Consultant Psychiatrist - Learning Disabilities

North London NHS Foundation Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent NHS Trust in the City of London is seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist for the Integrated Learning Disabilities Service. The role emphasizes clinical leadership and professional supervision of junior staff, ensuring high-quality patient care while adhering to legal standards. Join a diverse and inclusive team dedicated to improving mental health care in the community, offering a full-time position with comprehensive responsibilities and professional development opportunities.

Qualifications

• Experience managing junior medical staff and delivering clinical leadership.
• Compliance with legal and professional standards required.
• Ability to maintain GMC registration and continue professional development.

Responsibilities

• Manage and supervise junior medical staff.
• Ensure compliance with the Working Time Directive.
• Participate in annual appraisal and service reviews.
• Maintain legal responsibilities for clinical practice.
• Foster multi-disciplinary working relationships.

Skills

Professional supervision

Clinical leadership

Compliance with medical regulations

Multi-disciplinary collaboration

Patient management

Education

Consultant Psychiatrist qualification

Professional registration with the GMC

Job description

Job Summary

Thank you for your interest in the North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT). This is an exciting time to join us and be part of our journey to improve mental health care across North London and deliver excellent services to our local people. We proactively welcome diversity in our workforce and pride ourselves on being an inclusive employer. We aim to recruit from our local communities and provide opportunities to all including apprenticeships, veterans, care leavers and more. The North London Way to deliver: Better Mental Health, Better Lives, Better Communities. Our trust website is: https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk, This post is available as a full-time post and would offer 10 Programmed Activities per week – 7.5 PAs for direct clinical care (DCC) and up to 2.5 PAs for supporting professional activity (SPA). The post holder will be required to provide clinical and professional leadership and to take part in related management activities. As a senior clinician, the post holder will have an integral role in the performance of the team(s), further development of the service(s), and the development of clinical pathways and priorities. Please see attached JD for details on the Consultant Psychiatrist - Learning Disabilities (Enfield) role at Enfield Integrated Learning Disabilities Service.

North London Way

• Collaborate at every level by living our values to create the right conditions for us all to work together.
• Develop our new Trust culture, to help make our new Trust a great place to work and to receive great care.
• Empower our teams to lead the planned improvements in our services, by skilling them and giving them the tools to make the changes.
• Focus on delivering excellence at every level to improve our performance and ensure consistently high-quality care across all our services.
• Ensure that research, quality improvement, and technology lead the way and are embedded in our services.
• Take a trauma informed approach to everything we do.

Responsibilities

• To manage, appraise and give professional supervision to junior medical staff as agreed with the medical director and in accordance with the Trust's policies and procedures.
• To ensure that junior doctors working with them are compliant with the Working Time Directive.
• To comply with procedures whereby doctors report concerns about professional conduct or competence of medical or other colleagues.
• To comply with the principles of practice laid out by the General Medical Council and the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
• To maintain professional registration with the General Medical Council (GMC), Mental Health Act Section 12(2) approval, and to abide by professional codes of conduct.
• To demonstrate compliance with legal obligations covering clinical practice e.g., Mental Health Act and Code of Practice, Mental Capacity Act, The Children Act.
• To participate in annual appraisal for consultants.
• To participate annually in a job plan review with the relevant Clinical Director and Service Manager or Managing Director.
• To attend and participate in the academic program of the Trust, including lectures and seminars of the internal CPD program.
• To comply with the regulations of the Royal College of Psychiatrists on Continuing Medical Education (CPD).
• To undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of patients.
• To record clinical activity accurately and comprehensively, and submit this promptly to the Information Department.
• To comply with confidentiality as advised by professional and Department of Health Guidelines.
• To comply with proper and safe discharge procedures for in‑patients in line with 20 relevant partnership and national guidelines.
• To comply with Trust procedures that involve users in their care.
• To comply with Trust procedures about responsibility to carers.
• To commit to ensuring that people from all ethnic groups have equitable access to appropriate services.
• To ensure successful multi‑disciplinary working.
• To work with local managers and professional colleagues in ensuring the efficient running of services, and share with consultant colleagues in the medical contribution to management.
• To comply with the Trust's agreed policies, procedures, standing orders and financial instructions, and to take an active role in the financial management of the services and support the medical director and other managers in preparing plans for services.
• To maintain good relationships with general practitioners, the CCG, Social Services, and voluntary sector organizations.

About the Trust

At the North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) we provide integrated mental health services to the people of North Central London living in the boroughs of Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey and Islington, as well as some services regionally and nationally. We employ more than 5000 staff, which makes us one of the largest employers in our area. Last year, in the North part of the Trust (previously known as Barnet, Enfield and Haringey NHS Mental Health Trust) we supported more than 134,952 people; approximately 2,312 patients and service users on our wards and over 132,640 in the community. In 2021‑22 our budgeted expenditure was £393 million. We provide our services to children, adults, and older people from over 20 sites. We support people to overcome the hurdles they face with their health and wellbeing. We support them to get back into the community and to live as independently as they can. We aim to give people the skills they need to look after themselves with our support in the community. When they need a higher level of care, we provide that on our wards. The wards are found at Edgware Community Hospital, Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital and St. Ann's Hospital.