Job summary
- Main area
- Psychiatry
- Grade
- YC72
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week (plus 1 APA)
- Job ref
- 333-J-KC-C-0021
- Employer
- Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Charles Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £105,504 - £139,882 plus £2,162 London weighting per annum pro rata, plus 3% on-call
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Consultant in General Adult Inpatient Psychiatry (PICU)
YC72
Job overview
CNWL are now looking for a permanent full-time Consultant Psychiatrist within Kensington and Chelsea for Nile Ward, a multi-award-winning Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit dedicated to the treatment of male patients experiencing the most acute phase of their mental illness.
The ward has a multidisciplinary team committed to delivering holistic care based on evidence-based guidelines and adhering to RCPsych standards to ensure the highest standards of intensive clinical care. The ward has twelve beds, a de-escalation room and has access to two seclusion rooms within the hospital. Patients benefit from a variety of facilities both within and outside the hospital. The ward collaborates closely with local organisations and charities to provide a range of therapeutic activities for patients, both on hospital grounds and in the community. The team’s quality improvement initiatives have been recognised nationally and internationally, and staff proactively engage in various quality improvement projects aimed at enhancing patient outcomes and experiences.
*Job Description pending Royal College approval*
Main duties of the job
To provide consultant psychiatric input to a 12 bedded, male PICU ward as part of a multi-disciplinary service. The role is to provide a comprehensive assessment and treatment package of care to acutely unwell patients with a view to facilitate early transfer to an acute (open) ward and discharge from hospital.
The role involves working closely with colleagues in the Acute Services to continuously improve the quality of acute care. The ward is admitting male patients experiencing the most acute phase of their mental illness from the boroughs of Kensington & Chelsea, and Westminster.
Working for our organisation
Kensington and Chelsea is an inner London area with a mixed, diverse population with some of the most wealthy and most deprived areas of London. There is a high mental health morbidity and the local CCG is committed to a high spend on mental health services.
Kensington and Chelsea (K+C) adult mental health service provides a range of mental health services for adults across the age range within the community and in hospital settings. These are integrated health and social care services. These are based at:
• St Charles Hospital with 8 inpatient wards; two adult PICUs, 4 adult acute wards and two Older Adult wards
• Community Mental Health Hubs (CMHH) - north and south community team bases for adult MH services including Psychology and Psychotherapy services
• South Kensington and Chelsea Mental Health Centre, next to Chelsea and Westminster Hospital with the liaison service, health psychology, therapies team, memory service, older and younger adult psychiatric liaison services
• Early Intervention Service
• Home Treatment Team (HTT)
• Mental Health Act Team (AMHP Team)
• Psychology and Psychotherapy Services including Clinical Psychologists embedded in the CMHHs and inpatient unit, Arts Psychotherapy, and other specialist family and individual psychotherapies
• RE-FOCUS Team (community forensic service) at Hathaway House
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will have principal duties to provide clinical care to Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster residents admitted to Nile Ward.
They will be supported by the MDT team that includes a Higher Specialty Trainee (ST- currently two part time STs), 2 Core Trainees (CT 2-3), as well as Occupational therapist, pharmacist and psychologist.
The post holder will provide joint leadership with the ward manager, for the performance culture of the ward, ensuring best practice is employed across the ward, and that the Trust’s quality and productivity targets are met.
They will promote good clinical care for all patients for both their mental health and physical health.
A key feature of the Acute Service vision is that 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 post holder will adopt a 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 post holder will be expected to participate in Quality Improvement and service evaluation projects and will be encouraged to undertake any research which may be relevant to either short or long-term service improvement.
Together with the Matron and ward manager the post holder 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 patients admitted to the unit.
• Medical input and leadership in care planning and risk assessment for patients’ subject to the care planning process.
• Responsible Clinician with responsibilities of attendance at and report-writing for Mental Health Tribunals and Managers hearings.
• Regular clinical liaison with Community Mental Health Teams including forensic community services, prison services, the Home Treatment Team to ensure timely discharge of patients.
• Medical input and clinical leadership in line with the Trust’s strategic objectives as described on the page 10.
Person specification
Educational and professional qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Primary Medical Degree Full GMC Registration
- • Inclusion on the Specialist Register (or CCT expected within 6 months of interview date)
- • Section 12 MHA Approved
- • AC approval
Desirable criteria
- • MRCPsych (or equivalent)
- • Higher degree (MSc, LLM, MD or PhD)
- • Management and leadership training.
- • Management qualification and/or extensive knowledge and expertise acquired through training and experience up to doctoral level.
General knowledge/experience & core skills
Essential criteria
- • Experience of assessment and treatment of mental disorders in an acute psychiatric setting
- • Experience of working in multidisciplinary teams
- • Proficient in risk assessment and management.
- • Experience of use of the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act in an inpatient psychiatric setting
- • Evidence of completed clinical audit projects
- • Evidence of undergraduate and postgraduate trainee teaching
Desirable criteria
- • Experience of working on PICU
- • Experience of service development/business planning
- • Completed research projects
- • Publications in peer-reviewed journals
- • High level knowledge of planned developments at a national level to improve efficiency and deliver quality services
- • Experience of teaching non-medical staff/carers
Other attributes
Essential criteria
- • Good communication and interpersonal skills
- • Sound organisational skills
Desirable criteria
- • Evidence of evidence based medicine training, teaching and implementation
- • Training and experience of relevant therapies
- • Demonstration of ability to innovative practice and service improvement
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 Jasna Munjiza
- Job title
- Clinical Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
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