Job summary
CNWL are currently on the lookout for a Consultant Psychiatrist for the Joint Homelessness Team in Westminster, to provide clinical leadership to a team as a part of a multi-disciplinary service.
Main duties of the job
- Provide senior medical responsibility for the patients managed by the team and to support and contain all members of the multidisciplinary team
- Support recruitment and ensure optimal retention of team members and uphold morale
- Ensure good service quality and performance
- Ensure GPs and primary care clinicians are supported to provide mental health care
- Optimise links with voluntary sector partners to support patient care
- Ensure training needs of psychiatry trainees and medical students are met as well as supporting training of other junior clinical staff
About us
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL) is one of the largest trusts in the UK, caring for people with a wide range of physical and mental health needs. We have approximately 8,000 staff that provide healthcare to a third of London's population and across wider geographical areas, including Milton Keynes, Kent, Surrey and Hampshire.
This post sits within Jameson Division, which holds adult mental health services within the inner London boroughs of Westminster and Kensington & Chelsea, and the outer boroughs of Brent and Harrow.
This is one of only two teams in London dedicated to the care of street homeless with severe mental illness and led by a consultant psychiatrist. It provides a service to Westminster which has one of the highest street homeless populations in the UK, attracting people to the political and transport centre of the UK from all over Britain and the world.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Assessment of new patients and clinical supervision of assessments carried out by other team members.
- Review complex needs patients to ensure appropriate care packages are put in place
- Mental Health Act related-work
- Domiciliary and outreach visits to provide assessment
- Domiciliary assessments in response to emergencies
- Occasional psychiatric assessments of residents who may be in crisis in another borough.
- There would also be an expectation that the post holder would participate in some early morning or late-night street outreach approximately once per month.
- Ensure that physical health needs are addressed
- Review and monitoring of the caseload to ensure appropriate care packages are put in place and discharges facilitated to maintain patient flow.
- Develop good working relationships with local GPs and other key providers
- Close liaison with the wards to facilitate admission and discharge planning.
- Liaison with HTT, Psychiatric Liaison Services, AMHP services and Forensic Services in the borough.
- Develop working relationships with local voluntary sector services in order to support and promote recovery
- Participation in the local AC rota will make sure appropriate cover is in place during absences.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Assessment of new patients and clinical supervision of assessments carried out by other team members.
- Review complex needs patients to ensure appropriate care packages are put in place
- Mental Health Act related-work
- Domiciliary and outreach visits to provide assessment
- Domiciliary assessments in response to emergencies
- Occasional psychiatric assessments of residents who may be in crisis in another borough.
- There would also be an expectation that the post holder would participate in some early morning or late-night street outreach approximately once per month.
- Ensure that physical health needs are addressed
- Review and monitoring of the caseload to ensure appropriate care packages are put in place and discharges facilitated to maintain patient flow.
- Develop good working relationships with local GPs and other key providers
- Close liaison with the wards to facilitate admission and discharge planning.
- Liaison with HTT, Psychiatric Liaison Services, AMHP services and Forensic Services in the borough.
- Develop working relationships with local voluntary sector services in order to support and promote recovery
- Participation in the local AC rota will make sure appropriate cover is in place during absences.
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS
Essential
- MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
Desirable
- Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
- Additional clinical qualifications.
- MRCPsych OR MRCPsych equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists
ELIGIBILITY
Essential
- Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment
- Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months.
- Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
- Approved under S12
Desirable
- In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice
TRANSPORT
Desirable
- Holds and will use valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative.
CLINICAL SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Excellent knowledge in specialty
- Flexible and creative working and an interest in working with the homeless and those with multiple social disadvantages as well as complex psychiatric presentations - psychosis, trauma, substance use
- Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
- Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
- Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
- Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others
- Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA
Desirable
- Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
ACADEMIC SKILLS & LIFELONG LEARNING
Essential
- Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
- Participated in continuous professional development
- Participated in research or service evaluation.
- Able to use and appraise clinical evidence.
- Has actively participated in clinical audit/QI
Desirable
- Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post
- Reflected on purpose of CPD undertaken
- Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation
- Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations and publications.
- Has led clinical audits/QI leading to service change
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS
Essential
- MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
Desirable
- Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
- Additional clinical qualifications.
- MRCPsych OR MRCPsych equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists
ELIGIBILITY
Essential
- Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment
- Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months.
- Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
- Approved under S12
Desirable
- In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice
TRANSPORT
Desirable
- Holds and will use valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative.
CLINICAL SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE
Essential
- Excellent knowledge in specialty
- Flexible and creative working and an interest in working with the homeless and those with multiple social disadvantages as well as complex psychiatric presentations - psychosis, trauma, substance use
- Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
- Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
- Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
- Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others
- Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA
Desirable
- Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
ACADEMIC SKILLS & LIFELONG LEARNING
Essential
- Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training
- Participated in continuous professional development
- Participated in research or service evaluation.
- Able to use and appraise clinical evidence.
- Has actively participated in clinical audit/QI
Desirable
- Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post
- Reflected on purpose of CPD undertaken
- Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation
- Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations and publications.
- Has led clinical audits/QI leading to service change
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
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).
