Specialty Doctor - General Adult Psychiatry

North London NHS Foundation Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional health care provider is seeking a Specialty Doctor for a full-time position in community rehabilitation. The role involves clinical assessments, collaboration with multidisciplinary teams, and ensuring quality care for patients with enduring mental health conditions. Candidates must have a medical degree and experience in mental health. This position offers a supportive work environment focused on delivering high-quality care to the community.

Benefits

Supportive work environment

Focus on quality improvement

Opportunities for professional development

Qualifications

• Experience in mental health care.
• Ability to conduct clinical assessments.
• Willingness to engage with various health care teams.

Responsibilities

• Perform face-to-face clinical assessments.
• Participate in weekly MDT meetings.
• Deliver key performance indicators (KPIs).
• Support writing Mental Health Tribunal reports.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Team collaboration

Mental health knowledge

Flexibility

Education

Medical degree

Job description

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.,

• 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.
• To take responsibility for the delivery of key performance indicators (KPIs).
• A willingness to be flexible in altering the timetable according to service developments.
• Supporting the RCs in writing Mental Health Tribunal reports and reports to other agencies as they arise.
• Attending Mental Health Tribunal/Associate Hospital Managers hearings as needed.
• To ensure appropriate clinical documentation.
• To work collaboratively with colleagues in other service lines and with GPs.
• To collaborate with GPs, hospital doctors and primary care clinicians re the physical healthcare.
• To engage with clinical governance meeting with staff and managers.
• The rehab team manager, in collaboration with the consultants in the team, manage patients through a case load management system.
• There are no on-call or section 12 rota commitments.
Working for our organisation North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people. 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 supportive environment to deliver outstanding care. We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.