Speciality Doctor in General Adult Psychiatry (HTT)

Job description

Job responsibilities

1. Conduct medical reviews of patients under HTT care, as allocated in Clinical Review Meetings, or as requested by team or Consultant Psychiatrist.

2. Reviews primarily take place at the base (Gordon Hospital) or in patients homes

3. Prescribing and review of medication of patients on the caseload, including monitoring side effects

4. Provide consultation to the rest of the team, undertaking reviews with other team members, attending professionals meetings.

5. Support of team particularly regarding risk management, including where it may be appropriate to escalate to emergency services/ MHAA/ MHCAS

6. Attend team Clinical Review Meetings (CRM), team reflection meetings and service development meetings as needed.

7. Carry out liaison and collaborative working with other services/agencies and across internal interfaces as necessary for patient care and service development. This includes but is not limited to inpatient services, community teams, AMHPs, safeguarding services and Psychology.

8. Ensure that patients physical health needs are addressed, with support from the Foundation Year (FY) team doctor.

9. Carry out regular review and monitoring of the caseload including via consultant supervision to ensure discharges facilitated to maintain patient flow, including collaborative working with community teams to transition care where appropriate.

10. Ensure all documentation is completed in a timely manner, physical health recording, progress note entries, and risk assessments for patients on caseload.

11. Keep up to date with appraisals, mandatory training, all revalidation requirements.

12. Attend an SAS peer group for RCpsych CPD purposes and remain in good standing with RCPsych for CPD at all times.

Rider Clause This is an outline of the post-holders duties and responsibilities. It is not intended as an exhaustive list and may change from time to time in order to meet the changing needs of the Trust and Department.

Person Specification

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• oAbility to treat service users with respect and dignity at all times, adopting a culturally sensitive approach
• oAble to work effectively in a team
• oAble to build constructive relationships
• oPerson-centred in clinical approach
• oAbility to perform full physical examinations and to undertake basic routine tests such as venepuncture, ECG, Q Risk determination
• oBasic IT skills

Desirable

• oAdvanced IT literacy
• oCognitive assessment using screening tests

Other

Essential

• oCommitment to multi-disciplinary team working
• oCommitment to Continuing Personal Development
• oAbility to be flexible and work as part of a changing dynamic team and organisation
• oSickness (or attendance) record that is acceptable to the Trust
• oAbility to work on own initiative

Desirable

• oEffective teaching skills
• oInvolvement in Quality Improvement

Education and Qualifications

Essential

• oPrimary Medical degree
• oFull GMC registration

Desirable

• oMRCPsych Paper A or equivalent
• oPost-graduate psychiatric training
• oSection 12 approval/eligible to become approved within 3 months of starting in post

Previous Experience

Essential

• oCompleted at least 3 years of full time post graduate training in psychiatry

Desirable

• oClinical audit
• oTeaching others
• oWorking with an MDT
• oExperience of being on-call out of hours
• oPrevious experience of working in CRHTT

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

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Gordon Hospital

Bloomburg Street,

London

SW1V 2RH

Employer's website

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