Locum Consultant Psychiatrist - Islington Crisis Team

at  Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust

The post offered is that of a full-time locum Consultant Psychiatrist in General Adult Psychiatry covering Islington Crisis Resolution & Home Treatment Team (ICRHTT) 5PA, and the Mental Health Crisis Assessment Service, (MHCAS) 5PA.
Both services will be co-located at The Highgate Mental Health Centre, Dartmouth Park Hill, London, N19 4NX from mid-April 2024.
Integral to the ICRHTT sessions is liaison to Drayton Park Women’s Crisis House, 32 Drayton Park, London, N5 1PB and Crisis Single Point of Access (C-SPA)
This is a full-time locum position for 10 Programmed Activities.
The position may suit one full time or two part time consultants
The role of the consultant is to be the clinical lead of the teams and to ensure high, quality, patient-centred, effective, safe and efficient care is delivered by the team.
The postholder will be the clinical lead for the community crisis pathway in Islington. This pathway currently falls within the Islington borough division of the Trust. There is another consultant who works 4 sessions with the team and two experienced associate specialists.
In Islington the community crisis pathway consists of a single CRHTT, Drayton Park Women’s Crisis House and Highbury Grove Crisis Resource Centre (18 Highbury Grove, N5 2EA) a mixed gender crisis house run by One Housing Group in Islington.
The Drayton Park Women’s Centre offers 12 women in mental health crisis a residential stay, within a domestic setting as an alternative to acute admission. The service also offers non-residential services for women who have stayed previously on-going support groups, peer support space and a range of workshops for women throughout the year. Children can be admitted with their mothers but this is discussed on an individual basis at the point of referral.

C&I has worked closely with current service users and Trust staff to create a set of shared values that make sure people who use the Trust’s services get the best possible chance of a rapid recovery. These values are embedded in the campaign: Changing Lives – will help drive up the standards of care across the Trust. For people who use the C&I‘s services, these values meant that they can be assured that through their journey to recovery they will be guaranteed:

• To receive a warm welcome through their journey to recovery
• That their dignity will always be respected
• That their care will be founded on compassion and kindness
• To receive a positive approach to care as they journey towards recovery
• High Quality Care from a highly trained team of professionals
• That each individual will be part of the wider team in the journey to recovery – i.e. ‘no decision about you, without you’.

C&I staff are required to reflect these values throughout their service at the Trust both:

• for people who use the services of the Trust, AND
• within their immediate teams and across the wider business of C&I.

As an applicant for this role, you are urged to demonstrate within your supporting statement a combination of evidence that reflects your competence to meet the job specification and provide examples of how C&I values are an integral part of the way you have and will continue to deliver service.
Daily Medical input, consultation and clinical leadership to the team and overall clinical responsibility for patients referred to the team.
Medical input and leadership in care planning and risk assessment for patients under the team.
Regular clinical supervision as required of the two full-time Specialty Grade Psychiatrists and to Specialist and Core Psychiatry trainees contributing sessions to the team .
Carrying out Mental Health Act assessments when required.
Regular clinical liaison with the relevant community, inpatient, liaison and perinatal teams and their Consultants.
Close clinical liaison with the inpatient service, helping facilitate early discharge of patients back into the community where appropriate.
Weekly attendance at the bed management meeting.
Clinical leadership in facilitating physical health care checks for all patients under the team.
Regular direct assessments of patients referred to the team with a focus on complex cases and high risk.
Regular lead reviews of patients admitted to the Drayton Park Women’s Crisis house and Highbury Grove Crisis Resource Centre. (This mainly involves telephone oversight and advice of their patients as they operate as an autonomous service but may involve direct assessments when required.)
Minimum twice-weekly multi-disciplinary chart reviews of all patients under the team.
Medical report writing as and when required.
Close liaison as required with GPs referring to the team.
Assist with Serious Incident investigations and complaints when required.
Provide second opinions for Consultant colleagues if requested.
Support Clinical Governance projects, particularly audits projects in the Division plan.
Provide annual and study leave cover for colleagues
Ensure that a structured programme of learning is in place for medical students when attached to the team.
Attend and participate in Consultants’ and Management meetings to keep informed of service issues and developments, including the Clinical Advisory Group, Medical Advisory Group

Please refer the Job description for details