Consultant General Adult Psychiatrist - Daisy Ward

Integrated Care System; London; On-site; GBP 105,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health organization is seeking a Consultant General Adult Psychiatrist to lead the Daisy Ward, a female acute psychiatric unit. The role entails providing clinical leadership, managing complex psychiatric cases, and participating in organizational development while ensuring high-quality patient care. This position offers a competitive salary and the opportunity to contribute meaningfully to mental health services in North London.

Benefits

£20K Welcome Addition

Qualifications

• Qualifications in medical education or management required.
• Full GMC registration with license to practice.
• Wide range of specialty experience required.

Responsibilities

• Clinical lead for the multi-disciplinary team in a female psychiatric ward.
• Manage inpatients with various psychiatric diagnoses.
• Formulate and oversee treatment plans.

Skills

Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective

Excellent communication skills in English

Ability to manage clinical complexity

Decision making based on evidence

Education

Higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management

Full Registration with the General Medical Council

Job description

Consultant General Adult Psychiatrist - Daisy Ward

North London Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust seeks to appoint anenthusiastic full-time consultant psychiatrist to the Daisy Ward, whichis an 18-bed female acute psychiatric ward in the new Blossom Courtinpatient unit in St Ann's Hospital in Haringey. The post is availablesince a previous substantive consultant moved to a different clinicalarea and has been covered by a locum consultant since then.

This post offers 10 Programmed Activities per week - 7.5 PAs for directclinical care and up to 2.5 PAs for supporting professional activity. Thepost holder will be required to provide clinical and professionalleadership and to take part in related management activities. As asenior clinician, the post holder will have an integral role in theperformance of the team, further development of the service, and thedevelopment of clinical pathways and priorities.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will act as clinical lead for the multi-disciplinaryteam, working in close collaboration with the ward manager andother senior clinicians in the team.The ward is a female only psychiatric ward for patients aged 18 yearsand above. It serves all of North Central London - so whilst patientswill be primarily from Haringey, some will be from Barnet andEnfield and on occasion from Camden or Islington. The wardprovides assessment and treatment for patients that present in theacute phase of a mental illness. Acute presentations cover thewhole spectrum of diagnoses, including schizophrenia,schizoaffective disorder, bipolar affective disorder, depressive andanxiety disorder and severe personality disorders. These are oftencomplicated by physical comorbidities and substance misuse. Somepatients may have treatment resistant psychosis including severenegative symptoms and often require prescription of complexmedication regimes or ECT which is currently available at ChaseFarm Hospital

About us

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.

In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.

Job responsibilities

The post holder will be expected to provide clinical leadership for theonly female ward. The post-holder will be expected: To manage 18 adult inpatients with a variety of psychiatricdiagnoses, many of whom will be detained under a section ofthe Mental Health Act (MHA) To conduct assessments, request investigations and contributeto formulation of acutely unwell psychiatric inpatients To formulate treatment plans and oversee implementation andevaluation of these treatment plans To contribute to management of patient flow with a view tomanage bed capacity effectively and avoid or flag up potentialdelayed transfers of care To comply with all legal obligations covering clinical practice e.g.Mental Health Act and Code of Practice, safeguardingprocedures To complete relevant paperwork, including maintaining theelectronic record and participating in routine outcomemonitoring of clinical work To teach and supervise medical staff and other professionals inall aspects of psychiatric care To participate in the trust-wide day-time consultant psychiatristsecond on-call Rota for Health Based Place of Safety situated atChase Farm Hospital (1:32) and the trustwide on call rota (seesection 20, below). To participate in the daily MDT Meeting and other regular wardor team meetings including staff supervision. To undertakeother duties, as negotiated, that contribute to the goodfunctioning of the clinical team. To take part in weekly Haringey discharge planning meetingsand other regular meetings around patient flow involvinglocality and system colleagues. To provide clinical and professional leadership within the postBetter Mental Health. Better Lives. Better Communities.and take part in management activities and governanceprocesses related to the post or the wider service within whichit is embedded. As a senior clinician, to have an integral role in the performanceof the team, further development of the service, and thedevelopment of the clinical pathways and priorities of theservice.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Qualifications or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management
• Open Dialogue Training
• 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
• In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice

Transport

• Valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative

Clinical skills, knowledge and experience

• 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
• Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service

Academic Skills and lifelong learning

• 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/quality improvement programmes.
• 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

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£105,504 to £139,882 a yearPlus £2,162 of LZW per annum and 20K Welcome Hello Addition