Overview
North London NHS Foundation Trust seeks to appoint an enthusiastic full-time consultant psychiatrist to the Barnet West Core Community Team, one of three adult core community mental health teams serving adult patients in Barnet. The post is available following the current post holder taking the role of Medical Director. The post holder will provide clinical and professional leadership and participate in related management activities. As a senior clinician, the post holder will have an integral role in the performance of the team, further development of the service, and the development of clinical pathways and priorities.
Responsibilities
* To work within the MDT promoting respect for all professional groups and focusing upon coherent and integrated teamwork.
* To be Section 12(2) approved and have approved clinician status and participate in the Trust-wide Section 12 daytime rota.
* To provide second opinions for consultant colleagues if requested.
* To keep up with administration and note-keeping on the electronic patient record system in a timely manner, including letters to GPs, Dialog+ and risk assessments.
* To assist with Serious Incident investigations and complaints if requested.
* To keep up to date with mandatory training.
* To attend and participate in Consultants' and Management meetings to keep informed of service issues and developments.
* Other management/clinical supporting activity (to be negotiated as required by the Trust).
* To provide consultant input and clinical leadership to the Barnet West Core Community Team.
* To assist with diagnosis, formulation, medication reviews, management plans, risk assessments, crisis plans, and self-help plans as required for patients referred to the team.
* To provide advice and support to West Barnet GPs, and other practice staff, regarding the assessment and management of the mental health difficulties of patients registered with their practices. This may be done through case discussions, joint consultations and bespoke training as appropriate.
* As necessary to provide direct clinical assessments of patients registered with the West Barnet GP practices, and to provide follow-up as appropriate.
* To assist in the prioritization ("triage") of new referrals to the service.
* To maintain effective communication with GPs, primary care staff, patients and their carers.
* To assess and make recommendations under the MHA and to provide legal reports which may arise. The post holder is required to be approved under Section 12 (2) and hold Approved Clinician status.
* To provide leadership and to take responsibility for the delivery of key performance indicators (KPIs).
* Participation in Care Programme Approach (CPA) as appropriate, including patient review, multidisciplinary meetings related to CPA, training and medically relevant clinical documentation.
* A willingness to be flexible in altering the timetable according to service developments.
* Involvement in providing leadership and management to the service, and participation in the clinical governance processes of the service and service line.
* To ensure appropriate clinical documentation.
About NLFT
We are the North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) providing high quality mental health care to local people across the London Boroughs of Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey and Islington. Previously two separate mental health trusts working in Partnership - Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust and Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust - we formally merged and became the new NLFT on Friday 1 November 2024. As the new NLFT, our ambition is to be a leading NHS mental health provider and to offer consistently excellent care across North London.
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