In-Patient Specialist Doctor - Acute Adult Inpatients (Highgate West)

Job overview

We have one full-time in-patient specialist doctor post in the Hospital Division, based in the Highgate (West) Mental Health Centre. In the Highgate West Mental Health Centre there are ten wards: two Psychiatric Intensive Care Units and eight treatment wards. The post would be based mainly on one ward, but with occasional weekend work (approx. 1 in 6 -yet to be decided). The weekend work would be 9am to 5pm and the role would be to provide senior doctor input to help with 7 day flow and patient safety.

Main duties of the job

The post is in the Acute Adult Inpatients Service of the Trust. It is based at both the Highgate (West) Mental Health Centre, Dartmouth Park Road, London, N19 5NX. Each acute ward has sixteen or seventeen beds. Each PICU has twelve beds.  In addition there is a Place of Safety and Mental Health Crisis Assessment Service on the site.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more details on the In-Patient Specialist Doctor - Acute Adult Inpatients (Highgate West) role please see JD / Person Spec