Locum Consultant

NHS; Greater London; On-site; GBP 109,000 - 146,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a part-time locum consultant psychiatrist for six months, with the possibility of extending to a full-time role. The role involves assessing and managing patients in mental health crisis, providing clinical oversight, and collaborating with a multidisciplinary team. Candidates should possess an MBBS qualification, be fully registered with the GMC, and demonstrate strong clinical leadership. Salary ranges from £109,725 to £145,478 per annum, pro rata.

Qualifications

• Fully registered with GMC with a licence to practice.
• Ability to lead a multidisciplinary team.
• Experience in clinical research and quality improvement.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical input for patients in crisis.
• Formulate crisis care plans and assessments.
• Supervise junior medical staff and multidisciplinary teams.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Trauma-informed care

Effective communication

Decision-making under uncertainty

Education

MBBS or equivalent

GMC Specialist Registration

Additional clinical qualifications

Job description

There is the opportunity to work for the H&F CAHTT as a part-time locum consultant psychiatrist-6PA for 6 months with possibility to extend to one year. There are possibilities to extend to full time with fixed term role in other services. We are a dynamic diverse service that delivers high quality care in the community to those in mental health crisis and resident in the borough of Hammersmith and Fulham.

The CAHTT works to the standard model, assessing patients presenting in crisis, offering intensive home treatment where appropriate, gatekeeping potential admissions into local adult local service beds, in reaching into inpatient environments to expedite and support early discharge. In working hours there is also the requirement for medical input and oversight to assess people managed in our dedicated Health Based Place of Safety (HBPoS).

Referrals are received from the Single Point of Access (including 111), other secondary care teams, inpatient services, MHRRS workers, IAPT. Assessments are typically undertaken at the Claybrook Centre or patient's homes although can be other health care settings. During office hours the H&F CAHTT senior doctors are responsible for providing the medical assessments for all S136 presentations to the H&F HBPoS.

This role will associated with the provision of direct clinical supervision for both the MDT and medical team as part of an established and senior consultant body.

Main duties of the job

This post offers excellent general adult psychiatry experience in the community. The clinical presentations are very varied and there is a particular emphasis on creative effective management of complex situations. Forming effective relationships within the team and with families/carers is essential. The role of the consultant psychiatrist will lean on your experience as a senior clinical leader and significant clinical experience will be required. You will form an integral part of the Crisis Service, working closely with the team manager and other consultants to lead and continue to develop an excellent service. You will be providing clinical input into HBPoS as well.

Your role will be central to the support and provision of effective care within the team. Your role will be both to see complex patients and to support the team to manage them as part of a consistent, trauma informed approach. You will coproduce formulations, crisis care plans and risk assessments. You will be often be central to reflecting on the need for patients to be admitted, to be referred for mental health act assessments and be central to those assessments. You will be initiating and monitoring existing and new treatment regimens with appropriate physical health oversight, often titrating inpatient regimes into those ore appropriate for longer term community treatment.

About us

West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.

Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ over 5,000 staff, of whom 59% are BME. Our turnover for 2024-25 is over £500m.

The Trust is rated as 'Good' overallby the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as 'Outstanding'.

The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.

Job responsibilities

The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
• Additional clinical qualifications
• Qualification or higher degree in clinical research or management
• Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practice at the time of appointment
• GMC Specialist Register or within six months
• Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
• Good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice
• Approved under S12 OR able to achieve with 3 months of appointment

Academic skills and lifelong learning

• Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
• Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others
• Ability to work in and lead team
• Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement
• Has actively participated in clinical audit and quality improvement programmes
• Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation
• Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit or service improvement e.g. prizes or awards
• Evidence of improving patient outcomes through service change or audit

Clinical knowledge

• Excellent clinical skills
• Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA
• Excellent knowledge in speciality
• Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£109,725 to £145,478 a yearPro rata Per annum