CONSULTANT PSYCHIATRY LIAISON OLD AGE -QUEENS HOSPITAL - ROMFORD | NELFT NHS Foundation Trust

We are currently recruiting to an Older Adult Consultant Psychiatrist position for the Queen's Hospital Liaison Team, based at Queen's Hospital, Rom Valley Way, Romford, RM7 0AG, with additional palliative care input to Saint Francis Hospice, based atBroxhill Road, Havering-Atte-Bower, Romford, Essex, RM4 1QH.This is a new post, created following one consultant dropping their sessions and combining that with other resource made available by Siant Francis Hospice., You will work alongside another Old Age Consultant Psychiatrist (Dr Stephen O'Connor), a General Adult Consultant Psychiatrist (Dr Gavin McKay), and a General Adult / Diabetes Consultant Psychiatrist (Dr Sally Daly), two Specialty Doctors who work across old age and general adult psychiatry, a senior trainee in old age psychiatry and a Foundation Year 2 doctor. You will supervise the FY2 doctor and share supervision responsibility for the Specialty doctors.

Why NELFT?

NELFT is an award-winning community and mental health Trust, providing healthcare for over 4.9 million people, ensuring our patients, family and friends feel confident that their health needs are met. We are committed to delivering the best care to the communities we serve across North East London, Essex and Kent.

With an excellent reputation for research and development, our skilled healthcare professionals are at the cutting edge of evidence-based innovation, opening up the possibilities for better ways of working and delivery of care. Joining us will provide you with unparalleled access to training opportunities, continuous CPD, peer support groups, and a robust supervision and appraisal system.

Why Acute and Rehabilitation Directorate (ARD)?

ARD is proud of being front runners in its delivery of safe services in the least restrictive way, with well-developed Home Treatment Teams and Crises Services and a small, high quality bed base.

ARD is the ideal place to develop your management of acute mental illness, and to develop your leadership skills.

The directorate has a culture of continual learning, innovation, and development, and is currently implementing a mental health transformation plan across our services.This is after instituting and new way of looking after patients in crisis.

You will be expected to:

· Work as part of multidisciplinary teams providing care to older adult people with mental health needs, across Redbridge, Havering, Barking and Dagenham.

· Provide senior medical support and guidance to the team

· Work directly with older adults and their families and liaise as appropriate with other external mental health providers and acute hospitals

· Support your peers and team leader, and be an effective team member whilst allowing them to work with their own initiative

· Work alongside another Old Age Consultant Psychiatrist, a General Adult Consultant Psychiatrist, and a General Adult / Diabetes Consultant Psychiatrist), two Specialty Doctors who work across old age and general adult psychiatry, a senior trainee in old age psychiatry and a Foundation Year 2 doctor.

· Commit to collaborative working, actively supporting and liaising with other health and social professionals, and agencies.

· Full GMC registration with a licence to practice

· CCT or equivalent

· Section 12 Approval or eligibility for it

· Approved Clinician status, or eligibility for it

· Inclusion in, or eligibility for inclusion in the Specialist Register or within 6 months of obtaining CCST, · To be innovative, motivated, and passionate about Older Adult mental health care,

· Essential understanding of current developments in mental health care,

· To be a team player

This is a new, substantive, full-time post - 10 PAs with 7.5 PA DCC and 2.5 SPA. This post is currently vacant, and we wish to recruit to this post as soon as possible.