Specialty Grade Locum Psychiatric - West

at  Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust

This post is for a 0.6 WTE locum consultant psychiatrist working in Barnet and Royal Free antenatal services and Barnet postnatal perinatal mental health service. This is for a fixed term contract, to start 1 May 2024. The post holder will be working alongside two substantive part-time consultants.
The post-holder will have clinical responsibility for patients referred to the service and will also work closely with multiple agencies within the integrated clinical service model. The SPMHS works closely with maternity services, adult community mental health teams, mental health liaison teams, crisis resolution teams/home treatment teams, adult psychological services, primary care and other community services and
organisations.
Main duties of the job
This is an exciting role where the post holder will join 6 other perinatal consultant psychiatrists to provide psychiatric input to the integrated SPMHS.
The post holder will clinically cover Barnet-based women booked to deliver at Barnet General Hospital and the Royal Free Hospital.
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.
Appropriate flexibility within timetabled working hours is anticipated for urgent clinical matters.
To carry out Mental Health Act and domiciliary assessments as required.
To provide second opinions for consultant colleagues if requested.
To support clinical governance projects, particularly QI and audits within the service.
To attend and participate in consultants’ and management meetings to keep informed of service issues and developments.
To keep up with administration, including clinic letters, entering Dialog + care plans and reviews and risk assessments on the electronic patient record system.
To assist with serious incident investigations and complaints if requested.
To keep up to date with mandatory training

Please refer the Job description for details