Consultant

Consultant - Enfield North & South Core (Silver St & Lucas House)

North London NHS Foundation Trust

CQC: Good

Enfield

Salary

£109,725 – £145,478

Posted

7 weeks ago

About the role

North London Foundation NHS Trust seeks to appoint an enthusiastic full-time (or 2 part-time) consultant psychiatrist(s) to the Enfield North and South CORE Teams, which are based in Silver St and Lucas House in Enfield respectively.

The North and South Locality Teams together cover the borough of Enfield. The post is available as one current substantive consultant has taken up a management role.

This post offers up to 10 Programmed Activities per week as a single post – 7.5 PAs for direct clinical care (DCC) and up to 2.5 PAs for supporting professional activity (SPA). Or can be taken up as 2 part-time post. The post holder(s) will be required to provide clinical and professional leadership and to take part 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

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General Expectations of a Consultant Psychiatrist employed with North London NHS Foundation Trust include

• To work within the MDT promoting respect for all professional groups and focusing upon coherent and integrated teamwork.

Consultant - Enfield North & South Core (Silver St & Lucas House)

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• 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.)

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The post holder will be expected to provide clinical leadership for the Enfield North Locality Team. The post-holder will be expected:

• To manage an established caseload of patients with SMI, many of whom use medication.

• To contribute to the management of non-SMI clients in collaboration with colleagues from psychological therapies service streams and other staff groups working in the team.

• To act as Responsible Clinician (RC) for the clients of the Locality Team treated on a Community Treatment Order (CTO, S17A MHA) under your PCN.

• To contribute to the assessment of newly referred cases per month and formulate appropriate treatment plans in collaboration with colleagues in other disciplines.

• To comply with all legal obligations covering clinical practice e.g. Mental Health Act and Code of Practice, safeguarding procedures.

• To complete relevant paperwork, including maintaining the electronic record and participating in routine outcome monitoring of clinical work.

• To supervise and facilitate learning to medical staff and other professionals in all aspects of psychiatric care.

• To participate in Enfield consultant psychiatrist on-call rota (1:32).

• To participate in the weekly team meeting and undertake other duties, as negotiated, that contribute to the good functioning of the clinical team.

• To provide clinical and professional leadership within the post and take part in management activities and governance processes related to the post or the wider service within which it is embedded.

• As a senior clinician, to have an integral role in the performance of the team, further development of the service, and the development of the clinical pathways and priorities of the service line.

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North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.

Our Five-Year Strategy:

We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.

With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all

We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.

We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.

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Person specification

Essential

MBBS or equivalent qualification
Full Registration with the General Medical Council (GMC) with a current licence to practise from the GMC at intended start date
Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months
Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
Section 12 Approved or able to achieve within three months of appointment
Holds and will use valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative
Excellent knowledge in specialty
Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others
Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA
Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
Ability to work in and lead team
Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership and collaborative working to deliver improvement
Participated in research or service evaluation.
Able to use and appraise clinical evidence
Has actively participated in clinical audit and quality improvement programmes.
Basic computer skills, including ability to use e-mail and Internet

Desirable

Qualifications or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management
Open Dialogue Training
Additional clinical qualification
In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice
Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post
Reflect on purpose of CPD undertaken
Experienced in clinical research and/or service evaluation

Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations and publications.

Has led clinical audits leading to service change or improved outcomes to patients

Experience in data gathering and management