Consultant

West London NHS Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

West London NHS Trust is advertising for two 6PA consultant posts to lead an innovative community mental health service. You will provide clinical and managerial leadership, teaching and training to staff, and support GPs and Primary Care Networks with timely expert advice.

The service may evolve as it expands, with continued development of staff configuration and post details to meet service needs. This role shares senior medical responsibility within the MINT team.

Qualifications

• Lead an integrated community mental health service with clinical and managerial oversight.
• Liaise with GPs and Primary Care Networks to provide early access advice.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior medical leadership to the MINT team.
• Engage in case discussions, risk and medication management, and diagnostic assessments.
• Undertake Mental Health Act Assessments and CTO reviews as part of duty cover.

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity to lead an innovative new integrated community mental health service. You will play an integral role in further developing the service, teaching and training new team members and primary care staff and providing clinical and managerial leadership to the team.

The service is continually developing, and the configuration of staff and exact details of the post may change in order to facilitate this. We are advertising for two 6PA vacancies which are due to a combination of the existing post holder transferred to our community rehabilitation service and a historical vacancy caused by the previous consultant leaving the Trust to take up a Chief Medical Officer position. At present there is a plan for movement within the service to fill the other 6PA role in this team.

You will have a key role in a liaison/consultation model to provide early, easy access advice to GPs and the Primary Care Networks to support care of patients in the locality. GPs in the borough will be able to contact you via telephone or email for advice during working hours. You will also provide clinical leadership to the team in clinical multi-disciplinary team meetings and referrals meetings as well as being available for case discussions, advice and supervision within and outside team meetings. You will also have a role in the management of more complex cases, to offer senior assessments and more direct input in particular in risk and/or medication management and diagnostic assessments. This will also include Mental Health Act Assessments, CTO reviews and supporting the duty function of the team with urgent concerns and assessments. You will also share senior medical responsibility with job sharing consultant for the care carried out by the MINT team.

West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.

Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ over 5,000 staff, of whom 59% are BME. Our turnover for 2024-25 is over £500m.

The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’.

The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr George Coates Job title: Clinical Lead Email address: [e-mail]