Locum Consultant Psychiatrist Rehabilitation Psychiatry (ST Pauls) inHemel Hempstead inHemel Hempstead PUBLISHED
MON 4 NOV 2024
In addition to delivering psychiatric care, the consultant will manage and supervise junior staff, ensure compliance with medical regulations and Trust policies, and participate in local and organisational service planning. The position also involves fulfilling administrative duties, maintaining professional registration, and contributing to financial management within the service. The role requires attending Mental Health Act reviews and engaging in annual job planning reviews to ensure the ongoing development of the post in alignment with service modernisation efforts.
HPFTs Adult Mental Health Rehabilitation pathway is designed for service users with complex psychosis and enduring Severe Mental Illness (SMI). The existing pathway currently includes secure services, High Dependency services, Community Rehabilitation Hospital Units, and a community rehabilitation service called Enhanced Rehabilitation Outreach service (EROS). All, but the high dependency beds, are provided by HPFT for Hertfordshire service users.The Rehabilitation Service is recovery-orientated, valuing service users as partners in a collaborative relationship with staff to identify and work towards personalised goals for theirrecovery. The therapeutic approach of the Service takes account of the wishes and ambitionsof the person using the service. Key recovery-orientated values in the Rehabilitation Service are the values of hope and of social inclusion, and rehabilitation staff maintain an approach oftherapeutic optimism throughout all interventions offered.
To maintain professional registration with the General Medical Council, Mental HealthAct Section 12(2) approval, and to abide by professional codes of conduct.To participate annually in a job plan review with the clinical manager, which will include consultation with a relevant manager in order to ensure that the post is developed to take into account changes in service configuration and delivery associated withmodernisation.
To work with local managers and professional colleagues in ensuring the efficient running of services and share with consultant colleagues in the medical contribution to management.To comply with the Trust's agreed policies, procedures, standing orders and financial instructions, and to take an active role in the financial management of the service andsupport the medical director and other managers in preparing plans for services.To provide psychiatric care and clinical leadership through evaluation, diagnosis and use of appropriate treatment strategies to patients with complex psychosis in theTo provide Consultant Care and hold RC responsibility for patients discharged fromTo provide a second opinion to colleagues from rehab and other services for the management of patients with complex psychosis if requestedTo act as Section 12(2) approved doctor for Mental Health Act Assessments and prepare for and attend Mental Health Act review tribunals and renewal hearings.
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To manage, appraise and give professional supervision to junior medical staff as agreed by consultant colleagues and the medical director and in accordance with theTrust's personnel policies and procedures. This may include assessing competences under the Modernising Medical Careers framework.To ensure that junior medical staff working with the post holder operate within the parameters of the New Deal and are Working Time Directive compliant.To undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of patients.To record clinical activity accurately and comprehensively and submit this promptly to the Information Department.To participate in service and business planning activity for the locality and, as appropriate, for the whole mental health service.To participate in annual appraisal for consultants.
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