Consultant Psychiatrist in Adult Community Psychiatry - City & Hackney • London East London NHS Foundation Trust
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{"interviewQueryText":"What are some good interview questions in British English for the job description below?\n\n-------------------------------------------\n\nConsultant Psychiatrist in Adult Community Psychiatry - City & Hackney with East London NHS Foundation Trust in London\n\n For further information relating to this vacancy please see attached job description and person specification. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a well established community mental health team in an CQC rated Outstanding Trust. You will join the 7 wte other consultants already leading a well-resourced MDT including trainees and specialty doctors working across the primary and secondary community services. You will have a range of community responsibilities within the service providing a holistic and assertive service for working age adults with severe mental illness. The team is based at a community clinic which houses all our Neighbourhood Teams as well as the Early Intervention and an Early Detection of Psychosis Service. It is about 5 minutes walk away from the inpatient unit located at Homerton Hospital; and 5 minutes away from bustling Chatsworth Road, with its vibrant cafs and shops. The service base is very central to the borough with good bus and overground connections. There is 1 post made available following the previous consultant fixed-term contract coming to an end. The consultant psychiatrist provides input and clinical leadership to the Neighbourhood Mental Health Team. They lead the Neighbourhood Mental Health Team with a team of a band 7 senior worker (senior nurse of social worker), band 5 community connector (employed by the voluntary and community sector), a band 3 support worker, as well as access to an occupational therapist, psychologist, band 6 assessment worker, and peer-support worker. There is a band 8 team manager for 4 Neighbourhood Teams. The most recent addition to these are ARRS workers, which are band 7 posts employed by ELFT and working across GP surgeries and Neighbourhood Mental Health Teams. The consultant has a significant role in providing advice and training to GPs with the aim of increasing the skills and knowledge of GPs in the management of common mental health presentations. The Neighbourhood Recovery Service has two sub-teams (East and West), led by 4 Band 7 senior practitioners, and 1 Band 8 operational lead. We are proud of the work we have done moving towards recovery-oriented care in the community and development of a primary care mental health offer which supports the recovery service in managing workload effectively. "}