ConsultantPsychiatryPermanent

Consultant in General Adult Inpatient Psychiatry

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

CQC: Good

London

Salary

£109,725 – £145,478

Training post

No

Trust type

Foundation

Posted

2 weeks ago

About the role

CNWL are currently looking for a Consultant Psychiatrist on Ganges Ward, a 17-bedded Inpatient ward at St Charles Hospital Mental Health Unit in the Kensington & Chelsea borough of London,

You will provide consultant psychiatric input to a mixed sex ward as part of a multi-disciplinary service. The role is to provide a comprehensive assessment and treatment package of care to all patients with a view to facilitate early discharge from hospital and to work closely with colleagues in the Acute Services to continuously improve the quality of acute care. The ward is a direct admission ward, admitting patients who are acutely unwell and treating them until discharge from hospital.

Consultant in General Adult Inpatient Psychiatry

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

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*Job Description pending Royal College approval*

To provide clinical leadership to ensure the delivery of high quality inpatient care

Supervision, teaching and training of junior staff, medical students, specialist nurses, other nurses and other MDT staff.

To participate actively in both departmental and Trust matters concerning Care Quality, and service evaluation projects.

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 local CCG 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. These are integrated health and social care services. These are based at:o St Charles Hospital with 8 inpatient wards; two adult PICUs, 4 adult acute wards and two Older Adult wardso Community Mental Health Hubs (CMHH) - north and south community team bases for adult MH services including Psychology and Psychotherapy serviceso South Kensington and Chelsea Mental Health Centre, next to Chelsea and Westminster Hospital with the liaison service, health psychology, therapies team, memory service, older and younger adult psychiatric liaison serviceso Early Intervention Serviceo 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 psychotherapieso RE-FOCUS Team (community forensic service) at Hathaway House

Person specification

Essential

o Primary Medical Degree
o Full GMC Registration
o Inclusion on the Specialist Register (or CCT expected within 6 months of interview date)
o Section 12 MHA Approved
o AC approval
o Good communication and interpersonal skills
o Sound organisational skills
o Experience of assessment and treatment of mental disorders in an acute psychiatric setting
o Experience of working in multidisciplinary teams
o Experience of CPA approach
o Proficient in risk assessment and management.
o Experience of use of the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act in an inpatient psychiatric setting
o Evidence of completed clinical audit projects
o Evidence of undergraduate and postgraduate trainee teaching

Desirable

o MRCPsych (or equivalent)
o Higher degree (MSc, LLM, MD or PhD)
o Management and leadership training.
o Management qualification and/or extensive knowledge and expertise acquired through training and experience up to doctoral level.
o Evidence of evidence based medicine training, teaching and implementation.
o Training and experience of relevant therapies
o Demonstration of ability to innovative practice and service improvement
o Experience of service development/business planning

o Completed research projects

o Publications in peer-reviewed journals

o High level knowledge of planned developments at a national level to improve efficiency and deliver quality services

o Experience of teaching non-medical staff/carers