Consultant Psychiatrist in General Adult Psychiatry - Townsend Court — East London NHS Foundation Trust | MedRoles
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Consultant Psychiatrist in General Adult Psychiatry - Townsend Court
East London NHS Foundation Trust
CQC: Good
Houghton Regis
Salary
£109,725 – £145,478
Training post
Unknown
Trust type
Foundation
Posted
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About the role
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a substantive consultant psychiatrist to join the team on Townsend Court an 20 bedded, female adult acute ward in Mayer Way (Houghton Regis, Bedfordshire). The post holder will provide clinical leadership to the ward based MDT to deliver a range of evidence based and recovery orientated interventions in accordance with NICE guidance, within a frame of trauma informed care.
Townsend ward provides inpatient care for patients with a range of mental health conditions including Bipolar Disorder, Schizophrenia and Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder.
Consultant Psychiatrist in General Adult Psychiatry - Townsend Court
At ELFT, we recognize the importance of work life balance, and encourage flexible working.
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· Provide consultant leadership to the multidisciplinary ward team
· Provide comprehensive assessment, diagnosis, treatment and management of the mental and physical health for 11 acutely ill adult female inpatients
· Carry out all Responsible Clinician’s duties for those patients detained under the Mental Health Act 1983, maintaining all care planning in line with legal requirements. These duties will include: assessing patients under the Mental Health Act, capacity assessments, consent to treatment, tribunal report writing, attending Mental Health Act Review Tribunals and Managers’ Hearings, granting Sec 17 leave, revoking CTOs, recommending CTOs, etc.
· Assume clinical responsibility for adult patients with mental illness admitted acutely from community services (All admissions will be gate- kept by the Crisis Resolution/Home Treatment team)
· Undertake all work in the context of the recovery approach, which is emphasised across the Trust, placing the service user at the centre of care planning and decision making
· Attend the ward daily to review patients, enable facilitation of the care program approach and involve carers when appropriate at each stage of the inpatient stay.
More details in the Job Description.
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The post holder will:
· Provide consultant leadership to the multidisciplinary ward team
· Provide comprehensive assessment, diagnosis, treatment and management of the mental and physical health for 11 acutely ill adult female inpatients
· Carry out all Responsible Clinician’s duties for those patients detained under the Mental Health Act 1983, maintaining all care planning in line with legal requirements. These duties will include: assessing patients under the Mental Health Act, capacity assessments, consent to treatment, tribunal report writing, attending Mental Health Act Review Tribunals and Managers’ Hearings, granting Sec 17 leave, revoking CTOs, recommending CTOs, etc.
· Assume clinical responsibility for adult patients with mental illness admitted acutely from community services (All admissions will be gate- kept by the Crisis Resolution/Home Treatment team)
· Undertake all work in the context of the recovery approach, which is emphasised across the Trust, placing the service user at the centre of care planning and decision making
· Attend the ward daily to review patients, enable facilitation of the care program approach and involve carers when appropriate at each stage of the inpatient stay.
· Provide support and training to other health care professionals and support service users through the care pathway as required whilst working with other teams in the community setting
· Lead on the delivery of high-quality care in all settings and be mindful of quality targets set by the Trust and those set nationally
· Continue to develop the inpatient setting as a therapeutic milieu
· Maintain strong links with the specialist adult mental health services
· Develop an expertise and knowledge of local services for people with mental health problems and refer to facilities available to specialist mental health services including psychotherapy and psychology services based in secondary care
· Provide appropriate clinical supervision and training for junior medical staff and lead the multidisciplinary team
· Take part in mandatory Trust audit programmes and also develop local relevant audit cycles to improve the function of the community rehabilitation team
· Actively participate in the Trust’s clinical and strategic development
· Be active in Quality Improvement and undertake relevant QI projects with the rest of the team
· The post-holder will also be involved in the regular Consultant Duty Rota (approx 1:30) and s12 On Call Rota (approx. 1:30)
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Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
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Person specification
Essential
Fully registered with the General Medical Council
Eligible for inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register (or Specialist Registrar within 6 months of gaining CCT at time of interview).
Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists or equivalent qualification (in accordance with Royal College of Psychiatrists guidelines)
Eligible for Section 12 Approval (Mental Health Act) / Approved Clinician or willing to apply for such approval once in post.
Experience of clinical work in Adult Psychiatry at SpR, SASG or consultant level within the last 3 years
Excellent working knowledge and experience of the application of the Mental Health Act
Appreciation and understanding of ethnic minority issues and a commitment to developing culturally sensitive practices
Understanding of social factors relevant to psychiatry
Robust experience of working with severe and enduring mental illness and risk assessment, management
Leadership skills
Ability to work as a part of multidisciplinary, multi-model team
Ability to manage complex workloads and support others to do that
Consultation skills to services, teams and individuals
Commitment to working in multidisciplinary setting
Commitment to working with service users on service development
Ability to work in multi-disciplinary team and provide leadership for the team
Self-motivating and innovative
Expertise in risk assessment
Confident in therapeutic risk taking
Commitment to clinical governance
Experience in teaching junior staff
Good teaching and communication skills
Experience of teaching medical undergraduates and postgraduates
Experience of teaching non-medical mental health professionals
Audit Experience
UK driving licence
Desirable
QUALIFICATIONS Fully registered with the General Medical Council A A higher degree such as MD or PhD A
Experience of service development and introducing new services in mental health
Formal leadership and management training
Experience of team /service leadership
Experience of organisational development work
Project management ability
Experience in supervising resident doctors and SAS doctors
Medical education qualification
Experience of research work, especially in general hospital patients and / or patients with medically unexplained symptoms
Experience of grant-funded project work
Publications in peer-reviewed journals in relevant academic fields