Job overview

North London NHS Foundation Trust seeks to appoint an enthusiastic full-time consultant psychiatrist to our Barnet West Older Peoples Community Mental Health Team. This is an established post, which has become available since the previous substantive consultant moved to a different clinical area and has been covered by a locum consultant since then. This post offers 10 Programmed Activities per week – 7.5 PAs for direct clinical care and up to 2.5 PAs for supporting professional activity. The post holder will be required to provide clinical and professional leadership and to take part in related management activities. As a senior clinician, the post holder will have an integral role in the performance of the team, further development of the service, and the development of clinical pathways and priorities. The post holder will be working in the Barnet West Golders Green/Hendon sector of the Older Peoples Community Mental Health Team (8PAs). In addition, the post holder provides support to Barnet Memory Service (2PAs) offering support to the memory service doctors in relation to patients from Barnet West allocated patch. The post is subject to the annual job planning process agreed under the New Consultant Contract.

Main duties of the job

A more detailed job description is attached.

The post holder will be expected to provide clinical leadership and RC responsibility within Barnet Older People’s CMHT – Golders Green/Hendon sector. To provide senior medical input to the multi-disciplinary team, take part in regular meetings of the team, and provide senior psychiatric advice regarding diagnosis and the development of appropriate treatment plans. To ensure the timely assessment, treatment and follow up of elderly people with psychiatric disorders who require the intervention of our specialist services. To promote mental health and independence for elderly people. To provide input 2PAs per week to the Barnet Memory Service for the assessment and treatment of patients with cognitive impairment concerns within allocated sector. To take part in weekly MDT meeting To take part in the monthly business meeting, operational management meeting and senior management meeting. To provide clinical and professional leadership within the post and take part in management activities and governance processes related to the post or the wider service within which it is embedded. As a senior clinician, to have an integral role in the performance of the team, further development of the service, and the development of the clinical pathways and priorities of the service.

Working for our organisation

North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.

Our Five-Year Strategy:  

1.  We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
2. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
3. We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
4.  We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology. 

In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.