Consultant General Adult Psychiatrist - Daisy Ward

Job overview

North London Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust seeks to appoint an  enthusiastic full-time consultant psychiatrist to the Daisy Ward, which  is an 18-bed female acute psychiatric ward in the new Blossom Court  inpatient unit in St Ann’s Hospital in Haringey. The post is available  since a previous substantive consultant moved to a different clinical  area and has been covered by a locum consultant since then.

This post offers 10 Programmed Activities per week – 7.5 PAs for direct  clinical care and up to 2.5 PAs for supporting professional activity. The  post holder will be required to provide clinical and professional  leadership and to take part in related management activities. As a  senior clinician, the post holder will have an integral role in the  performance of the team, further development of the service, and the  development of clinical pathways and priorities.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will act as clinical lead for the multi-disciplinary  team, working in close collaboration with the ward manager and  other senior clinicians in the team.  The ward is a female only psychiatric ward for patients aged 18 years  and above. It serves all of North Central London – so whilst patients  will be primarily from Haringey, some will be from Barnet and  Enfield and on occasion from Camden or Islington. The ward  provides assessment and treatment for patients that present in the  acute phase of a mental illness. Acute presentations cover the  whole spectrum of diagnoses, including schizophrenia,  schizoaffective disorder, bipolar affective disorder, depressive and  anxiety disorder and severe personality disorders. These are often  complicated by physical comorbidities and substance misuse. Some  patients may have treatment resistant psychosis including severe  negative symptoms and often require prescription of complex  medication regimes or ECT which is currently available at Chase  Farm Hospital

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will be expected to provide clinical leadership for the  only female ward. The post-holder will be expected: • To manage 18 adult inpatients with a variety of psychiatric  diagnoses, many of whom will be detained under a section of  the Mental Health Act (MHA) • To conduct assessments, request investigations and contribute  to formulation of acutely unwell psychiatric inpatients • To formulate treatment plans and oversee implementation and  evaluation of these treatment plans • To contribute to management of patient flow with a view to  manage bed capacity effectively and avoid or flag up potential  delayed transfers of care • To comply with all legal obligations covering clinical practice e.g.  Mental Health Act and Code of Practice, safeguarding  procedures • To complete relevant paperwork, including maintaining the  electronic record and participating in routine outcome  monitoring of clinical work • To teach and supervise medical staff and other professionals in  all aspects of psychiatric care • To participate in the trust-wide day-time consultant psychiatrist  second on-call Rota for Health Based Place of Safety situated at  Chase Farm Hospital (1:32) and the trustwide on call rota (see  section 20, below). • To participate in the daily MDT Meeting and other regular ward  or team meetings including staff supervision. To undertake  other duties, as negotiated, that contribute to the good  functioning of the clinical team. • To take part in weekly Haringey discharge planning meetings  and other regular meetings around patient flow involving  locality and system colleagues. • To provide clinical and professional leadership within the post  Better Mental Health. Better Lives. Better Communities. and take part in management activities and governance  processes related to the post or the wider service within which  it is embedded. • As a senior clinician, to have an integral role in the performance  of the team, further development of the service, and the  development of the clinical pathways and priorities of the  service.