Consultant Psychiatrist – Community Rehabilitation

Posting date16 October 2024

Closing date15/11/2024 17:37:46

Salary£99,532.00 to £131,964.00 per year, £99532.00 - £131964.00 a year

LocationEnfield, EN1 2HL

CompanyNHS Jobs

Job typePermanent

HoursFull Time

Reference15424685

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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.

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