Job requirements
Essential
17 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills
Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training.
- Skills
Participated in continuous professional development.
- Skills
Participated in research or service evaluation.
- Skills
Able to use and appraise clinical evidence.
- Skills
Has actively participated in clinical audit
- Skills
Holds a full valid driving license and access to a car (Unless you have a disability as defined by the Disability Discrimination Act 1995).
- Knowledge
Experience of the full range of clinical responsibilities expected of a consultant in General Adult psychiatry.
- Knowledge
Experience of close collaborative working with social care and other agencies.
- Knowledge
Experience of working with service users who have complex needs within General adult psychiatry.
- Knowledge
Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge.
- Knowledge
Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Knowledge
Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty.
- Knowledge
Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others.
- Eligibility
Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
- Eligibility
CCT in General Adult Psychiatry; OR Inclusion on the GMC Specialist Register in psychiatry; OR within six months of achieving CCT/CESR at the time of interview.
- Qualifications
MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
- Qualifications
MRCPsych OR MRCPsych equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
Desirable
12 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Skills
Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post.
- Skills
Reflected on purpose of CPD undertaken.
- Skills
Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation.
- Skills
Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations and publications.
- Skills
Has led clinical audits leading to service change.
- Skills
Experience of organising and overseeing psychotherapy training program for psychiatry trainees.
- Knowledge
Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service.
- Knowledge
Excellent degree of medical knowledge in relation to General Adult Psychiatry
- Eligibility
In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice.
- Eligibility
Section 12/Approved clinician approval.
- Qualifications
Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
- Qualifications
Relevant higher degree, e.g. MD, PhD, MSc or other additional clinical qualifications.
Job overview
The post is based with the Waverley Road Community Mental Health Service. This involves providing clinical leadership, providing diagnostic assessments and treatment to service users with severe, complex, and high-risk psychiatric conditions.
The ACMHS (Adult Community Mental Health Services) core team unites specialist medical, nursing, social work, occupational therapy, psychology, support workers and administrative staff within the service reporting to a single management structure
Main duties of the job
| Initial Assessments | Assessment, diagnosis, formulation of management plan, and sharing decision-making with patients and carers. |
| Review and re-reassessments | Flexible review and re-assessment of patients in response to need, and in accordance with the pathway. |
| Meetings | Communication about patients and carers, sharing organizational policies and objectives. |
| Multidisciplinary reviews | Care programme approach (CPA) reviews and risk reviews. |
| Clinical advice to team | Regular or ad hoc supervision on clinical matters. |
| Liaison with colleagues. | Discussion about patient care with primary care, secondary care and colleagues in other psychiatric teams. |
| Section 12 | Meeting the requirements of emergency work, MHA assessments, and assessments of capacity. |
| Physical health monitoring | Ensure monitoring for metabolic complications related to medication, Lithium monitoring, and adherence to the Clozapine protocols. |
| Manage caseload | Actively manage outpatient caseloads in accordance with pathway guidance and direction from clinical supervisor. Operate efficient and safe patient review services such as drop-in clinics. |
| Medical Support for IAPT | Medical reviews for service users referred by IAPT, diagnostic assessments and formulation. To produce holistic management plans to share with EPMHS, GPs and IAPT. |
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To manage, appraise and give professional supervision to junior medical staff as agreed by consultant colleagues and the medical director and in accordance with the Trust's personnel policies and procedures. This may include assessing competences under the Modernising Medical Careers framework.
- 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 submit this promptly to the Information Department.
- To participate in service and business planning activity for the locality 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 and the team 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.
- To participate annually in a job plan review with the clinical manager, which will include consultation with a relevant manager in order to ensure that the post is developed to consider changes in service configuration and delivery associated with modernisation. To work with local managers and professional colleagues in ensuring the efficient running of services and share with consultant colleagues in the medical contribution to management.
To comply with the Trust's agreed policies, procedures, standing orders and financial instructions, and to take an active role in the financial management of the service and support the medical director and other managers in preparing plans for services
Applicant requirements
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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This advert is for Locum Consultant in Adult Community (99 Waverly Road, St Albans) with Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust in Radlett, England. It is listed as a Consultant Medical doctor Psychiatry role. The advertised salary is £113,565 - £150,569 per annum. The contract type is 6 months (Fixed term until 26th February 2027). The application deadline is 27 Sep 2026.
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