Psychiatrist jobs in United Kingdom

Job summary

The post holder will be one of 2 Consultant Psychiatrists to the Greenwich East Intensive Case Management for Psychosis Team (ICMp) with Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust.

This is a job share with a well-established consultant that reduced their hours several years ago as part of retirement plans. The post has been filled by a locum associate specialist for the past few years.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for the care and treatment of patients who receive high level and complex mental health care (formerly on CPA) within the team. This will involve attending multi-disciplinary team meetings, case discussion meetings, and weekly referrals meetings within the team.

The post holder will be expected to attend zoning meetings at least twice a week to prioritize contacts with patients, especially those service users who are deteriorating and presenting with increasing risk. The post holder will be expected to support the team with the development of robust crisis plans for those patients that may be deteriorating.

The post holder will additionally be expected to chair review/CPA meetings, offer crisis appointments to patients who are in the red zone, and offer home visits and telephone advice to general practitioners and other professionals who may be involved with the care of service users on the caseload.

About us

At Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, we offer a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people living in South-East London and to people in prison across England. Our wide array of services includes community health care, such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities, and mental health such as psychiatry, nursing, and therapies.

Oxleas is a great place to work. It has been recognized as one of the Top 10 Best Places to Work 2023 by the Sunday Times among very big employers. Our staff survey results show that we are in the Top 5 in England and the highest in London for staff experience amongst similar trusts.

Oxleas recruitment and retention strategy includes offering all Consultants and SAS doctors regular formal structured mentoring by professionally trained mentors.

"We are always delighted to welcome new colleagues to the Oxleas family. We care about making Oxleas a great place to work - it's a big priority in our strategy. Come and join us - it's a place where our values, teamwork, equity, and wellbeing matter and where you can really help to improve people's lives."

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will have 4 formal outpatient clinics a week with 4-5 patients booked per clinic. The consultant and other team medics will be responsible for screening new referrals and ensuring that they receive a prompt assessment from the team. This follows a framework with other team members to offer an Initial Family Meeting (IFM) where goals and objectives and completion of a DIALOG care-plan are agreed. There may be additional crisis clinic appointments and/or home visits required during the week, and the consultant will be expected to show flexibility in managing their diary.

Within the clinics, some patients will have a care co-ordinator and will have formerly been on CPA, while other patients may only be seeing a doctor who will act as the lead clinician. There are various projects in place looking at ways of reducing the ICMp caseload and aligning this with the Trust objectives of providing great out of hospital care and reducing any delays to treatment.

There is protected time for administrative work, and the post holder will be supported with any digital/electronic/technological help as required to facilitate timely communication with GPs, referrers, and partner agencies.

Time will be required and allocated to deal with mental health act related work including attending tribunals for patients on community treatment orders (CTO).

The post holder will have supervision duties for the Associate Specialist and GPVTS Trainee working with the team, and this will be agreed with the other consultant. It is expected that weekly supervision supports the junior doctors with complex cases and other educational and pastoral issues.

Person Specification

GMC Registration

Essential

• GMC registered number

Desirable

• Registration application

Section 12

Essential

• Application for qualification

Desirable

• Registration application for Section 12

Experience of ICMP

Essential

• Work history of CV

Desirable

• Working in ICMP environment

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.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.