General Adult Consultant Psychiatrist

North East London NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Greater London is looking for a General Adult Consultant Psychiatrist to join the Redbridge Home Treatment Team. This role emphasizes clinical leadership and direct patient care for individuals experiencing a mental health crisis. Responsibilities include collaboration with multidisciplinary teams and support for service development. Full GMC registration and qualifications are required for this substantive full-time position, with options for flexible working arrangements.

Qualifications

• Full GMC registration with a licence to practice.
• CCT or equivalent qualification.
• Eligibility for Section 12 approval.
• Approved Clinician status, or eligibility for it.
• Inclusion in, or eligibility for the Specialist Register within 6 months of obtaining CCST.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership and supervision to the multidisciplinary team.
• Work directly with adult patients in mental health crisis and their families.
• Develop links across the whole mental health pathway including primary care networks.

Job description

Overview

JOB TITLE: General Adult Consultant Psychiatrist - Redbridge Home Treatment Team

CONTRACT: 10 Programmed Activities (10 PAs)

Substantive contract

Flexible working available - including job share, part-time, remote sessions considered

BASE: Tantallon House, Goodmayes Hospital, Barley Lane, Ilford, IG3 8XJ

On-call responsibilities:

The postholder participate in the Senior Psychiatrist on-call rota covering out of hours for Adult Mental Health Services in NELFT. This is currently a 1:40 rota with a 3% Category A salary supplement. There is also has a Daytime (9am-5pm) Section 136 rota (approximate frequency of 1 day every 3 months), including all Section 12 approved doctors in NELFT. The on-call Sec 136 doctor is expected to take a lead on Mental Health Act assessments in the Section 136 suite on the Goodmayes site.

The job description is pending royal college approval.

Main duties of the job

This post is for a Consultant General Adult Psychiatrist in Redbridge Home Treatment Team (R HTT), based at Tantallon House, Goodmayes Hospital and working into the Redbridge borough of London to provide home treatment for mental health patients in crisis.

The role combines clinical leadership, direct patient care and collaboration across the care pathway for mental health patients experiencing a crisis in their mental health.

In the course of your work, you will help shape service development, support staff and champion the Trust values of kindness, respect, and partnership with communities.

About us

This is one of two full-time posts for a General Adult Consultant Psychiatrist in a well-established Home Treatment service with an excellent, stable and well-resourced multidisciplinary team.

This is a full-time substantive post, and we would consider flexible working, job share or fixed term if preferred. It is a post with 10 Programmed Activities (PAs) with 7.5 Direct Clinical Contact activities (DCC) and 2.5 Supporting Professional Activities (SPAs). There are opportunities to add additional PAs for a special interest e.g. research, medical education, leadership roles etc.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will be committed to establishing a culture of care and collaborative working in the team. You will be expected to provide clinical leadership and supervision to the multidisciplinary team, work directly with adult patients in mental health crisis in the community, and their families, and liaise as appropriate with inpatient and community consultant psychiatrists and other health and social care partners. You will develop links across the whole mental health pathway including primary care networks in Redbridge to continually improve our services.

Redbridge Home Treatment Team (R HTT) is one of four general adult HTTs in NELFT. The aim of the service is to provide a community based alternative to hospital admission for people experiencing a mental health crisis, and to facilitate the early discharge of psychiatric inpatients. The service provides a rapid response, intensive home-based mental health service to working age adults and together with our Integrated Crisis Assessment Hub provides a Mental Health crisis function over 24 hours, 7 days per week.

Person Specification

Registration

• Full GMC registration with a licence to practice

Qualifications

• CCT or equivalent

Section 12

• Section 12 Approval or eligibility for it

Knowledge

• Approved Clinician status, or eligibility for it

Specialist Register

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

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