Specialty Doctor - General Adult Psychiatry

North London NHS Foundation Trust; Botany Bay; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization is looking for a full-time Specialty Doctor to join the Enfield Community Rehabilitation Team. This role involves conducting clinical assessments and collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to support patients with severe mental illnesses. Candidates should be adaptable and engaged in various clinical governance activities. This position offers the opportunity to impact mental health care positively in the community.

Responsibilities

• Conduct face-to-face clinical assessments for patients.
• Provide medical input at weekly MDT meetings.
• Manage delivery of key performance indicators.
• Support writing Mental Health Tribunal reports.

Job description

Overview

This is a Full Time (1 WTE) post for a Specialty Doctor to work in the Enfield Community Rehabilitation Team in the London Borough of Enfield. ECRT is a multidisciplinary team delivering a community rehabilitation service to patients with severe and enduring mental illness who are resident in 24-hour supported or residential accommodation. At present, there are approximately 98 of such homes in Enfield. The team works closely with Somerset Villa Rehabilitation Unit based at Chase Farm Hospital site, and the stepdown high and medium dependency unit run by Penrose, a social enterprise.

Responsibilities

• Face to face clinical assessments for patients under the care of ECRT, usually as home visits.
• Medical input in weekly MDT meetings involving care planning/risk management.
• Take responsibility for the delivery of key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Be willing to be flexible in altering the timetable according to service developments.
• Support the RCs in writing Mental Health Tribunal reports and reports to other agencies as they arise.
• Attend Mental Health Tribunal/Associate Hospital Managers hearings as needed.
• Ensure appropriate clinical documentation.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues in other service lines and with GPs.
• Collaborate with GPs, hospital doctors and primary care clinicians regarding physical healthcare.
• Engage with clinical governance meetings with staff and managers.
• The rehab team manager, in collaboration with the consultants in the team, manages patients through a caseload management system.

About North London NHS Foundation Trust

North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.

Strategy

Our Five-Year Strategy: We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all. We will offer great places to work, providing staff with a supportive environment to deliver outstanding care. We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.