Consultant Adult/Perinatal Psychiatrist

Lewisham; City Of London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare provider in the UK seeks a Consultant Psychiatrist for the Channi Kumar Mother and Baby Unit. The role involves clinical leadership, managing treatment plans, and ensuring quality care in perinatal psychiatry. Candidates must have experience in multidisciplinary collaboration and a track record of training and supervision. This is a unique opportunity to impact mental health services for mothers and infants.

Qualifications

• Experience in perinatal psychiatry and clinical leadership is essential.
• Fellowship in relevant surgical or medical practice.
• Proven track record of working in multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership for Channi Kumar Mother and Baby Unit.
• Manage medication regimes and treatment plans for patients.
• Conduct training for medical students and residents.

Skills

Clinical Leadership

Risk Assessment

Medication Management

Multidisciplinary Collaboration

Education

Consultant Psychiatrist Qualification

Job description

Overview

Duties of this post: To provide Clinical Leadership and Consultant input into Channi Kumar Mother and Baby Unit, Bethlem Royal Hospital. To participate in Clinical Governance as it develops in Psychological Medicine CAG and across the trust.

Responsibilities

• Take consultant responsibility for patients on Channi Kumar Mother and Baby Unit, including assessment, devising or helping to devise appropriate investigations and treatment plans, and integrating a biological, psychological and social holistic approach.
• Manage medication regimes and provide prompt medical response for those patients under direct care.
• Advise and work closely with other members of the MDT; support formulation and diagnosis with relevant psychological and social interventions.
• Deliver on quality and outcomes as set by the PMOA directorate care pathways.
• Provide RC and Section 12 responsibilities under the Mental Health Act to patients where necessary or appropriate.
• Review patients on the caseload regularly and adapt to new ways of working as local services evolve.
• Provide intensive and expert intervention and management of acutely ill patients under the team’s care.
• Work flexibly with other consultants in the Mother and Baby Unit and across community boroughs to ensure good transitions of care for patients delivering at Lewisham University Hospital and living in the boroughs of Lambeth, Southwark, Lewisham, Croydon, South London Partnership and beyond.
• Offer advice and provide clinical and educational supervision to CT and ST residents in the Perinatal Team; provide clinical advice to CTs and STs in other perinatal teams when covering for another perinatal consultant.
• Offer expert risk assessment and management skills; promote perinatal psychiatry principles in local and national contexts; foster informed risk taking and anti-discriminatory practice within a multidisciplinary team.
• Deliver Service Line management with the team leader, Clinical Service Lead and Clinical Lead; liaise with GPs concerning service users subject to CPA.
• Participate in training for medical students, FYs, CTs and STs in SLaM; provide reciprocal cover under Section 12 for leave, study leave and sickness of senior medical staff within the Mother and Baby Unit and Community Perinatal Service.
• Encourage and lead service-based research and teaching; contribute to education and training of midwives and health visitors; provide clinical advice to colleagues.
• Maintain clinical governance addressing issues within the Mother and Baby Unit and linked Community Perinatal Service; align with accreditation requirements and national standards (e.g., Royal College Psychiatry CCQI standards).
• Regularly feed back to commissioners about progress of continuing expansion, including participation in outcome measures and performance metrics for the service.
• Agree and review job plan objectives with the Associate Medical Director and Clinical Lead.
• Carry a mobile during work hours and be contactable by members of the team.
• Participate in service audit, service evaluation and research; attend audit/academic/management meetings as appropriate to service needs.
• Engage in external duties including Pan London and national Perinatal Psychiatry events, RCPsych peer review and accreditation of perinatal services, and annual RCPsych Perinatal Psychiatry Scientific day; Marce Society events.
• Agree annual leave with the Clinical Director and Lead Clinician, and communicate promptly to the Community Team Manager.

Education, Training and Collaboration

Participation in training for medical students, FYs, CT and STs in SLaM; education and training of midwives and health visitors; provision of clinical advice to colleagues.

Governance and Standards

Help address clinical governance issues within the Mother and Baby Unit and linked Community Perinatal Service; participate in accreditation processes and align with national standards as outlined by the Royal College Psychiatry CCQI standards for Mother and Baby Unit and Community Perinatal Services; contribute to ongoing outcomes collection and performance metrics.