About this role
Job summary
This post is for a Consultant General Adult Psychiatrist in Redbridge Home Treatment Team based at Tantallon House, Goodmayes Hospital and working into the Redbridge borough of London to provide home treatment for mental health patients in crisis. The role combines clinical leadership, direct patient care and collaboration across the care pathway for mental health patients experiencing a crisis in their mental health. In the course of your work, you will help shape service development, support staff and champion the Trust values of kindness, respect, and partnership with communities.
Main duties of the job
This is one of two full-time posts for a General Adult Consultant Psychiatrist in a well-established Home Treatment service with an excellent, stable and well-resourced multidisciplinary team.
This is a full-time substantive post, and we would consider flexible working, job share or fixed term if preferred. It is a post with 10 Programmed Activities (PAs) with 7.5 Direct Clinical Contact activities (DCC) and 2.5 Supporting Professional Activities (SPAs). There are opportunities to add additional PAs for a special interest e.g. research, medical education, leadership roles etc.
On-call responsibilities: The postholder participate in the Senior Psychiatrist on-call rota covering out of hours for Adult Mental Health Services in NELFT. This is currently a 1:40 rota with a 3% Category A salary supplement. There is also has a Daytime (9am-5pm) Section 136 rota (approximate frequency of 1 day every 3 months), including all Section 12 approved doctors in NELFT. Th
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Job description Job responsibilities
JOB TITLE: General Adult Consultant Psychiatrist – Redbridge Home Treatment Team CONTRACT: 10 Programmed Activities (10 PAs) Substantive contract Flexible working available – including job share, part-time, remote sessions considered BASE: Tantallon House, Goodmayes Hospital, Barley Lane, Ilford, IG3 8XJ
This post is for a Consultant General Adult Psychiatrist in Redbridge Home Treatment Team (BD HTT), based at Tantallon House, Goodmayes Hospital and working into the Redbridge borough of London to provide home treatment for mental health patients in crisis. The role combines clinical leadership, direct patient care and collaboration across the care pathway for mental health patients experiencing a crisis in their mental health. In the course of your work, you will help shape service development, support staff and champion the Trust values of kindness, respect, and partnership with communities.
1.1 Job Title: General Adult Consultant Psychiatrist – Redbridge Home Treatment Team This is one of two full-time posts for a General Adult Consultant Psychiatrist in a well-established Home Treatment service with an excellent, stable and well-resourced multidisciplinary team.
This is a full-time substantive post, and we would consider flexible working, job share or fixed term if preferred. It is a post with 10 Programmed Activities (PAs) with 7.5 Direct Clinical Contact activities (DCC) and 2.5 Supporting Professional Activities (SPAs). There are opportunities to add additional PAs for a special interest e.g. research, medical education, leadership roles etc.
Rationale for post: The funding for this post was agreed a couple of years ago due to increased caseload in home treatment Teams as we endeavour to provide community based mental health care for patients in a crisis. The consultant appointed will join a long-standing bank consultant who has worked with the team for several years while we look to recruit a second substantive consultant psychiatrist. The post is currently vacant, with agency locum cover and we wish to recruit substantively to this post as soon as possible.
On-call responsibilities: The postholder participate in the Senior Psychiatrist on-call rota covering out of hours for Adult Mental Health Services in NELFT. This is currently a 1:40 rota with a 3% Category A salary supplement. There is also has a Daytime (9am-5pm) Section 136 rota (approximate frequency of 1 day every 3 months), including all Section 12 approved doctors in NELFT. The on-call Sec 136 doctor is expected to take a lead on Mental Health Act assessments in the Section 136 suite on the Goodmayes site.
Accountability: The postholder will be professionally accountable to the Chief Medical Officer via the Associate Medical Director for ARD (currently a split post between Dr Yasmin Sultana and Dr Yashavanth Bangalore) and operationally accountable to both the Associate Medical Director and the Integrated Care Director for ARD (currently Marion Reilly) and ultimately the Chief Executive Officer (Paul Calaminus).
1.2 Main responsibilities The post holder will be committed to establishing a culture of care and collaborative working in the team. You will be expected to provide clinical leadership and supervision to the multidisciplinary team, work directly with adult patients in mental health crisis in the community, and their families, and liaise as appropriate with inpatient and community consultant psychiatrists and other health and social care partners. You will develop links across the whole mental health pathway including primary care networks in Redbridge to continually improve our services.
Redbridge Home Treatment Team (R HTT) is one of four general adult HTTs in NELFT. The aim of the service is to provide a community based alternative to hospital admission for people experiencing a mental health crisis, and to facilitate the early discharge of psychiatric inpatients. The service provides a rapid response, intensive home-based mental health service to working age adults and together with our Integrated Crisis Assessment Hub provides a Mental Health crisis function over 24 hours, 7 days per week.
The two team consultant psychiatrists will share responsibility for supervision arrangements for the doctors in the Redbridge Home Treatment Team.
The Medical staffing on the team currently consists of: • 2 whole time equivalent (wte) Consultant • 2 wte SAS Doctor • 1 WTE Foundation Year 2 Trainee
General Duties • Organise and prioritise own and team workload in line with Trust protocols. • Ensure effective clinical and team-level risk management. Training & Supervision • Provide clinical supervision and education to team doctors, promoting high standards of care. • Maintain personal professional development and support a culture of lifelong learning. • Undertake regular appraisal and maintain a personal development plan. • Facilitate integration of new staff and support team-wide training initiatives. Education • Deliver in-service teaching to medical students, trainees, and multidisciplinary team members. Administration • Complete all patient-related administrative tasks accurately and promptly. • Use the Trust’s electronic case record system effectively. Management • Collaborate with the team manager and senior colleagues to ensure safe, high-quality care through clinical governance. • Act as line manager for resident doctors. Leadership • Contribute to service development, business planning, and clinical leadership within the service and directorate. • Demonstrate leadership to foster effective teamwork and positive relationships across the Trust. • Promote integrated care and a supportive team culture. • Participate in Trust-wide mental health strategy and advocate for co-production in service development. • Share knowledge and best practice based on current research and evidence. Communication • Communicate effectively with colleagues, senior managers, and clinical leads. • Convey complex patient information clearly to support collaborative decision-making.
For Further information please contact:-
Associate Medical Director: Yashavanth Bangalore [email protected]
Deputy Chief Medical Officer: Dr Sarah Dracass [email protected]
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Inclusion on/eligibility for the Specialist Register in General Adult Psychiatry (or within 6 months of CCT). Approved Clinician status/ eligibility
Approved Clinician status/ eligibility
Desirable
Postgraduate qualification.
Experience Essential
Comprehensive understanding of biological, psychological, and social determinants of mental health disorders.
A range of evidence-based treatment approaches.
Awareness of NHS strategic priorities and clinical governance.
Desirable
Understanding of systemic leadership principles.
Working knowledge of quality improvement methodology
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details Employer name NELFT North East London Foundation Trust
Address Goodmayes Hospital
Ilford
Essex
IG3 8XJ
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.nelft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)