Consultant Psychiatrist in General Adult Psychiatry ICMP

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust; London; On-site; GBP 105,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist for the Greenwich East Intensive Case Management for Psychosis Team in Woolwich. This role involves providing high-level mental health care, managing outpatient clinics, and supporting crisis interventions. With opportunities for professional development and a supportive work environment, this position promises a fulfilling career in a top-rated healthcare organization.

Qualifications

• GMC registered and experienced in ICMP.
• Ability to manage complex cases and provide crisis support.
• Experience in multidisciplinary team meetings.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for patient care and treatment in a multi-disciplinary team.
• Chair review meetings and offer crisis appointments.
• Conduct outpatient clinics and manage administrative work.

Skills

Experience in ICMP

Patient Care

Team Collaboration

Crisis Management

Education

GMC Registration

Registration for Section 12

Job description

Consultant Psychiatrist in General Adult Psychiatry ICMP

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

Main area ICMP Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 10 sessions per week (Monday to Friday - 8 hours per day) Job ref 277-6509878-A7-TS

Site Ferryview Health Centre, 25/27 John Wilson Street, Woolwich, London, SE18 6PZ Town Woolwich, London Salary £105,504 - £139,882 + £2,162 London weighting + 1 % on-call supplement Salary period Yearly Closing 23/06/2025 23:59

Job overview

The post holder will be one of 2 Consultant Psychiatrists to the Greenwich East Intensive Case Management for Psychosis Team (ICMp) with Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust.

This is a job share with a well-established consultant that reduced their hours several years ago as part of retirement plans. The post has been filled by a locum associate specialist for the past few years.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for the care and treatment of patients who receive high level and complex mental health care (formerly on CPA ) within the team. This will involve attending multi-disciplinary team meetings, case discussion meetings, and weekly referrals meetings with in the team.

The post holder will be expected to attend zoning meetings at least twice a week to prioritize contacts with patients, especially those service users who are deteriorating and presenting with increasing risk. The postholder will be expected to support the team with the development of robust crisis plans for those patients that may be deteriorating.

The post holder will in addition be expected to chair review/ CPA meetings, offer crisis appointments to patients who are in the red zone and offer home visits and telephone advice to general practitioners and other professional who may be involved with the care of service users on the caseload.

Working for our organisation

At Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, we offer a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people living in South-East London and to people in prison across England. Our wide array of services includes community health care, such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies.

Oxleas is a great place to work. It has been recognised as one of the Top 10 Best Places to Work 2023 by the Sunday Times amongst very big employers. Our staff survey results show that we are in the Top 5 in England and the highest in London for staff experience amongst similar trusts.

Oxleas recruitment and retention strategy includes offering all Consultants and SAS doctors regular formal structured mentoring by professionally trained mentors.

“We are always delighted to welcome new colleagues to the Oxleas family. We care about making Oxleas a great place to work - it’s a big priority in our strategy. Come and join us - it’s a place where our values, teamwork, equity, and wellbeing matter and where you can really help to improve people’s lives.”

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will in addition be expected to chair review/ CPA meetings, offer crisis appointments to patients who are in the red zone and offer home visits and telephone advice to general practitioners and other professional who may be involved with the care of service users on the caseload.

The post holder will have 4 formal outpatient clinics a week with 4-5 patients booked per clinic. The consultant and other team medics will be responsible for screening new referrals and ensuring that they receive a prompt assessment from the team. This follows a framework with other team members to offer an Initial Family Meeting (IFM) where goals and objectives and completion of a DIALOG care - plan are agreed. There may be additional crisis clinic appointments and/or home visits requi r ed during the week and the consultant will be expected to sho w flexibility in managing their diary.

Within the clinics , some patients will have a care co-ordinator and will formerly have been on CPA and other patients may only be seeing a doctor who will act as the lead clinician. There are various projects in place looking at ways of reducing the ICMp caseload and aligning this with the Trust objectives of providing great out of hospital care and reducing any delays to treatment.

There is protected time for administrative work, a nd the postholder will be supported with any digital/electronic/technolog ical help a s required to facilitate timely communication with GPs, referrers and partner agencies.

Time will be required and allocated t o deal with mental health act related work including attending tribunals for patients on community treatment orders (CTO)

The post holder will have supervision duties for the Associate Specialist and GPVTS Trainee working with the team and this will be agreed with the other consultant. It is ex pected that weekly supervision supports the junior doctors with complex cases and other educational and pastoral issues.

Person specification

GMC Registration

• GMC registered number
• Registration application

Section 12

• Registration application for Section 12

Experience of ICMP

• work history of CV
• Working in ICMP environment

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that welcomes and supports individuals of all abilities. Remember, if you meet the minimum criteria for this role and you have a disability, you can be guaranteed an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme - Please ensure you select this on your application form. We would encourage you to be open about your needs so we can work with you to design a comfortable and accessible interview experience. Any information you provide regarding a disability or a need for adjustments will be treated in confidence and will only be shared with colleagues who are supporting this request.

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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.