Job Description

Pending College Approval



Consultant Psychiatrist in General Adult Psychiatry - N2 North team. One post available



You will be providing input for the Community Mental Health Team in Lewisham's Neighbourhood 2 in the North part of the neighbourhood (N2N).



To provide enthusiastic, and flexible, joint clinical leadership and consultant input into the team, alongside the Clinical Service Lead To take consultant responsibility for your sector of the Neighbourhood Community Mental Health team, acting as Approved Clinician and assessing or supervising assessment and management of patients and devising or helping to devise appropriate treatment plans and medication regimes, providing prompt medical response, and advising and work closely with other members of the multidisciplinary team To offer expert risk assessment and management skills in complex care of people with severe mental illness To ensure excellence in the delivery of evidence-based treatments To act as a source of support, advice and information to current or prospective patients and their carers, referrers, team members and other professionals In conjunction with the Team Leader, will help to represent the unit at CAG and care pathway meetings and other internal and external meetings where needed. To provide reciprocal Approved Clinician cover including under Section 12 of the Mental Health Act for the leave, study leave and sickness of senior medical staff in Lewisham during working hours To keep up to date with all developments in research and treatment around acute care pathways and inpatient mental health care

Community Mental Health teams in Lewisham - general information



There are four GP neighbourhoods in Lewisham and our community mental health teams (CMHT) are linked to these neighbourhoods. Additionally, Neighbourhood 2, due to its size, is subdivided into two teams - a Central and North team.



We have successfully implemented a new model of community care within the Borough and each of our neighbourhoods is sub divided into two closely interlinked teams working in an integrated manner with each other. These are:



1. Primary Care Mental Health Team (PCMHT)



2. Secondary Care Mental Health Team (CMHT)



It is envisaged that the post holder will work 10-programmed activities over 5 days. The overall split of the programmed activities is 7.5 to be devoted to direct clinical care and 2.5 to supporting professional activities (as per the Royal College of Psychiatrists recommendation). The timetable is indicative only. The detailed formal job plan will be developed and agreed with Dr Hugh Williams, AMD for Lewisham, and job plan objectives reviewed three months after commencing the post and at least annually thereafter.