Consultant Psychiatrist in Older Adults Psychiatry
This is an opportunity to join a well-established mental health care for older persons community mental health team (MHCOP CMHT) in Newham. The post holder will work alongside another substantive full-time consultant. The CMHT provides comprehensive and multidisciplinary community mental health care to frail and older persons. The diagnostic memory clinic is co-located, closely aligned to the CMHT but has separate consultant leadership.
About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Job responsibilities
To provide comprehensive assessment, diagnosis and medical management of patients, by delivering the following interventions:
- Comprehensive psychiatric assessments, with development of care plans, taking into accountpatients' capabilities, strengths and resilience
- Mental state examination
- Clinical diagnosis
- Initiation and reviews of pharmacological treatments
- To lead multi-disciplinary assessment, formulation and management of individual's risk
- Physical health assessments
- Referrals to other services (medical referrals, diagnostic tests, forensic services)
- Liaison with GP, community and forensic services
- Reviews of clinical progress and care plans
- Assessment of readiness for transfer to less restrictive setting and discharge planning
- Safeguarding planning processes
- Consultation and liaison with families and carers
- Liaison with the criminal justice system, police, Courts and probation when required for the careand management of patients
For further information relating to this vacancy please see attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification Qualifications
- Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment
- Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months (older adult or dual older adult/adult)
- Approved under S12 OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
- MRCPsych or equivalent
- Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
- Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
Skills/Abilities
- Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
- Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
- Ability to manage clinical complexity and uncertaintyAbility and commitment to work with service users in service development and delivery
- Formal leadership/management training
Knowledge
- Excellent knowledge of operation of acute adult and older adult mental health service
- An understanding of relevant Government guidelines, targets and legislation
- Understanding of social care structures relevant to older adults
- Excellent knowledge of mental health and capacity law, in particular application of the MCA 2005
Clinical experinece
- Excellent experience of operation of older adult mental health service
- Assessment and treatment of a wide range of mental health and psychological disorders with evidence-based interventions
- Assessment of cognitive impairment and diagnosis of dementia and delirium
- Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
- Experience of contributing and/or leading on service planning, development and management
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.