NHS Locum Consultant Psychiatrist in Older Adult Inpatient

Job overview

Would you like to be part of leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health ,community and inpatient care?  Why not join Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust for the opportunity to flourish and excel in your career and be part of our dedicated medical team.

This role is for a fixed term NHS Locum Consultant Old Age Psychiatrist to provide medical leadership for the Roding inpatient ward based at St Margaret’s Hospital Epping Essex.  The Consultant will provide medical leadership for multidisciplinary team comprising of resident doctors, ward nursing team, psychiatrists, CPN’s, OT and psychologist.

The post holder will be expected to work closely with the ward managers and the wider MDT to provide a safe and effective service.  The Consultant will also be expected to work closely with the relevant community teams and contribute to providing an effective care pathway for patients across the service.

The post holder will be the Responsible Clinician (RC) for patients under their care on Roding ward for patients detained under the Mental Health Act.  The post holder will be expected to carry out the duties expected of an RC knowledgably and in a timely manner.  The post holder will be expected to be knowledgeable of the Mental Capacity Act and be proficient at applying it appropriately to patient care.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will have responsibility for the clinical care of those patients admitted to the in-patient unit on the ward. The post holder will also be expected to work closely with the team and the ward manager to ensure the provision of an effective service.

The trust is actively supportive of newly qualified consultants continuing professional development seeking to deepen and broaden their skills. As well as making a clinical difference, we believe that your development is key so you will be supported to enable you to pursue educational and research interests which go hand in hand to provide a high quality of care and safety to our patients. We have excellent links with the medical school at ARU and other educational establishments where we have shared appointments in teaching and research.

You must have full GMC registration and be on the Specialist Register, with an appropriate CCT or equivalent or be within six months of obtaining your CCT on the date of the AAC.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Work closely with other consultant colleagues to ensure that the patient journey is as smooth as possible.
• Provide clinical leadership and actively liaise with general practitioners, psychiatrists, and other hospital specialists, statutory and non-statutory agencies, whenever relevant to the care and treatment of patients.
• Be committed to a multidisciplinary approach to care.
• Use evidence-based interventions at all times.
• Offer a consistent response to referrers/service users regardless of origin of the referral in a timely fashion.
• Offer an accurate diagnosis and timely interventions so that intensive treatment can be delivered to present chronicity and dependency on psychiatric services, in accordance with the recovery model.
• Attend Mental Health Act assessments as requested for relevant patients.
• Act as the Responsible Clinician for inpatients including attending Tribunals, as necessary.
• Participate in the development and maintenance of care programmes for patients.
• Supervise junior and middle-grade doctors in the team.
• Participate in the teaching programmes of the multidisciplinary team.
• Contribute to the collection of clinical information to ensure further service development and to enable audit.
• Work closely with consultant colleagues to contribute to the provision of appropriate Consultant cross cover for daytime, 9 am to 5 pm, (working days), and for periods of annual/study/special leave.
• Participate in clinical governance and teaching activities.
• Contribute to the day-to-day management and the overall service development agenda through appropriate involvement with managerial and clinical colleagues.