Consultant Psychiatrist - London, United Kingdom - East London NHS Foundation Trust

Description

The role includes having RC responsibility and clinical leadership to the City & Hackney male inpatient psychiatric intensive care unit (PICU), Bevan ward, which is a 15 bedded unit.

The focus will be on consultant level assessment of any new admissions that have taken place, actively supporting an effective interface with others ward, HTT, forensic services and the community teams, providing clinical leadership for the MDT on the ward, leading ward and management rounds and undertaking relevant reviews of inpatients, supporting the bed management processes and maintaining high quality care for the patients on the ward.

In addition to the inpatient consultant psychiatrist the medical team consists of:
~6 WTE higher trainee doctor (they also work 0.2 WTE in the community, 0.1 WTE core trainee

This is a full-time post.

They will work with the ward manager and modern matron to deliver high quality inpatient treatment to the population of male adults living in the City of London and the borough of Hackney and who require intensive care during their inpatient admission.

The post-holder will coordinate leave and cover arrangements for the patients they have RC responsibility for, with the other inpatient consultants, and occasionally with community consultant psychiatrists.

We are keen to develop clinical and medical leadership.
Contribute as a senior member of staff to service development within Bevan Ward

Offer consultations, assessments & appropriate treatments to people living in City & Hackney and requiring a hospital admission on the PICU.

Develop close links with other Acute Wards, forensic services and Community teams, including newly established Neighbourhoods Mental Health Teams.

Supervise and coordinate the work of colleagues, notably junior doctors.

Ensure clinical audit of the service and the implementation of appropriate assessment tools and outcome measures as an integrated part of the service and contribute to quality improvement initiatives.

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve.

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.

Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
Ability to contribute to service planning, development, and management
Formal leadership/management training
Excellent knowledge of operation of acute adult mental health service.
Excellent experience of operation of acute adult mental health service
Assessment and treatment of a wide range of mental health and psychological disorders with evidence-based interventions
Experience of consultation and liaison with mental health services and primary care

Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service - including good experience of work in acute mental health services.

Experience of contributing and/or leading on service planning, development and management