Consultant General Adult Psychiatrist - Barnet South CCT

The post offered is that of Consultant Psychiatrist in General Adult Psychiatry (6PA), working in the Barnet South Core Community Team. Theteam is aligned to the Primary Care GP Locality in the South of the Borough. The post holder will share consultant lead responsibilities with one full-time substantive consultant in the service, ensuring high quality, patient-centered, effective and safe care is delivered by the team. This postwill have responsibility for adults with complex mental health presentations. The South Team is one of three adult core community teams(previously known as locality teams) within Barnet (North, South and West).The team is multi-disciplinary and consists of professionals from a number of backgrounds including nursing, social work, psychiatry, psychology,occupational therapy, graduate mental health workers and community engagement workers and are supported by a dedicated admin team. Thecare delivered is recovery-focused which involves a change in focus from
managing problems and symptoms to focusing on an individual'sstrengths and goals for the future. The service is for adults experiencing a range of mental health difficulties and who may also have complex needs that would be best met by secondary mental health services. This includes individuals experiencing the following conditions: schizophrenia, bi-polar disorder, severedepression, anxiety, personality disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorders., A more detailed job description is attached. There is support for newly appointed consultants in the StartWell group. As part of this the postholder will have the opportunity of having a more senior consultant as a mentor. The post holder will have consultant and RC responsibility for a defined caseload of service users under the care of the Barnet South CoreCommunity Mental Health Team. The post holder will provide assessment of new patients and clinical supervision of assessments carried out by other team members; making formulations using a biopsychosocial model. Ensuring evidence-based practice that is patient centered in recovery principles. Thepost holder will provide clinical and professional leadership in the Team and will take part in management activities related to the post and the wider service within which it is embedded. Service development and quality improvement in line with the Trust's vision, values and objectives are core responsibilities. Thepost holder is
expected to maintain compliance with all legal obligations as prescribed by the Mental Health Act (MHA) and the Ministry of Justice. The post holder is expected to assess patients under the MHA and make recommendations under the MHA and to act as Responsible Clinician (RC) for patients detained under a S17A Mental Health Act 1983 (Community Treatment Order).

The partnership betweenBarnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust (BEH)andCamden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust (C&I)is going from strength to strength since it was originally established in 2021 forming theNorth London Mental Health Partnership.

£105,504 to £139,882 a year Plus £2,162 of London Zone Weighting per annum