychiatric assessments and risk assessments and to contribute to planning and implementing service users care plans.
To review clients within the community as well as those who require a hospital admission for medical assessments and evaluation including physical and mental state examinations.
To involve the user and carers in the treatment, management and care planning of a user's mental health and physical care.
To liaise effectively with appropriate agencies, statutory and non-statutory, other mental healthcare providers, GPs and families and carers, as appropriate, regarding clients.
To ensure that clinical records are kept up to date, accurate, signed and legible.
To input data into the patient information system and MiData audit tool and any other tool used in the service. Training and support will be provided for these activities.
To participate in Continuing Professional Development.
To participate in annual appraisal in line with Trust policy.
Holds and will use valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative.
MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge.
Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust