Job summary
West London Trust is thrilled to announce 3 consultant liaison psychiatry posts across our tri-borough liaison services.
These posts herald a new chapter in WLT and consultant expansion to meet demand.
WLT is part of the North West London ICS. Care by collaboration emphasises liaison psychiatry's strategic importance. As experts in building relationships at the mental-physical interface, our liaison psychiatrists will be supported to provide vital leadership to develop integrated services. With long-term plans in mind, we are looking for consultants interested in service development or sub-specialty expertise including neuropsychiatry, medical psychotherapy and medical education.
We are looking for ambitious consultants with excellent clinical, communication and leadership skills to deliver quality care, and inspire and up-skill colleagues to meet patients' needs.
We welcome applications from candidates excited to work with our vibrant population and high calibre partners and stakeholders.
Timescale
Event
Closing date for advert
18/09/22
Shortlisting
19/09/22
Stakeholder event
03/10/22
Interview date
04/10/22
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will work with the liaison service team manager and fellow consultants to provide clinical expertise to the team in assessing and managing patients in the hospital.
A key aim of the service and this role is to contribute to improving the overall care in the hospital. The post-holder will develop training for hospital teams and contribute to the development of hospital systems to improve patient care. This is a designated priority for West London NHS Trust and our acute trust partners, especially following interruption of pre-covid training programs.
Building relationships with colleagues in the acute trust is central to our success. Candidates should have strong communication skills and a demonstrable record of building partnerships with a range of professionals.
The post-holder will be a member of the trust-wide liaison psychiatry senior management team, contributing to the broader strategic developments and clinical governance of the service.
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'rerated good overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Together, we're 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
This 1.0 whole-time equivalent (WTE) consultant psychiatry post in the Hammersmith and Fulham Liaison Psychiatry Service (H&FLPS) has been created from a combination of new funding to expand the consultant body in order to meet growing demand and a current post-holder taking up a clinical director role within the Trust.
H&FLPS serves two of Imperial College Healthcares hospitals. The main hospital for H&FLPS is Charing Cross, a large teaching district general hospital whose specialist services including a hyper-acute stroke unit and a range of neurosciences specialties. The Emergency Department (ED) is one of the busiest in London and provides the main point of access to care for many people in acute crisis. The most frequent presenting problems requiring psychiatric assessment are self-harm and acute psychotic episodes. The ED also has an Urgent Treatment Centre attached to it. H&FLPS also serves Hammersmith Hospital, which provides a range of elective inpatient and outpatient specialist services. Hammersmith Hospital hosts the largest renal department in Europe and has particularly close links with H&FLPS for people with complex medical-psychiatric co-morbidity. We are looking to develop greater integration with renal (including the altruistic kidney donor clinic), and other specialties in Hammersmith.
The post-holder will work collaboratively with the H&FLPS team manager and existing consultant psychiatrists to provide leadership and clinical expertise to the liaison team to deliver a responsive and high quality service. The post-holder will be pivotal to the development of the ethos of the team and further integration of the liaison psychiatry service with the acute and mental health trusts services.
Medical staffing includes one Foundation Doctor Year 1 (FY1), one FY2, and one ST4-6 psychiatry trainee. Clinical supervision of the trainees will be negotiated between the H&FLPS consultant psychiatrists depending on individual job plans and preferences.
Training within the team and for acute trust staff is a key priority for the service, especially in this phase of the pandemic after pre-covid training programs were interrupted. The post-holder will be expected to work with the consultants and psychologist in developing the teams training program. This is a strategic priority for both trusts, monitored at board level.
The service has an ethos of creating, developing and successfully completing strategically important service developments projects. The post-holder will have ample opportunities to be involved in such projects, particularly those related to out-of-hospital strategies.
The post-holder may be required to urgent provide cover for the Trusts other LPS teams.
There are no external duties attached to the post.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This 1.0 whole-time equivalent (WTE) consultant psychiatry post in the Hammersmith and Fulham Liaison Psychiatry Service (H&FLPS) has been created from a combination of new funding to expand the consultant body in order to meet growing demand and a current post-holder taking up a clinical director role within the Trust.
H&FLPS serves two of Imperial College Healthcares hospitals. The main hospital for H&FLPS is Charing Cross, a large teaching district general hospital whose specialist services including a hyper-acute stroke unit and a range of neurosciences specialties. The Emergency Department (ED) is one of the busiest in London and provides the main point of access to care for many people in acute crisis. The most frequent presenting problems requiring psychiatric assessment are self-harm and acute psychotic episodes. The ED also has an Urgent Treatment Centre attached to it. H&FLPS also serves Hammersmith Hospital, which provides a range of elective inpatient and outpatient specialist services. Hammersmith Hospital hosts the largest renal department in Europe and has particularly close links with H&FLPS for people with complex medical-psychiatric co-morbidity. We are looking to develop greater integration with renal (including the altruistic kidney donor clinic), and other specialties in Hammersmith.
The post-holder will work collaboratively with the H&FLPS team manager and existing consultant psychiatrists to provide leadership and clinical expertise to the liaison team to deliver a responsive and high quality service. The post-holder will be pivotal to the development of the ethos of the team and further integration of the liaison psychiatry service with the acute and mental health trusts services.
Medical staffing includes one Foundation Doctor Year 1 (FY1), one FY2, and one ST4-6 psychiatry trainee. Clinical supervision of the trainees will be negotiated between the H&FLPS consultant psychiatrists depending on individual job plans and preferences.
Training within the team and for acute trust staff is a key priority for the service, especially in this phase of the pandemic after pre-covid training programs were interrupted. The post-holder will be expected to work with the consultants and psychologist in developing the teams training program. This is a strategic priority for both trusts, monitored at board level.
The service has an ethos of creating, developing and successfully completing strategically important service developments projects. The post-holder will have ample opportunities to be involved in such projects, particularly those related to out-of-hospital strategies.
The post-holder may be required to urgent provide cover for the Trusts other LPS teams.
There are no external duties attached to the post.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
Desirable
- Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research, leadership
- MRCPsych
- Additional clinical qualifications
Eligibility
Essential
- Fully registered with GMC with licence to practice at the time of appointment
- GMC Specialist Register or within 6 months of expected completion of specialist training
- MHA Approved clinician status or able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
- MHA Section 12(2) Approval
- Good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice
Clinical Knowledge
Essential
- Experience working in a range of liaison psychiatry services with excellent knowledge of speciality
- Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA
Desirable
- Wide range of specialist experience relevant to post in NHS or comparable service
Academic skills and lifelong learning
Essential
- Ability to work in and lead teams
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
- Makes decisions based on evidence and experience
- Understand clinical governance and how it underpins care delivery with experience of Serious Incident report writing and complaints response
- Participated in research or service evaluation
- Has actively participated in clinical audit and quality improvement programmes
- Able to use and appraise clinical evidence
- Demonstrates enthusiasm for and commitment to developing liaison psychiatry services
Desirable
- Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit or service improvement e.g. prizes or awards
Other Requirements
Essential
- Commitment to and compliance with Trust values
Desirable
- Mobile and able to travel to Trust sites
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
Desirable
- Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research, leadership
- MRCPsych
- Additional clinical qualifications
Eligibility
Essential
- Fully registered with GMC with licence to practice at the time of appointment
- GMC Specialist Register or within 6 months of expected completion of specialist training
- MHA Approved clinician status or able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
- MHA Section 12(2) Approval
- Good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice
Clinical Knowledge
Essential
- Experience working in a range of liaison psychiatry services with excellent knowledge of speciality
- Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA
Desirable
- Wide range of specialist experience relevant to post in NHS or comparable service
Academic skills and lifelong learning
Essential
- Ability to work in and lead teams
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
- Makes decisions based on evidence and experience
- Understand clinical governance and how it underpins care delivery with experience of Serious Incident report writing and complaints response
- Participated in research or service evaluation
- Has actively participated in clinical audit and quality improvement programmes
- Able to use and appraise clinical evidence
- Demonstrates enthusiasm for and commitment to developing liaison psychiatry services
Desirable
- Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit or service improvement e.g. prizes or awards
Other Requirements
Essential
- Commitment to and compliance with Trust values
Desirable
- Mobile and able to travel to Trust sites
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).
