Consultant Psychiatrist in Perinatal Mental Health

You will join a team that delivers specialist community perinatal mental health service (PMHS), which integrate maternity services, community and primary care services. We respond rapidly to presentations within the maternity context and address the risks to both mothers and infants of perinatal illness We focus on prevention, early detection with NICE guidelines and based in the community, close to mothers and babies. The post-holder will be expected to lead on, in partnership with the service manager, quality improvement initiatives and service evaluation projects and will be encouraged to lead on research. Together with the service manager, the post-holder will provide overall clinical leadership for the multidisciplinary team as well as direct clinical assessments, consultations, risk assessments and care plans. Other duties include:

• Clinical supervision of specialty doctors working with the team
• Responsible Clinician duties
• Regular clinical liaison with community mental health teams
• Regular liaison with families and carers
• Regular liaison with other stakeholders as appropriate
Working for our organisation CNWL has established a high quality multidisciplinary community and liaison perinatal mental health service across five London Boroughs, CNWL Perinatal Mental Health Service (PMHS) comprises specialist multidisciplinary perinatal mental health teams five boroughs served by the trust (Brent, Harrow, Hillingdon, Kensington & Chelsea, Westminster) enabling the delivery of evidence based perinatal mental health care through a coordinated multidisciplinary specialist approach across maternity, primary and secondary care, tertiary specialist services, social care and voluntary sector. The Northwick Park Mental Health Unit has an ECT suite, two adult wards, the home treatment team, the psychiatric liaison service and management team. Consultant and junior doctor offices and are based within the management suite This ensure that the staff feel part of the broader mental service. As a new consultant in the team you will be offered a place on the Management and Leadership Course run by the Trust, in conjunction with Imperial College. The Trust also has a partnership with the Institute of Healthcare Improvement (IHI), giving you the opportunity to gain knowledge in improvement science and enhance your skills and confidence to understand healthcare systems and successfully implement change. The successful applicants will be eligible to apply for relocation support in line with the Trust's Removal Expenses Policy., The postholder's principal duties will be to provide clinical leadership for patients accessing the Brent Perinatal Service. They will act as the Responsible Clinician. The post-holder will agree with their fellow consultant colleagues to ensure senior cross cover to manage leave. The postholder will provide leadership for the performance culture of the service, ensuring best practice is employed, and that the Trust's quality and productivity targets are met. A key feature of the service is to be delivered by an integrated multi-disciplinary team with a shared sense of ownership of the clinical services provided and the scrutiny of quality. The postholder will adopt a pragmatic leadership style as a way of promoting this type of high quality service, thus ensuring collaborative working both at a clinical and an operational level. The postholder will be expected to participate in quality enhancement 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 Service Manager the postholder will provide overall clinical leadership for the Multidisciplinary team as well as direct clinical assessments and consultations for the Team, including the following:
• Medical input, consultation and clinical leadership, and overall clinical responsibility for patients in the service.
• Medical input and leadership in care planning and risk assessment for patients.
• Clinical supervision of 1 Specialty Grade doctor working with the team.
• Regular clinical liaison with a range of Community Consultants and Community Mental Health teams and the HTT teams to ensure timely discharge of patients.
CNWL (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) has almost 8,000 staff providing integrated healthcare to a third of London's population, Milton Keynes and areas beyond. We involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run. Our catchment area spans diverse communities, with over 100 first languages spoken. It contains areas of great affluence as well as areas of much deprivation. We are committed to providing services that meet the needs of the people who use them, and we actively encourage involvement from local people who can help make a difference. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME and people with disabilities to promote good relations and understanding between our staff. We are recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare. We aim to employ only the best people, and our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries.

We are seeking a dynamic Consultant Psychiatrist for our Brent Perinatal Service, based in Mental Health Centre, Northwick Park Hospital. The successful candidate will have excellent leadership qualities. They will be highly motivated and passionate about delivering high quality care for perinatal mental health.

We offer a generous relocation package (subject to eligibility assessment) and flexible working options, including bank assignments for most roles. See attached Staff Reward and Wellbeing Handbook detailing our benefits, discounts and wellbeing initiatives for staff. Become part of our team. We care for you as much as you care for others. CNWL NHS Foundation Trust are committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow safe recruitment practices to protect children and vulnerable adults. Due to the high response levels we receive for some vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date and advise you to submit your application as soon as possible. Our Agenda for Change employment contracts are subject to a contractual 13 week probationary period. If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.