Consultant Psychiatrist in Psychotherapy

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an 8 PA Consultant (Medical) Psychotherapist substantive post following retirement.

Please note that the JD is currently with Royal College for approval.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will be expected to provide specialised psychological therapies assessments and treatments in secondary care services, provide medical leadership in developing and managing the psychotherapy service, specialist supervision of psychotherapy treatments and fulfil the training responsibilities of the Trust for psychiatric trainees, medical students and other mental health professionals. This involves clinical, management and teaching commitments.

Applicants must be on the Specialist Register or within 6 months of obtaining the CCT and Approved Clinician Status.

About us

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL) specialises in caring for people with a wide range of physical and mental health needs.

Over recent years our catchment area has grown significantly, making the Trust's population more diverse than ever. The area spans the communities of London, Milton Keynes and wider geographical areas of Buckinghamshire, Surrey, Kent and Hampshire. There are areas of great affluence as well as deprivation, and there are over 100 first-languages spoken in these communities.

K&C adult mental health service provides a range of mental health services for adults across the age range within the community and in hospital settings. Our community services have recently transformed to improve the quality of care received by people with mental health needs in their local community in line with the NHS Long Term Plan, towards the provision of more integrated, personalised and place-based care.

Kensington and Chelsea adult mental health service provides a range of mental health services for adults across the age range within the community and in hospital settings.

Date posted

15 June 2022

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£84,559 to £114,003 a year + £2162 London Weighting +1% on call

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

333-J-KC-C-0004-A

Job locations

Pall Mall Centre for Mental Health

150 Barlby Road

London

W10 6BS


Job description

Job responsibilities

CORE CLINICAL AND LEADERSHIP RESPONSIBILITIES

  1. Managing psychotherapy referrals, as well as psychotherapy waiting lists in the Psychotherapy
  2. Providing specialist psychological therapy assessments and extended consultations. The post-holder will provide on a weekly basis two new psychotherapy assessments directly or by supervising a junior member of staff, one follow-up assessment consultation and one consultation for ongoing complex psychotherapy
  3. Holding a clinical caseload including patients undergoing psychotherapy assessment (on average four patients); complex psychotherapy patients (on average four patients); patients in ongoing psychotherapy treatments as provided by medical and non-medical psychotherapists under the supervision of the post-holder (on average twenty five patients). Patients on the caseload suffer primarily from severe or treatment resistance mood disorders, co-morbid personality disorders and severe relational difficulties.
  4. Providing clinical and psychotherapy supervision for 2.5 WTE Psychotherapy junior doctors posts (six-months psychotherapy placements usually at CT3 level) allocated to this Consultant post. The post holder will also be providing regular supervision of psychotherapy cases of junior doctors during their rotation placement in the Kensington and Chelsea services. Psychotherapy cases are allocated to junior doctors following assessment by the consultant psychotherapist in the service. The post-holder will maintain consultant responsibility for psychotherapy cases throughout the psychotherapy treatments. Junior doctors are supervised in supervision groups typically made up of five supervisees for one hour a week. Psychotherapy supervision consists in the discussion and the review of the clinical management of individual psychotherapy cases. The duration of individual psychotherapy treatments is up to 12 months. Occasionally it can be extended depending upon patients clinical
  5. Attending weekly and fully participating in the K&C North and South Hub team meetings
  6. Direct involvement in the community teams clinical
  7. Providing clinical leadership to allow for the provision of a full range of psychological treatments across Kensington and Chelsea.

Please note that the JD is currently with Royal College for approval.

Job description

Job responsibilities

CORE CLINICAL AND LEADERSHIP RESPONSIBILITIES

  1. Managing psychotherapy referrals, as well as psychotherapy waiting lists in the Psychotherapy
  2. Providing specialist psychological therapy assessments and extended consultations. The post-holder will provide on a weekly basis two new psychotherapy assessments directly or by supervising a junior member of staff, one follow-up assessment consultation and one consultation for ongoing complex psychotherapy
  3. Holding a clinical caseload including patients undergoing psychotherapy assessment (on average four patients); complex psychotherapy patients (on average four patients); patients in ongoing psychotherapy treatments as provided by medical and non-medical psychotherapists under the supervision of the post-holder (on average twenty five patients). Patients on the caseload suffer primarily from severe or treatment resistance mood disorders, co-morbid personality disorders and severe relational difficulties.
  4. Providing clinical and psychotherapy supervision for 2.5 WTE Psychotherapy junior doctors posts (six-months psychotherapy placements usually at CT3 level) allocated to this Consultant post. The post holder will also be providing regular supervision of psychotherapy cases of junior doctors during their rotation placement in the Kensington and Chelsea services. Psychotherapy cases are allocated to junior doctors following assessment by the consultant psychotherapist in the service. The post-holder will maintain consultant responsibility for psychotherapy cases throughout the psychotherapy treatments. Junior doctors are supervised in supervision groups typically made up of five supervisees for one hour a week. Psychotherapy supervision consists in the discussion and the review of the clinical management of individual psychotherapy cases. The duration of individual psychotherapy treatments is up to 12 months. Occasionally it can be extended depending upon patients clinical
  5. Attending weekly and fully participating in the K&C North and South Hub team meetings
  6. Direct involvement in the community teams clinical
  7. Providing clinical leadership to allow for the provision of a full range of psychological treatments across Kensington and Chelsea.

Please note that the JD is currently with Royal College for approval.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

  • Primary Medical Degree
  • Full GMC Registration
  • Inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register for Psychotherapy (or CCT expected within 6 months of interview date)
  • Section 12 MHA Approved/AC

Desirable

  • Additional GMC Specialist Registration
  • MRCPsych (or equivalent)
  • Higher Degree (MSc, LLM, MD or PhD
  • Additional UKCP/BPC accredited post-graduate qualification in specialist psychotherapy or in advanced stage of training towards this

OTHER

Essential

  • Good communication and interpersonal skills
  • Demonstrable leadership skills, maturity and the ability to contain and support a team
  • Sound organisational skills

Desirable

  • Demonstration of ability to innovative practice and service improvement
  • Relevant publications in the field of psychotherapy

General knowledge/ experience & core skills

Essential

  • Experience of providing psychotherapy supervision to medical and non-medical staff, as well as of offering consultations to senior colleagues across disciplines
  • Experience of working in multi-disciplinary teams
  • Proficient in risk assessment and management
  • Evidence of completed clinical audit/quality improvement projects
  • Evidence of undergraduate and postgraduate trainee teaching

Desirable

  • Experience of service development/business planning/service evaluations
  • Research experience relevant to psychotherapy
  • High level knowledge of planned developments at a national level to improve efficiency and deliver quality services
  • Experience of teaching non-medical staff/carers
  • Experience of working with ethnic and multi-lingual minorities, refugees and other minority groups
Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

  • Primary Medical Degree
  • Full GMC Registration
  • Inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register for Psychotherapy (or CCT expected within 6 months of interview date)
  • Section 12 MHA Approved/AC

Desirable

  • Additional GMC Specialist Registration
  • MRCPsych (or equivalent)
  • Higher Degree (MSc, LLM, MD or PhD
  • Additional UKCP/BPC accredited post-graduate qualification in specialist psychotherapy or in advanced stage of training towards this

OTHER

Essential

  • Good communication and interpersonal skills
  • Demonstrable leadership skills, maturity and the ability to contain and support a team
  • Sound organisational skills

Desirable

  • Demonstration of ability to innovative practice and service improvement
  • Relevant publications in the field of psychotherapy

General knowledge/ experience & core skills

Essential

  • Experience of providing psychotherapy supervision to medical and non-medical staff, as well as of offering consultations to senior colleagues across disciplines
  • Experience of working in multi-disciplinary teams
  • Proficient in risk assessment and management
  • Evidence of completed clinical audit/quality improvement projects
  • Evidence of undergraduate and postgraduate trainee teaching

Desirable

  • Experience of service development/business planning/service evaluations
  • Research experience relevant to psychotherapy
  • High level knowledge of planned developments at a national level to improve efficiency and deliver quality services
  • Experience of teaching non-medical staff/carers
  • Experience of working with ethnic and multi-lingual minorities, refugees and other minority groups

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).

Additional information

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

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Pall Mall Centre for Mental Health

150 Barlby Road

London

W10 6BS


Employer's website

https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/work (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Pall Mall Centre for Mental Health

150 Barlby Road

London

W10 6BS


Employer's website

https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/work (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

Clinical Director - Kensington and Chelsea

Dr Jasna Munjiza

jmunjiza@nhs.net

02082066900

Date posted

15 June 2022

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£84,559 to £114,003 a year + £2162 London Weighting +1% on call

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

333-J-KC-C-0004-A

Job locations

Pall Mall Centre for Mental Health

150 Barlby Road

London

W10 6BS


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