Consultant Psychiatrist- Neurodevelopmental Paediatrics

NELFT NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; Barking; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health organisation in Barking seeks a qualified medical professional for comprehensive roles including patient assessment and training junior staff. The candidate must have GMC registration and a commitment to evidence-based practices. Join a supportive environment that prioritises professional development and patient care.

Benefits

Employee assistance programme

Flexible working opportunities

Health and wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Must have full GMC registration and license to practice.
• Ability to assess and develop care plans for diverse patient conditions.
• Experience in teaching and supervising junior medical staff.

Responsibilities

• Organise and prioritise workload in daily tasks.
• Provide clinical supervision to junior colleagues.
• Ensure accurate record-keeping for audit purposes.

Skills

Autonomous practice

Clinical supervision

Patient assessment

Risk management

Evidence-based practice

Education

Full GMC registration with a licence to practice

CCT or equivalent

Approved Clinician status

Eligibility for Specialist Register

Job description

Responsibilities

1. To be responsible for organising and prioritising own and others\' workload in the day-to-day allocation of work.

2. To deputise when required in the team manager\'s absence and delegate appropriately to other medical staff.

3. To have organisational knowledge relating to Trust protocols and procedures and adhere to them.

4. To be responsible for providing accurate records of information required by the Trust for audit purposes.

5. To ensure effective risk management at team level by accident/incident reporting, assessing, and controlling risk and ensuring residual risks are added to the Trust\'s risk register.

Clinical Skills:

1. To act as an autonomous, registered practitioner who is legally and professionally accountable for their own unsupervised actions guided by the professional code of conduct and Trust guidelines and protocols.
2. The post holder will have full registration with a licence to practice from the General Medical Council (GMC).
3. Further professional knowledge will have been gained through accredited courses, workshops, study, and in-house training programmes.
4. To be responsible, and accountable, for service delivery to clients/patients.
5. To be able to assess and develop care plans to meet the complex needs of patients with a variety of conditions. This includes chronic, acute, and palliative care within own competencies, recognising own limitations and seeking advice when necessary. This will include continuously evaluating and acting on outcomes.
6. To be able to initiate referrals to other health professional specialist services and agencies.
7. To provide patients and relatives with information and education thus ensuring they have meaningful choices that promote dignity, independence, and quality of life.
8. To ensure practice is supported by research, evidence-based practice, literature, and peer review.

Working for our organisation

Why NELFT?

NELFT is an award-winning community and mental health Trust, providing healthcare for over 4.9 million people, ensuring our patients, family and friends feel confident that their health needs are met. We are committed to delivering the best care to the communities we serve across North East London, Essex and Kent. With an excellent reputation for research and development, our skilled healthcare professionals are at the cutting edge of evidence-based innovation, opening up the possibilities for better ways of working and delivery of care. Joining us will provide you with unparalleled access to training opportunities, continuous CPD, peer support groups, and a robust supervision and appraisal system.

1. To act as clinical supervisor to junior colleagues (FY/CT/GPVTS/ST), providing effective education, facilitating their development, and promoting high standards of medical care.

2. Ensure junior colleagues are actively supported to enable them to achieve their learning needs.

3. To ensure own continued professional development and support a culture of lifelong learning in self and others.

4. To undertake, and assist in the planning of, own mandatory training and workshops.

5. To undertake a regular appraisal, developing a personal development plan that includes clinical competencies reflecting the health needs of the local population, and relates to Trust strategy.

6. To support new staff and their integration within the team.

7. To support training as part of the role including changes to professional development and implementation of new policies and guidelines.

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Benefits

We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:

• A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
• A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our efforts to support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a "Top 10 Family Friendly Employer" from the Working Families Charity.
• Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
• Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that\'s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.

Supporting our Armed Forces

We recognise the valuable contribution that the Armed Forces community make to our organisation. We have signed the Armed Forces Covenant and achieved Gold Award under the Armed Forces Employer Recognition Scheme. We have supportive policies, guaranteed interview schemes for veterans, reservists and military spouses and give additional leave to our Reservists so that they can attend their annual camp.

• Full GMC registration with a licence to practice

• CCT or equivalent

• Section 12 Approval or eligibility for it

• Approved Clinician status, or eligibility for it

• Inclusion in, or eligibility for inclusion in the Specialist Register or within 6 months of obtaining CCST

Joining #TeamNELFT means you\'ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We\'re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.

Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video