Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist

2 days ago


london hackney, United Kingdom NHS Full time

This is a rare opportunity to join the highly-regarded multidisciplinary liaison service at Homerton University Hospital in Hackney. There are opportunities to work flexibly and good support from a collegiate consultant body within the team and the wider Directorate.

Homerton University Hospital (HUH) NHS Foundation Trust provides a liaison psychiatry service which has a single point of access available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and is available to all patients with mental health conditions, dementia/delirium, substance misuse, and medically unexplained symptoms who present to acute care. This service has been funded and designed in line with NHS England's 'Core 24' model of liaison psychiatry. Homerton Psychological Medicine (HPM) is a multidisciplinary assessment and brief intervention service providing expert advice, support, and training to clinicians at the Homerton University Hospital Emergency Department (ED) and wards.

Main duties of the job

This is a part-time (0.7 FTE), substantive post. The post-holder will provide clinical leadership and work with the team manager and service lead to deliver high-quality assessment and treatment to the population of adults who are attending Homerton Hospital Emergency Department (ED) due to mental health concerns, as well as for patients admitted to the acute wards at Homerton Hospital for physical health issues, and also require psychiatric input or advice. They will contribute to the overall management and service development of the service. We are keen to develop clinical and medical leadership.

About us

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

Job responsibilities

For further information relating to this vacancy please see attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification Qualifications
  • 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 (older adult or dual older adult/adult)
  • Approved under S12 OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
  • MRCPsych or equivalent
  • Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
  • Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research, or management.
Skills/Abilities
  • Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
  • Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
  • Ability to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
  • Ability and commitment to work with service users in service development and delivery
  • Formal leadership/management training
Knowledge
  • Excellent knowledge of operation of acute adult and older adult mental health service
  • An understanding of relevant Government guidelines, targets, and legislation
  • Understanding of social care structures relevant to older adults
  • Excellent knowledge of mental health and capacity law, in particular application of the MCA 2005
Clinical experience
  • Excellent experience of operation of older adult mental health service
  • Assessment and treatment of a wide range of mental health and psychological disorders with evidence-based interventions
  • Assessment of cognitive impairment and diagnosis of dementia and delirium
  • Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service
  • Experience of contributing and/or leading on service planning, development, and management
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.

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