Locum Consultant Liaison and High Intensity User Service Psychiatrist

Locum Consultant Liaison and High Intensity User Service Psychiatrist This is an opportunity to join the Adult Mental Health Directorate in Newham on a 12 month fixed-term post. The post has become available due to the substantive post-holder taking a sabbatical. The post holder will work alongside two other liaison consultant psychiatrists in the Newham Mental Health Liaison and Psychological Medicine Service, providing a comprehensive ageless liaison psychiatry service across A&E and inpatient settings. Candidates with an interest or accreditation in old age psychiatry are particularly encouraged to apply. The successful candidate will also be the lead clinician for the High Intensity User Service.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be expected to deliver:

• Consultant led assessment and management of service users with mental health needs attending A&E and admitted to wards at Newham University Hospital.
• Effective clinical leadership.
• Advice and consultation to colleagues.
• Training and education.
• Effective supervision.

Job Responsibilities

Please see JD (Job Description) and PS (Personal Specification) for full details of role requirements.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Fully registered with the General Medical Council.
• On the GMC Specialist Register or within 6 months of eligibility to apply.
• Approval under Section 12(2) of Mental Health Act 1983 and Approved Clinician status, or eligible to apply once in post.
• Higher training in approved training posts for a minimum of 3 years and/or previous consultant training.
• Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (in accordance with Royal College of Psychiatrists guidelines).
• Endorsement in old age psychiatry.

Knowledge

• Experience of clinical work in General Adult Psychiatry at ST4-6 or Consultant level within the last 3 years.
• Excellent working knowledge and experience of the application of the Mental Health Act.
• Appreciation and understanding of ethnic minority issues and a commitment to developing culturally sensitive practices.
• Understanding of social factors relevant to psychiatry.
• Experience of working in liaison psychiatry.
• Experience of service development and introducing new services in mental health.

Organisational Skills/Abilities

• Ability to work as a part of a multidisciplinary, multi-model team.
• Ability to manage complex workloads and support others to do that.
• Consultation/liaison skills to services, teams, and individuals.
• Commitment to working in a multidisciplinary setting.
• Commitment to working with service users on service development.
• Project management ability.
• Formal leadership and management training.
• Experience of team/service leadership.
• Experience of organisational development work.
• Experience of providing reflective practice to the teams.
• Experience of consultations to the teams and individuals.

Clinical Skills

• Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team and provide leadership for the team.
• Self-motivating and innovative.
• Expertise in risk assessment and evidence-based intervention after self-harm.
• Confident in therapeutic risk taking.
• Commitment to clinical governance.
• Training in a psychological therapy.

Teaching

• Experience in teaching junior staff.
• Good teaching and communication skills.
• Experience of teaching medical undergraduates and postgraduates.
• Experience of teaching non-medical mental health professionals.

Research and Audit

• Experience of research work, especially in general hospital patients and/or patients with medically unexplained symptoms.
• Experience of grant-funded project work.
• Publications in peer-reviewed journals in relevant academic fields.

Other

• Ability to get on with colleagues.
• Media training.

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. #J-18808-Ljbffr