Locum Consultant Psychiatrist in Adult Community Psychiatry - C&H

EAST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 200,000 +; Full time

Job description

Overview

There is a 0.6 FTE post made available to cover for maternity leave.

Responsibilities

• The consultant psychiatrist provides input and clinical leadership to the Neighbourhood Mental Health Team.
• They lead the Neighbourhood Mental Health Team with a team of a band 7 senior worker (senior nurse or social worker), a band 5 community connector (employed by the voluntary and community sector), a band 3 support worker, as well as access to an occupational therapist, psychologist, band 6 assessment worker, and peer-support worker.
• There is a band 8 team manager for 4 Neighbourhood Teams.
• The most recent addition to these are ARRS workers, which are band 7 posts employed by ELFT and working across GP surgeries and Neighbourhood Mental Health Teams.
• The consultant has a significant role in providing advice and training to GPs with the aim of increasing the skills and knowledge of GPs in the management of common mental health presentations.

Neighbourhood Recovery Service

The Neighbourhood Recovery Service has two sub-teams (East and West), led by 4 Band 7 senior practitioners, and 1 Band 8 operational lead. We are proud of the work we have done moving towards recovery-oriented care in the community and development of a primary care mental health offer which supports the recovery service in managing workload effectively.

Mission and Values

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people\'s lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.