Locum Consultant - General Adult Psychiatry (Kentish Town)

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join an enthusiastic and dynamic team, working alongside GPs and Integrated Neighbourhood teams in the community in Camden.

This post is for 0.4 WTE Locum Consultant Psychiatrist working within the Camden Core Community Mental Health Team – Kentish Town as work progresses with the transformation of community mental health services in line with the NHS Long Term plan.

The post available asap for a period of 6 months fixed term. This is a replacement post within this service that will become vacant when the current post holder moves to an associate clinical director role in the trust.

The post is being offered as a 6-month fixed term post.

The post-holder will be part of a multidisciplinary team which includes both statutory and voluntary sector roles and provides holistic care to patients in a primary care setting aligned to the Kentish Town Primary Care Networks in Camden.

National terms and conditions apply to this post. Inner London Weighting applies.

Main duties of the job

This is a Locum position for 4 Programmed Activities: 3 Direct Clinical Care and 1 Supporting Professional Activities.

Following initial triage, signposting and advice giving to referrers, approximately 80-90% are offered appointments with the team. The post holder will work alongside three other consultant colleagues and other members of the multi-disciplinary team to carry out assessments.

It is anticipated that the post holder will conduct 2-4 assessments per week and hold a short-term caseload of up to 20-30 patients at any one time with GPs remaining as main case holders within this collaborative model.

The primary record-keeping system for the service is RiO, general electronic patient record system of the Trust. Read only access to EMIS is available to senior clinicians to aid communication and integration with other primary care services.

The post-holder will be provided with appropriate technology (laptop, mobile) in order to facilitate agile working across multiple sites. The team has office space at Regis Road with dedicated admin support.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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