Consultant Psychiatrist in Perinatal Mental Health

We are seeking a dynamic Consultant Psychiatrist for our Brent Perinatal Service, based in Mental Health Centre, Northwick Park Hospital., 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:

o Clinical supervision of specialty doctors working with the teamo Responsible Clinician dutieso Regular clinical liaison with community mental health teamso Regular liaison with families and carerso Regular liaison with other stakeholders as appropriate, 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 successful candidate will have excellent leadership qualities. They will be highly motivated and passionate about delivering high quality care for perinatal mental health.

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.

£105,504 to £139,882 a year plus London weighting of £2162 per annum pro rata