Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit a Consultant Perinatal Psychiatrist (10PAs) into a combined research and clinical position, with the Tri-borough Perinatal Mental Health Service covering Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham, at West London NHS Trust.
We are keen to receive applications from highly skilled and motivated psychiatrists keen to develop a career in perinatal psychiatry and research.
Experience of working in a perinatal mental health service is preferable, but applicants who have relevant experience will be considered.
You must be committed to promoting patient focused care, to working in partnership with professionals, women and families and to embedding research into clinical practice.
The Tri-borough Perinatal Service is expanding in line with the objectives in the Long Team Plan and seeks to provide a high quality perinatal mental health care with excellent outcomes to women and families, accessible to the diverse groups within our community.
Main duties of the job
To provide clinical expertise and leadership, to the established Perinatal Mental Health Service. You will have the opportunity to work collaboratively with a range of professionals and with our Experts by Experience, to continue to develop the service.
To develop high quality research projects in the service and in the perinatal field that are in line with the overall Trust research strategy.
To provide specialist assessment and ongoing care for women in a variety of settings, including the antenatal clinic, in womens homes, in childrens centres as well as via video and telephone, working in partnership with women, their families and a range of professionals.
Teaching and training are an important aspect of the role and you will have the opportunity to deliver teaching to a range of mental health and non-mental health professionals.
About us
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse providers of mental health, community and social care in the UK.
Our 3,982 staff care for people in hospital and in the community, helping them to recover and go on to lead full and productive lives. We aim to be the best organisation of our kind in the country.
We provide care and treatment for more than 800,000 people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow, delivering services in the community (at home, in GP surgeries and care homes), hospital, specialist clinics and forensic (secure) units.
We were rated good overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Together, we are committed to promoting hope and wellbeing, working with patients, service users, carers, families and partners across the communities we serve.
We are keen to ensure that our workforce reflects the community it serves, particularly in terms of ethnicity, gender, disability, LGBTQ+ and experience of mental illness
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical Duties:
- To provide senior medical responsibility and clinical leadership to the Tri-borough Perinatal Mental Health Service.
- To ensure that the mental health care provided by the service is evidence based and in line with the recommendations of national guidelines and standards.
- To assess and provide ongoing care for women from preconception, throughout pregnancy and up and to one year postnatal (with a view to extending care until the end of the 2nd postnatal year). It is expected that women with the most severe and complex mental illness will be seen for assessment by the Consultant Perinatal Psychiatrist.
- To work closely with the perinatal MDT and all other professionals involved in womens care to ensure that high quality care is effectively co-ordinated.
- To ensure mental health care is patient centred, compassionate and focussed on the needs of the woman, her baby and the wider family and to ensure clear communication and shared decision making with women (and their partners and other family members as appropriate).
- To offer expert risk assessment and management skills.
- To write reports for and to attend Child Protection Conferences.
- To provide clinical advice to colleagues within the team, the wider perinatal mental health service, general adult mental health services, maternity services, health visitors and GPs.
- To undertake Mental Health Act Assessments if required.
Clinical Governance and Quality Improvement:
- To work with the Clinical Lead, Team Manager and Service Manager to contribute to the development of the service.
- To fully participate in the Trusts clinical governance processes including chairing investigations into untoward incidents and complaints and taking responsibility for disseminating learning from such investigations to the team.
- To actively contribute to quality improvement and audit activities.
- To actively contribute to the RCPsych CCQI Perinatal Quality Network peer/accreditation reviews of the service.
Research:
- The research component of the role is linked to the clinical work undertaken in the perinatal service and in the perinatal field. The post holder would be expected to develop research projects in a principal investigator role and to oversee audits and big data projects of anonymised data, to help drive clinically relevant research enquiry.
- The post holder will be required to work closely with the R&D team, to receive support with ensuring their studies are recruiting to time and target and that the correct governance is in place.
- The post holder will also be expected to support initiatives that encourage service user co-production of research.
- The post holder will also be expected to work in partnership with academic and commercial partners and will be supported in making links in their area of expertise or interest, in order to develop new studies opening to the Trust and grant applications.
- The post holder will be expected to demonstrate output from their research role in the form of authorship on publications and co-investigator status on research grant applications. Furthermore, the post holder will ensure that results of research carried out are broadly fed back to clinical services to ensure best practice.
- The post holder will participate in contributing to the research strategy for the Tri-borough Perinatal Mental Health Service and for feeding this back into clinical practice.
Educational and Teaching:
- To participate in teaching for FY, CT and ST psychiatrists.
- To participate in training for midwives, health visitors, social workers, GPs and mental health professionals.
**Please refer to the job description attached to this vacancy**
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical Duties:
- To provide senior medical responsibility and clinical leadership to the Tri-borough Perinatal Mental Health Service.
- To ensure that the mental health care provided by the service is evidence based and in line with the recommendations of national guidelines and standards.
- To assess and provide ongoing care for women from preconception, throughout pregnancy and up and to one year postnatal (with a view to extending care until the end of the 2nd postnatal year). It is expected that women with the most severe and complex mental illness will be seen for assessment by the Consultant Perinatal Psychiatrist.
- To work closely with the perinatal MDT and all other professionals involved in womens care to ensure that high quality care is effectively co-ordinated.
- To ensure mental health care is patient centred, compassionate and focussed on the needs of the woman, her baby and the wider family and to ensure clear communication and shared decision making with women (and their partners and other family members as appropriate).
- To offer expert risk assessment and management skills.
- To write reports for and to attend Child Protection Conferences.
- To provide clinical advice to colleagues within the team, the wider perinatal mental health service, general adult mental health services, maternity services, health visitors and GPs.
- To undertake Mental Health Act Assessments if required.
Clinical Governance and Quality Improvement:
- To work with the Clinical Lead, Team Manager and Service Manager to contribute to the development of the service.
- To fully participate in the Trusts clinical governance processes including chairing investigations into untoward incidents and complaints and taking responsibility for disseminating learning from such investigations to the team.
- To actively contribute to quality improvement and audit activities.
- To actively contribute to the RCPsych CCQI Perinatal Quality Network peer/accreditation reviews of the service.
Research:
- The research component of the role is linked to the clinical work undertaken in the perinatal service and in the perinatal field. The post holder would be expected to develop research projects in a principal investigator role and to oversee audits and big data projects of anonymised data, to help drive clinically relevant research enquiry.
- The post holder will be required to work closely with the R&D team, to receive support with ensuring their studies are recruiting to time and target and that the correct governance is in place.
- The post holder will also be expected to support initiatives that encourage service user co-production of research.
- The post holder will also be expected to work in partnership with academic and commercial partners and will be supported in making links in their area of expertise or interest, in order to develop new studies opening to the Trust and grant applications.
- The post holder will be expected to demonstrate output from their research role in the form of authorship on publications and co-investigator status on research grant applications. Furthermore, the post holder will ensure that results of research carried out are broadly fed back to clinical services to ensure best practice.
- The post holder will participate in contributing to the research strategy for the Tri-borough Perinatal Mental Health Service and for feeding this back into clinical practice.
Educational and Teaching:
- To participate in teaching for FY, CT and ST psychiatrists.
- To participate in training for midwives, health visitors, social workers, GPs and mental health professionals.
**Please refer to the job description attached to this vacancy**
Person Specification
Education and Qualification
Essential
- MB BS or equivalent medical qualification
- CCT/CCST in General Adult Psychiatry (or within 6 months at the time of interview) or equivalent.
Desirable
- Relevant higher degree e.g. MD, PhD, MSc
- MRCPsych or equivalent
Eligibility
Essential
- Fully registered with the GMC with a license to practise at the time of appointment
- Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR Eligible for inclusion within 6 months of the interview date.
- Approved under Section 12 (2) of the Mental Health Act 1983 or able to achieve this within 6 months at the time of interview.
Desirable
- In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice.
Person Specification
Education and Qualification
Essential
- MB BS or equivalent medical qualification
- CCT/CCST in General Adult Psychiatry (or within 6 months at the time of interview) or equivalent.
Desirable
- Relevant higher degree e.g. MD, PhD, MSc
- MRCPsych or equivalent
Eligibility
Essential
- Fully registered with the GMC with a license to practise at the time of appointment
- Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR Eligible for inclusion within 6 months of the interview date.
- Approved under Section 12 (2) of the Mental Health Act 1983 or able to achieve this within 6 months at the time of interview.
Desirable
- In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice.
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.
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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
