Consultant Psychiatrist - Greenwich Home Treatment Team

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

Main area: Psychiatry - General Adult

Grade: NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

Contract: Permanent

Hours:

• Full time
• Part time

10 sessions per week

Job ref: 723-A14-CL

Site: Oxleas House

Town: Woolwich

Salary: £105,504 - £139,882 + £2,162 London Weighting + 1% On-Call Availability Allowance

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 30/12/:59

Job overview

Oxleas House, Stadium Rd, London SE18 4QH

10 PA's / 40 hours per week. Permanent.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust as a valued Consultant based at Oxleas House, providing medical input into the Home Treatment Team in Greenwich.

Main duties of the job

The home treatment team is a busy multidisciplinary service providing acute treatment to adult patients with a range of mental health diagnoses and psychosocial stressors across the borough of Greenwich. There is an additional home treatment team that will cover older adults over the age of 65, but the three boroughs for the Trust; Bexley, Bromley, and Greenwich general adult mental health HTTs support this. The caseload size varies and is not capped; please refer to the Job Description with details on the referrals made to the team for the last few months. Greenwich HTT, as part of Trust acute and crisis service line, will work in close liaison with Bromley and Bexley HTTs.

The post-holder will work with other members of the MDT including, but not limited to, nursing, social workers, and psychologists who will monitor individuals' safety, provide a range of interventions, and work closely with families and carers.

The team works closely with the other wards based at Oxleas House; Shrewsbury, Avery, and The TARN, and will be involved in the bed-management programme for the unit, helping to facilitate discharges and prevent unnecessary hospital admissions by working closely with community teams.

Working for our organisation

At Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, we offer a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people living in South-East London and to people in prison across England. Our services include community health care, such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities, and mental health services such as psychiatry, nursing, and therapies.

Oxleas is a great place to work. It has been recognized as one of the Top 10 Best Places to Work 2023 by the Sunday Times among very big employers. Our staff survey results show that we are in the Top 5 in England and the highest in London for staff experience among similar trusts.

"We are always delighted to welcome new colleagues to the Oxleas family. We care about making Oxleas a great place to work - it's a big priority in our strategy. Come and join us - it's a place where our values, teamwork, equity, and wellbeing matter, and where you can really help to improve people's lives."

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To manage, appraise and give professional supervision to junior medical staff as agreed between consultant colleagues and the medical director, in accordance with the Trust's personnel policies and procedures.
• To ensure that junior medical staff working with the post holder operate within the parameters of the New Deal and are Working Time Directive compliant.
• To undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of patients.
• To record clinical activity accurately and comprehensively and to submit this promptly to the informatics team.
• To participate in service and business planning activity for the team and, as appropriate, for the whole mental health service.
• To participate in annual appraisal for consultants.
• To attend and participate in the academic programme of the Trust, including lectures and seminars as part of the internal CPD programme.
• To maintain professional registration with the General Medical Council, Mental Health Act Section 12(2) approval and to abide by professional codes of conduct.

Person specification Qualifications

• MBBS or equivalent

Registration

• Registered with GMC

Experience

• Experience in General Adult Psychiatry

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that welcomes and supports individuals of all abilities. If you meet the minimum criteria for this role and have a disability, you can be guaranteed an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme - Please ensure you select this on your application form. We encourage you to be open about your needs so we can work with you to design a comfortable and accessible interview experience. Any information you provide regarding a disability or a need for adjustments will be treated in confidence and will only be shared with colleagues who are supporting this request.

If you require any adjustments to participate fully in the interview process, please let us know by adding the relevant details when scheduling your preferred interview date and time. Please feel free to contact the appointing manager to discuss your needs.

We encourage applicants to contact the hiring manager before their interview if they have any questions about the role or the process. This is a great way to get clarity and prepare effectively for the interview.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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