Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities

• To manage, appraise, and provide professional supervision to junior medical staff as agreed between consultant colleagues and the medical director.
• 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 record clinical activity accurately and comprehensively, and submit this promptly through the trusts clinical information systems.
• 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 program of the Trust, including lectures and seminars as part of the internal CPD program.
• To participate annually, as a minimum, 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 take into account changes in service configuration and delivery associated with modernization.
• 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.
• Assessment of new patients and clinical supervision of assessments carried out by other team members.
• Full participation in the multidisciplinary team providing care in the community.
• Senior medical responsibility for the care carried out by the Community Mental Health Team for both CPA and LPC patients.
• Review and monitoring of the caseload to ensure appropriate care packages are put in place and discharges facilitated to maintain patient flow.
• Contribution to the continuous development of the Community Mental Health Team, and to other parts of the Service as required.
• Domiciliary visits to provide assessment and treatment services as a member of the CMHT.
• Domiciliary assessments in response to emergencies.
• Research, in terms of personal projects and clinical audits as part of clinical governance.
• Involvement in joint planning of future service development.
• Occasional psychiatric assessments of residents who may be in crisis in another borough.
• Close liaison with the wards to facilitate admission and discharge planning.
• Liaison with HTT, Psychiatric Liaison Services, AMHP services, and Forensic Services in the borough.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential Criteria

• MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.

Desirable Criteria

• Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research, or management.
• MRCPsych OR MRCPsych equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
• Additional clinical qualifications.

Eligibility

Essential Criteria

• Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
• Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months.
• Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment.
• Approved under S12 OR able to achieve with 3 months of appointment.

Desirable Criteria

• In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice.

Clinical Skills, Knowledge & Experience

Essential Criteria

• Excellent knowledge in specialty.
• Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English.
• Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty.
• Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others.
• Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA.

Desirable Criteria

• Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to working in community services within NHS or a comparable service.