Job overview
A generous Recruitment and Retention Premia of £20,000 is applicable to this post (conditions apply). A relocation package of up to £8000 is also available for this post.
There is an exciting opportunity within the North London Mental Health Partnership (NLMHP) for a General Adult Consultant Psychiatrist to join the Enfield Acute Adult Inpatient Services based at Chase Farm Hospital in Enfield. The role is based on Suffolk ward in the Chase Building, which cares for adult female patients with regards to assessment and treatment. This is a 17 bedded ward.
Please refer to the updated Job Description for this full time (10PA) post and the Person Specifications within it.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be expected to provide clinical leadership for the MDT on Suffolk ward. The post-holder will be expected:
· To manage 17 adult inpatients (female) with a variety of psychiatric diagnoses, many of whom will be detained under a section of the Mental Health Act (MHA).
· To conduct assessments, request investigations and contribute to formulation of acutely unwell psychiatric inpatients.
· To formulate treatment plans and oversee implementation and evaluation of these treatment plans.
· To contribute to management of patient flow with a view to manage bed capacity effectively and avoid or flag up potential delayed transfers of care.
· To comply with all legal obligations covering clinical practice e.g. Mental Health Act and Code of Practice, safeguarding procedures.
· To complete relevant paperwork, including maintaining the electronic record and participating in routine outcome monitoring of clinical work.
Working for our organisation
Formed in 2001 through the merger of its predecessor organizations, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust (BEH-MHT) continues to innovate and develop at a fast pace. We are a large mental health trust in London with an annual budget of £337 million and employing more than 3,300 staff. We serve a population of 1.2 million and operate from over 20 main sites in the community. In 2020-21 the trust cared for more than 126,176 people; approximately 2,800 patients on our wards and over 128,388 service users in the community.
We provide a wide range of local and more specialist mental health services, including helping people with serious mental illness (SMI), personality disorders, drug and alcohol recovery, children’s mental health issues, dementia, eating disorders, learning disabilities, ADHD and suicide prevention. The Trust has an overall Care Quality Commission (CQC) rating as ‘Good’ from 2019 and retained the ‘good’ rating in 2022. It also runs the North London Forensic Service (NLFS), which the CQC has rated as Outstanding.
Our CEO, Jinjer Kandola MBE has been appointed to be joint CEO for both BEH and Camden and Islington Trust, bringing the two organisations ever closer together and they are now working in a partnership across North Central London. This is allowing for the joint expertise, increased innovation and reduction in barriers with joint initiatives.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
· To manage 17 adult inpatients (female) with a variety of psychiatric diagnoses, many of whom will be detained under a section of the Mental Health Act (MHA).
· To conduct assessments, request investigations and contribute to formulation of acutely unwell psychiatric inpatients.
· To formulate treatment plans and oversee implementation and evaluation of these treatment plans.
· To contribute to management of patient flow with a view to manage bed capacity effectively and avoid or flag up potential delayed transfers of care.
· To comply with all legal obligations covering clinical practice e.g. Mental Health Act and Code of Practice, safeguarding procedures.
· To complete relevant paperwork, including maintaining the electronic record and participating in routine outcome monitoring of clinical work.
· To teach and supervise medical staff and other professionals in all aspects of psychiatric care.
· To participate in the trust-wide day-time consultant psychiatrist second on-call Rota for Health Based Place of Safety situated at Chase Farm Hospital (1:32) and the trust wide on call rota (see section 20, below).
· To participate in the daily MDT Meeting and other regular ward or team meetings including staff supervision. To undertake other duties, as negotiated, that contribute to the good functioning of the clinical team.
· To take part in weekly Enfield discharge planning meetings and other regular meetings around patient flow involving locality and system colleagues.
· To provide clinical and professional leadership within the post and take part in management activities and governance processes related to the post or the wider service within which it is embedded.
· As a senior clinician, to have an integral role in the performance of the team, further development of the service, and the development of the clinical pathways and priorities of the service.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
* MB BS or equivalent qualification
* Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
* Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months
* Section 12 Approved or able to achieve within three months of appointment
* Full Registration with the General Medical Council (GMC) with a current licence to practise from the GMC at intended start date
* Holds and will use valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative
Desirable criteria
* Qualifications or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management
* In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice
* Open Dialogue Training
* Additional clinical qualification
Clinical skills, knowledge and experience
Essential criteria
* Excellent knowledge in specialty
* Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
* Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
* Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
* Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others
* Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA
Desirable criteria
* Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
Academic Skills & Lifelong Learning
Essential criteria
* Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
* Ability to work in and lead team
* Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership and collaborative working to deliver improvement
* Participated in research or service evaluation
* Able to use and appraise clinical evidence
* Has actively participated in clinical audit/quality improvement programmes
Desirable criteria
* Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this pos
* Reflect on purpose of CPD undertaken
* Experienced in clinical research and/or service evaluation
* Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations and publications
* Has led clinical audits leading to service change or improved outcomes to patients
Two references will be required, one from your current or most recent employer, the other from your previous employer. The referees should be from persons with management responsibility.
If you have been unemployed for a period of four years or more, please give your last employer and one character referee of your choice (not members of your family). If more applicable, references will be requested from your Teacher or Head of Faculty. Please ensure you provide full contact details.
Please be aware that your documents eg. Passport/NI Card will be electronically scanned using Home Office accredited Verification System.
Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close vacancies before the stated closing date if sufficient number of applications are received. Therefore please apply as soon as possible.
All non- medical posts with the Trust are subject to a probationary period of six months, during which time you will be required to demonstrate to the Trust’s satisfaction your suitability for the position in which you will be employed.
Should you not hear from us within three working weeks of the closing date for this post, then regretfully in this instance, you have not been shortlisted.
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