Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Principal Clinical duties of post holder
1.    Provide senior clinical advice and support to the daily triage, MDT and other regular clinical team meetings.
2.    Ensure that all referrals are triaged daily and responded to in a timely way
3.    Assessment of new patients and clinical supervision of assessments carried out by other team members.
4.    Review complex needs patients to ensure appropriate care packages are put in place
5.    Mental Health Act related-work (including CTOs and any patients on restriction orders)
6.    Domiciliary visits to provide assessment and treatment services as a member of the CMHT
7.    Domiciliary assessments in response to emergencies
8.    Occasional psychiatric assessments of residents who may be in crisis in another borough.
9.    Ensure that physical health needs are addressed

10.    Review and monitoring of the caseload to ensure appropriate care packages are put in place and discharges facilitated to maintain patient flow.
11.    Develop good working relationships with local GPs and other providers
12.    Provide mental health advice and support to GPs and primary care clinicians by surgery visits and other means, to assist patient management in the primary care setting
13.    Close liaison with the wards to facilitate admission and discharge planning.
14.    Liaison with HTT, Psychiatric Liaison Services, AMHP services and Forensic Services in the borough.
15.    Develop working relationships with local voluntary sector services in order to support and promote recovery
16.    Following the cross-cover protocol that has been agreed with another team or colleague which will make sure appropriate cover is in place during absences.

Leadership responsibilities:
1.    Leadership role in the quality agenda: identifying areas for improvement and active engagement with QI
2.    Meet regularly with the team and local service managers to ensure quality, finance and performance targets are met
3.    Support recruitment and ensure optimal retention of team members
4.    Line management and clinical supervision of junior and higher trainees and specialty doctors in the team
5.    Teaching of medical students
6.    Engage in service developments
7.    Actively link and develop a relationship with the Primary Care Network(s) you are affiliated to, to respond to their developing needs and support the move towards more integrated care.

Teaching and training
To include:
1.    Psychiatry trainees and middle grade doctors. The West End PCN team has a full time specialty doctor (SD) and CT 1-3. Supervision will be offered to these doctors by the post holder. The post holder will work closely with local tutor (Dr Sara Ketteley) and be supported by her and the Trust DME (Dr Sukh Bahia) in the offer of training to the junior doctors. 
2.    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 / virtually on MS Teams.
3.    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.
4.    Training and teaching of wider MDT staff with the community teams and other teams in the borough.

General duties
1.    To manage, appraise and provide professional supervision to junior medical staff as agreed between consultant colleagues and the medical director and in accordance with the Trust’s policies and procedures.
2.    To ensure that junior medical staff working with the post holder, operate within the parameters of the New Deal and are Working Time Directive compliant.
3.    To undertake administrative duties associated with the care of patients.
4.    To record clinical activity accurately and comprehensively, and submit this promptly through the trusts clinical information systems.
5.    To participate in service and business planning activity for the locality and, as appropriate, for the whole mental health service.
6.    To participate in annual appraisal for consultants.
7.    To attend and participate in the academic program of the Trust, including lectures and seminars as part of the internal CPD program.
8.    To maintain professional registration with the General Medical Council, Mental Health Act Section 12(2) approval, and to abide by professional codes of conduct.
9.    To work with local managers and professional colleagues in ensuring the efficient running of services, and share with consultant colleagues in the medical contribution to management.
10.    To comply with the Trust’s agreed policies, procedures, standing orders and financial instructions, and to take an active role in the financial management of the service and support the medical director and other managers in preparing plans for services