Locum Consultant Psychiatrist in Adult Community - City & Hackney
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a recently redesigned community mental health service in an CQC rated Outstanding Trust. You will join the 7 wte other consultants already leading the MDT including trainees and specialty doctors working across primary and secondary community services. You will have a range of community responsibilities within the service providing a holistic and assertive service for working age adults with severe mental illness. The team is based at a community clinic which houses our Community Teams. The service base is close to the neighbourhood covered (Well Street Common) with good transport connections.
Main duties of the job
There is 1FTE post made available to cover for maternity leave.
The consultant psychiatrist provides input and clinical leadership to the South-East Community Mental Health Service (Well Street Common neighbourhood part). They lead the Mental Health Team with a team of a band 7 senior worker (senior nurse or social worker), band 6 nurses and social workers, community connectors (employed by the voluntary and community sector), a band 3/4 support worker, as well as access to an occupational therapist, psychologists, and peer-support worker. There is a band 8 team manager. There are also ARRS workers, which are band 7 posts employed by ELFT and working across GP surgeries and Community Mental Health Services. The consultant has a significant role in providing advice and training to GPs with the aim of increasing the skills and knowledge of GPs in the management of common mental health presentations.
Qualifications
* Medical degree, MBBS or equivalent
* Fully registered with the General Medical Council
* Eligible for inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register (or Specialist Registrar within 6 months of gaining CCT)
* Membership of the Royal College Of Psychiatrists or equivalent qualification (in accordance with RCPsych Guidelines)
* With or eligible for Approved Clinician status (MHA, 2007)
* Higher Degree in relevant area
Knowledge
* Experience of clinical work in General Adult Psychiatrist at ST4-6 or Consultant level in the last three years
* Experience and knowledge of psychopharmacology
* Experience of working in adult psychiatry services in the community
* Excellent working knowledge and experience of the application of the Mental Health Act
* Understanding of the social aspects relevant to psychiatry
* Knowledge and experience of recovery-informed service delivery and working with patients as experts by experience
Clinical Skills
* Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team and provide leadership to the team
* Expertise in risk assessment and the use of evidence-based interventions for the treatment of psychosis, mood disorders and co-morbidities
* Confidence in therapeutic risk taking
* Commitment to clinical governance
Teaching
* Experience in teaching junior staff
* Good teaching and communication skills
* Ability to train and supervise junior medical staff and medical students / staff from other disciplines
* Experience of teaching non-medical mental health professionals
Research
* Able and willing to teach medical students and lecture on undergraduate and MRCPsych courses
* Interest and willing to supervise research, audit or QI projects
* Published research
Personal skills
* Excellent oral and written communication skills
* Ability to manage complex workloads and support others to do that
* Commitment to working with service users in ongoing services development
* Cultural sensitivity, ability to work with a diverse population
* Commitment to continuing professional development
* Management, performance and leadership courses
Physical
* Able to travel between sites as required
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
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