Job summary
- Main area
- Psychiatry
- Grade
- YC72
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 333-J-BR-C-0017
- Employer
- Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Park Royal Centre for Mental Health
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £109,725 - £145,478 plus £2162 London weighting allowance
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/02/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Consultant in General Adult Inpatient Psychiatry
YC72
Job overview
CNWL is looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated Consultant Psychiatrist working in our 18-bedded mixed gender ward, Shore Ward.
This full time positions would be excellent for someone wanting to broaden their experience of acute psychiatry and develop their clinical skills in a supportive and challenging environment.
Main duties of the job
The role is to provide a comprehensive assessment and treatment package of care to all patients with a view to facilitating early discharge from hospital, to work closely with colleagues in the inpatient service to continuously improve the quality of acute care, and to work with colleagues across adult mental health services in Brent to ensure a coordinated, effective and person centered care pathway.
Working for our organisation
Brent Adult Mental Health Service provides a range of services for adults within community and hospital settings. Our community services have recently transformed to improve the quality of care received by people with mental health needs in their local community in line with the NHS Long Term Plan, towards provision of more integrated, organization and place-based care.
Brent adult mental health services:
• Acute in-patients (3 ward – 47 beds) and PICU (11 beds) – Park Royal Centre for Mental Health
• Community Mental Health Hubs – three hubs serving the three GP networks in the borough. Harness and Kilburn hubs are based at Park Royal Centre for Mental Health, Park Royal; Kingsbury and Willesden Hub is based at Fairfields House, Kingsbury.
• Early Intervention Service: Fairlight Avenue, Harlesden
• Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team (CRHTT): Park Royal.
• Mental Health Act Team (AMHP Team): Park Royal Brent Integrated Psychology and Psychotherapy Services embedded within teams
• Community Forensic Service: Provided in collaboration with West London NHS Trust.
• Brent Talking Therapies
• Brent Community Collaboration and health inequalities team
• Mental health social team which deliver AMHP, hospital discharge, placements and complex case management
• Rethink mental health team
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Core Clinical responsibilities
• The postholder will be responsible for providing sole and dedicated consultant psychiatric care to people admitted to Shore Ward at Park Royal MHC.
• The postholder will provide leadership for the performance culture of the ward, ensuring best practice is employed across the facility, and that the Trust’s quality and productivity targets are met.
• The ethos of Park Royal MHC is one in which in-patient care is delivered by an integrated multi- disciplinary team with a shared sense of ownership for the ward environment as well as the clinical services provided. The postholder will adopt an active and pragmatic leadership style as a way of promoting this type of ward environment, thus ensuring collaborative working both at a clinical and an operational level.
• The postholder will be expected to participate in quality improvement and service evaluation projects and will be encouraged to undertake service evaluation and/or research which may be relevant to either short or long-term service improvement.
• Together with the Matron, Ward Manager and other senior MDT colleagues the postholder will provide overall clinical leadership for the Ward Multidisciplinary team as well as direct clinical assessments and consultations for the Team, including the following:
• Medical input, consultation and clinical leadership to the ward, and overall clinical responsibility for people admitted to the unit.
• Medical input and leadership in care planning and risk assessment for people subject to the care planning (CPA) process.
• Acting as the Responsible Clinician for people admitted to Shore Ward as appropriate and undertaking associated duties and responsibilities including attending and writing reports for Mental Health Tribunals and Managers hearings. In 2017/8 47 tribunals were requested over the course of the year, resulting in 17 tribunals being completed for Shore Ward.
• Regular clinical liaison with the Community Consultants in the Psychological Medicine, Community Mental Health Teams and the Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team to ensure timely discharge of patients.
Teaching and training
• An active role in the postgraduate teaching programme, which consists of a local academic meeting on Wednesday lunchtime. This meeting includes a Journal Club and case presentations. This takes place at the inpatient site – Park Royal Centre for Mental Health
• Teaching/training of medical students who regularly attend CMHT as part of their psychiatry experience, from Imperial school of medicine. Support is also given to work experience students where applicable.
• Appropriately trained consultants would be encouraged to take up the role of Educational Supervisors for core and higher trainees from the St Mary’s training scheme in Psychiatry. Candidates willing to take up this role will be supported to access relevant training and this will be included in Job Planning.
• Training and teaching of wider MDT staff with the community teams and other teams 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 and 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 post within NHS or comparable service
Transport
Essential criteria
- Holds and will use valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Ammara Musood
- Job title
- Clinical Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
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