Consultant in General Adult Community Psychiatry

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust; London Borough of Harrow; On-site; GBP 105,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking healthcare provider dedicated to delivering exceptional patient care. As a Consultant Psychiatrist, you'll play a pivotal role in our innovative community mental health service. This position offers an opportunity to lead multidisciplinary teams, engage in professional development, and contribute to quality improvement initiatives. With a commitment to supporting your career growth and a diverse range of services, you'll be at the forefront of mental health care, making a real difference in patients' lives. Embrace the chance to grow in a supportive environment while providing compassionate care.

Benefits

Generous relocation package

Flexible working options

Professional development opportunities

Access to management and leadership courses

Qualifications

• Must be on the Specialist Register or within 6 months of obtaining CCT.
• Experience in managing acute mental illness in a community setting.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership for multidisciplinary teams.
• Conduct clinical assessments and consultations.
• Engage in quality improvement initiatives.

Skills

Mental Health Assessment

Crisis Management

Risk Assessment

Leadership Skills

Communication Skills

Education

Primary Medical Degree

Full GMC Registration

Job description

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Consultant in General Adult Community Psychiatry

YC72

Main area Adult Psychiatry Grade YC72 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 10 sessions per week Job ref 333-J-HA-C-0006-D

Site Bentley House Town Harrow Salary £105,504 - £139,882 plus £2,162 London weighting, per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 15/05/2025 23:59

Job overview

We are seeking a dynamic Consultant Psychiatrist for our outstanding, innovative community mental health service, based at Bentley House, Harrow.

As a new consultant in the team you will be offered a place on the Management and Leadership Course run by the Trust, in conjunction with Imperial College. The Trust also has a partnership with the Institute of Healthcare Improvement (IHI), giving you the opportunity to gain knowledge in improvement science and enhance your skills and confidence to understand healthcare systems and successfully implement change. The successful applicants will be eligible to apply for relocation support in line with the Trust’s Removal Expenses Policy.

Applicants must be on the Specialist Register or within 6 months of obtaining the CCT and Approved Clinician Status.

Main duties of the job

The post is based in Bentley House, Harrow and there is office space and administration support for this post. There is a large faculty of consultants across adult mental health and a comprehensive program of professional development to which the successful candidate will have access. A personal budget for CPD is allocated to each consultant annually. There is also access to apply for CEA awards.

Together with the service manager, the post-holder will provide overall clinical leadership for multidisciplinary team as well as direct clinical assessments, consultations, risk assessments and care plans.

You will be highly motivated and passionate about delivering high quality care and will adopt a pragmatic leadership style ensuring collaborative working both at a clinical and an operational level. The post-holder will be expected to lead on, in partnership with the modern matron, quality improvement initiatives and service evaluation projects and will be encouraged to lead on research.

Other duties include:

• Clinical supervision of trainees and specialty doctors working with the team
• Responsible Clinician duties
• Regular clinical liaison with acute mental health teams
• Regular liaison with families and carers
• Regular liaison with other stakeholders as appropriate eg Mental Health Act Law, Social Care, Advocacy,

Working for our organisation

Harrow Community Mental Health Service is a multidisciplinary and community-based service which aims to provide evidence based, safe and effective assessment and treatment service. The service consists of a triage team and one mental health hub where 4 consultants are aligned to separate PCNs. There is integrated psychology, psychotherapy and occupational health provision within the service.

The service is part of an integrated mental service in Harrow. Close to Bentley, The Northwick Park Mental Health Unit has an ECT suite, two adult in-patients’ wards, the home treatment team, the psychiatric liaison service, Community Perinatal Service Community Learning Disability Service and Harrow management team.

In line with the NHS 10-year long term plan, CNWL Harrow has embedding Open Dialogue and a Trauma Informed Approach across our mental health services. All adult staff already receive training and supervision in this approach.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical duties of post holder
• Provide senior clinical advice and support to the daily triage, MDT and other regular clinical team meetings.
• Ensure that all referrals are triaged daily and responded to in a timely way
• Assessment of new patients and clinical supervision of assessments carried out by other team members.
• Review complex needs patients to ensure appropriate care packages are put in place
• Mental Health Act related-work
• Domiciliary visits to provide assessment and treatment services as a member of the CMHT
• Domiciliary assessments in response to emergencies
• Occasional psychiatric assessments of residents who may be in crisis in another borough.
• Ensure that physical health needs are addressed
• Review and monitoring of the caseload to ensure appropriate care packages are put in place and discharges facilitated to maintain patient flow.
• Develop good working relationships with local GPs and other providers
• Provide mental health advice and support to GPs and primary care clinicians by surgery visits and other means, to assist patient management in the primary care setting
• Close liaison with the wards to facilitate admission and discharge planning.
• Liaison with CRHTT, Psychiatric Liaison Services, AMHP services and Forensic Services in the borough.
• Develop working relationships with local voluntary sector services in order to support and promote recovery
• Following the cross-cover protocol that has been agreed with another team or colleague which will make sure appropriate cover is in place during absences.

Leadership responsibilities:
• Leadership role in the quality agenda: identifying areas for improvement and active engagement with QI
• Meet regularly with the team and local service managers to ensure quality, finance and performance targets are met
• Support recruitment and ensure optimal retention of team members
• Line management and clinical supervision of junior and higher trainees and specialty doctors in the team
• Teaching of medical students
• Engage in service developments
• Actively link and develop a relationship with the Primary Care Network(s) you are affiliated to, to respond to their developing needs and support the move towards more integrated care.

Person specification

Qualifications

• • Primary medical degree.
• • Full Registration with the GMC and inclusion on Specialist Register (or CCT expected within 6 months of interview date).
• • Either have British Citizenship or hold the required work permit visa to be able to work full time in the UK

Previous Experience

• • Completed minimum of one years’ full-time training in an approved psychiatric training scheme.
• • Experience of managing patients with acute, severe and enduring mental illness in a community setting
• • Experience of working in a Crisis Resolution / Home Treatment Service

Knowledge

• • Thorough knowledge of mental health conditions
• • Experience in risk assessment and management in clinical settings
• • Knowledge of CPA, MCA, MHA and relevant issues
• • Specialised knowledge and experience of crisis management of patients with severe mental illness
• • Willing to participate in training of junior medical staff/medical students/staff from other disciplines.

Skills & Abilities

• • Good communication and empathic skills
• • Good Time-management and organisational skills
• • Ability to work on own initiative.
• • Cultural sensitivity and ability to work with a diverse population

Personal Circumstances

• • Convenient commuting distance to Northwick Park Hospital
• • Ability to participate in on-call rota

Physical Requirements

• • Ability to travel between sites as required.
• • Sickness record that is acceptable to the trust

CNWL (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) has almost 8,000 staff providing integrated healthcare to a third of London's population, Milton Keynes and areas beyond. We involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run.

Our catchment area spans diverse communities, with over 100 first languages spoken. It contains areas of great affluence as well as areas of much deprivation. We are committed to providing services that meet the needs of the people who use them, and we actively encourage involvement from local people who can help make a difference. We’re proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME and people with disabilities to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

We are recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare. We aim to employ only the best people, and our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries.

We offer a generous relocation package (subject to eligibility assessment) and flexible working options, including bank assignments for most roles. For more information on these and other benefits of working for us, see our Benefits, Reward and Wellbeing page

Become part of our team. We care for you as much as you care for others.

CNWL NHS Foundation Trust are committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow safe recruitment practices to protect children and vulnerable adults.

Due to the high response levels we receive for some vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date and advise you to submit your application as soon as possible.

Our Agenda for Change employment contracts are subject to a contractual 13 week probationary period.

If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Dr Deepti Shah-Armon Job title Clinical Director Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 07779581918 Additional information

For an informal discussion about the post please contact:

Gail Burrell, Interim Harrow borough Director; [e-mail]

Dr Deepti Shah-Armon, Clinical Director, Harrow Mental Health Services; [e-mail]