Overview
CNWL are currently looking for a full time permanent Consultant Psychiatrist to provide input to a high functioning Community Mental Health Team as part of a multi-disciplinary service (North Kensington Mental Health Hub - CMHH). To provide clinical leadership to ensure the delivery of high quality care in North Kensington & Chelsea community mental health team.
Responsibilities
* Provide input to a high functioning Community Mental Health Team as part of a multi-disciplinary service (North Kensington Mental Health Hub - CMHH).
* Provide clinical leadership to ensure the delivery of high quality care in North Kensington & Chelsea community mental health team.
* Supervision, teaching and training of junior medical staff, medical students, specialist nurses, other nurses and other MDT staff.
* Participate actively in departmental and Trust matters concerning Care Quality, and service evaluation projects.
Team and Services Context
* Kensington and Chelsea is an inner London area with a mixed, diverse population with some of the most wealthy and most deprived areas of London. There is a high mental health morbidity and the North West London ICB is committed to a high spend on mental health services.
* Kensington and Chelsea (K&C) adult mental health service provides a range of mental health services for adults across the age range within the community and in hospital settings.
* The services are based at:
o St Charles Hospital with 8 inpatient wards: two adult PICUs, four adult acute wards, two Older Adult wards and Mental Health Crisis Assessment unit (MHCAS)
o Community Mental Health Hubs (CMHH) - north and south community team bases for adult MH services including Psychology and Psychotherapy services
o Older and younger adult psychiatric liaison services based at South Kensington site, next to Chelsea and Westminster Hospital with health psychology services
o KCW Early Intervention Service
o K&C Home Treatment Team (HTT)
o Mental Health Act Team (AMHP Team)
o Psychology and Psychotherapy Services including Clinical Psychologists embedded in the CMHHs and inpatient unit, Arts Psychotherapy, and other specialist family and individual psychotherapies
o Re-FoCUS Team (community forensic service) at Hathaway House
Team Size and Workload
* The team is multi-disciplinary and well resourced. It consists of two PCNs (Neohealth PCN and Westhill/Inclusive PCN).
* The North Hub team\'s caseload is around 600-700 patients (300-350 per PCN).
* It receives on average 25-30 new referrals per week and approximately 100-120 patients are transferred back to primary care per month.
Salary
£109,725 to £145,478 a year plus £2,162 London weighting per annum pro rata.
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