Consultant - Enfield North Core Community (Enfield - Silver Street)

The Methodist Church in Britain; Enfield; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

The Enfield North Core Community Mental Health Team invites a consultant psychiatrist to lead the locality team from Silver Street. The post involves managing a caseload of people with serious mental illness, acting as Responsible Clinician for patients on community treatment orders, and contributing to clinical governance and service development.

Requirements include MBBS, full GMC registration, and Section 12/approved clinician status or progression within three months.

Qualifications

• MBBS or equivalent qualification.
• Full GMC registration with current licence to practise.
• Section 12 approved and approved clinician status, or achievable within three months.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical and professional leadership for the Enfield North Locality Team.
• Manage an established caseload of patients with serious mental illness.
• Contribute to the management of non-SMI clients alongside psychological therapies and other staff.
• Act as Responsible Clinician for locality patients on community treatment orders under the PCN.
• Contribute to assessment of new referrals and formulate treatment plans.
• Supervise and facilitate learning for medical staff and other professionals.
• Take part in the on-call rota (1:32) and the Trust-wide daytime rota.
• Comply with Mental Health Act, Code of Practice and safeguarding; maintain mandatory training.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Bio-psycho-social

English communication

Team leadership

Decision making

Legal compliance

Education

MBBS or equivalent

Tools

Dialog+

Job description

This consultant psychiatrist post sits within the Enfield North Core Community Mental Health Team at Silver Street, one of two teams covering the borough. The work centres on leading the locality team, managing a caseload of people with serious mental illness, and acting as Responsible Clinician for patients on community treatment orders. The full-time role carries 10 programmed activities a week and a 1-in-32 on-call rota. Section 12 approval and approved clinician status are needed, or achievable within three months.

What the job involves

• Provide clinical and professional leadership for the Enfield North Locality Team, including management and governance activities
• Manage an established caseload of patients with SMI, many of whom use medication
• Contribute to the management of non-SMI clients alongside psychological therapies and other staff
• Act as Responsible Clinician for locality patients on community treatment orders under the PCN
• Contribute to assessment of new referrals each month and formulate treatment plans
• Supervise and facilitate learning for medical staff and other professionals
• Take part in the Enfield consultant on-call rota (1:32) and the Trust-wide Section 12 daytime rota
• Comply with legal obligations including the Mental Health Act, Code of Practice and safeguarding, and keep up to date with mandatory training
• Complete clinical records on the electronic patient record, including letters to GPs, Dialog+ and risk assessments, and routine outcome monitoring
• Work within the MDT, attending the weekly team meeting and consultants' and management meetings
• Provide second opinions for consultant colleagues and assist with serious incident investigations and complaints if requested
• Contribute as a senior clinician to team performance, service development and clinical pathways

Qualifications

• MBBS or equivalent qualification

Registration & licences

• Full GMC registration with a current licence to practise at intended start date
• Included on the GMC Specialist Register, or within six months
• Section 12 approved and approved clinician status, or able to achieve within three months of appointment

Experience

• Participated in research or service evaluation
• Actively participated in clinical audit and quality improvement programmes

Skills & knowledge

• Excellent knowledge in the specialty
• Excellent clinical skills using a bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
• Excellent oral and written communication in English
• Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
• Makes decisions based on evidence and experience, including the contribution of others, and can use and appraise clinical evidence
• Able to meet duties under the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act

Checks & eligibility

• Valid UK driving licence, or evidence of proposed alternative transport

Other

• Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
• Able to work in and lead a team, with commitment to shared leadership and collaborative working
• Basic computer skills, including email and internet use

Nice to have

• Qualifications or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management
• Open Dialogue training
• Additional clinical qualification
• In good standing with the GMC with respect to warnings and conditions on practice
• Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience within the NHS or comparable service
• Led clinical audits that resulted in service change or improved patient outcomes
• Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit or service improvement, such as awards, presentations or publications
• Experience in data gathering and management