Consultant Psychiatrist – Community Rehabilitation

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will be expected to provide clinical leadership for the MDT.

Clinical Work and Leadership

Clinical leadership for the team, direct clinical assessments and consultations for patients under the care of ECRT.

Medical input and leadership in weekly MDT care planning/risk management planning meetings.

Responsible Clinician responsibilities with attendance at and report-writing for Mental Health Tribunals and Managers hearings for those clients being managed under conditions of Supervised Community Treatment Orders.

Professional leadership within the post, and take part in management activities related to the post and the wider service within which it is embedded.

As a senior clinician, to have an integral role in the performance of their team, further development of the service, and the development of the clinical pathways and priorities of the rehabilitation services across the Trust.

Compliance with all legal obligations covering clinical practice (eg Mental Health Act and code of practice).

A commitment to ensuring fair access to services for all.

Compliance with procedures whereby doctors report concerns about professional conduct or competence of medical or other colleagues.

The teams are expected to actively manage their caseloads, and to respond to new patients as they are referred.

Liaison with Trust services and relevant non-statutory organizations

Regular liaison with the relevant acute inpatient wards, other community Mental Health Teams and Home Treatment Teams.

Maintaining good relations with General Practitioners and other stakeholders, eg Social Services

Education and Training

To participate in the teaching and training of other disciplines.

A full role in the wider academic activities of the service, e.g. attendance and participation in academic meetings, journal clubs etc.

Resources and support for clinical educators and teaching is available through the Trust medical education department. The lead administrator is Suleman Bhana and the Director of Medical Education is Dr Lubna Anwar. Locally the Enfield site Tutor for trainees is Dr Antonio Albanese

Clinical Governance, Audit and Research

A lead role for the service in terms of audit and other procedures to ensure good clinical governance.

Research is actively encouraged and is well supported within the trust. The director of Research and Development for the Trust is Dr Artemis Igoumenou. The R&D department is based at St Anns hospital. The Trust is a member of the UCL Partners Academic Health Sciences Consortium.

Service Development

Rehabilitation services in Enfield have been undergoing a continuous improvement cycle which is strongly supported by health and social care commissioners. Over the past five years this has resulted in development of a rehabilitation board and step-down pathway in the community.

The post holder would be encouraged to further develop this relationship as part of ongoing community transformation in which it is proposed that the rehab services will work very closely with voluntary care sector (VCS) to scale up rehabilitation interventions with VCS staff. Another project is to improve the referral pathway and engage in case finding to identify those who would benefit most from rehabilitation as recommended by NICE guidance.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Experience

Essential

• oFull registration with the General Medical Council (GMC)
• oListed on the Specialist Register of the GMC Medical Register or eligible to register within six months.
• oMembership of Royal College of Psychiatrist or equivalent qualifications/ certification
• oTo be "approved" under Section 12 (2) of the 1983 Mental Health Act, the 2007 amendments and any successor legislation.
• oApproved Clinician status in terms of the same legislation
• oTraining and experience in evidence-based interventions Rehabilitation
• oMembership of a professional indemnity organization
• oEngagement with annual appraisal.
• oExperience of Safeguarding Children Framework
• oExperience in multi-disciplinary teaching.
• oAbility to take a leadership role in a multidisciplinary team, ensuring high quality care and staff morale.
• oExcellent communication skills in verbal and written media

Desirable

• oRegistered for the Continuing Professional Development Program in the Royal College of Psychiatrists
• oPublications in the field of Psychiatry
• oManagement Skills
• oExperience of developing a service component
• oManagement Training
• oHave experience working with different cultural backgrounds and beliefs.

Special Aptitudes

Essential

• oDemonstrable ability to relate well to people with chronic mental health issues and their families
• oTeam player to fit in with multi professional team
• oTo have an approachable attitude to team members.

Interests

Essential

• oWillingness to represent the service at Trust wide meeting and in discussions with partner agencies and Commissioners

Disposition

Essential

• oAbility to work and build relationships with other agencies and departments
• oAbility to work with Trust management in the spirit of mutually supportive co-operation

Desirable

• Ability to work and build relationships with other agencies and departments oAbility to work with Trust management in the spirit of mutually supportive co-operation Ability to drive and willingness to use own car, expenses to be provided by the Trust at normal rates. There are standard methods of paying travel expenses defined by national terms and conditions which vary with the degree of travel.

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. 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).

Employer details

Employer name

Barnet, Enfield & Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust

Address

Enfield Community Rehabilitation Team

Bush Hill Park

Enfield

EN1 2HL

Employer's website

http://www.beh-mht.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)