Are you an experienced Consultant Psychiatrist looking to move forward in your career? A senior leadership role that is both challenging and immensely rewarding could be the ideal role for you.
You have the opportunity to become the Medical Lead for our Acute mental health services at Barnet Lane Clinic. Barnet Lane clinic is a rehabilitation service for women where you will work closely with multi-disciplinary teams to ensure that clients receive a holistic and person-centric care and treatment programme based on the recovery model.
You will be key in supporting clinical governance and service delivery across the site. Additionally, you’ll play a crucial role in providing medical management for the dedicated doctors working in at Barnet Lane Clinic. At the service you will collaborate with Associate Specialists and a diverse, talented multidisciplinary team.
You will be based on the acute ward but will support in the rehab ward when needed.
As a valued staff member, you will have excellent CPD and professional development opportunities. You will work 37.5 hours a week, in a clinically rewarding environment and receive a highly competitive salary, along with a competitive pension scheme and a number of other benefits.

AS THE MEDICAL LEAD- CONSULTANT PSYCHIATRIST, YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES WILL INCLUDE:

• Taking clinical responsibility for patients, including multidisciplinary ward rounds, risk reviews, strategic reviews and the development of a therapeutic milieu.
• Fulfilling the role of Responsible Clinician to patients detained under the Mental Health Act (1983).
• Supervising the process of referral and admission including contributing to preadmission assessments of young people with other team members.
• Offering a psychiatric perspective to the multidisciplinary team in relation to the assessment, formulation and treatment of young people.
• Contributing to management meetings and clinical governance meetings for the services provided at the hospital, and contributing to the development of service strategy.
• Contributing to in-house training programmes within the services and offering supervision to other members of the multi-disciplinary team, particularly junior medical staff.
• Maintaining CPD and re-validation requirements, as determined by the Royal College of Psychiatrists or other relevant statutory bodies.
• Providing on call cover in line with requirements for the service

TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN THIS ROLE, YOU’LL NEED TO:

• Be medically qualified, MRC Psych or equivalent
• Be innovative and imaginative with the ability to initiate corporate decisions
• Have essential understanding of current developments in psychiatry and other aspects of mental health
• Have substantial knowledge of change management, relevant legislation, contemporary issues in mental health, knowledge of and experience in purchaser/provider contractual issues
• Have previous Consultant experience