Consultant Older Adult Psychiatrist

Consultant Psychiatrist in Older Adults, for functional old age psychiatry inpatient care, Leadenhall ward, Tower Hamlets Centre for Mental Health, Mile End Hospital. This 10PA position The appointee will have clinical responsibility for the care of acute elderly male and female inpatients from Tower Hamlets, Newham, City and Hackney on Leadenhall ward. This full time post is inpatient based with an excellent, stable and well-resourced multidisciplinary inpatient team in Tower Hamlets Centre for Mental Health (Leadenhall ward).

There are opportunities to work flexibly and good support from a collegiate consultant body within the older adults' teams and TH Directorate., The post holder will be responsible for providing specialist mental health services to older adults living in Tower Hamlets including those with complex mental and physical health needs. The post holder will mainly deliver inpatient care for a patient population with functional illnesses, however there will be an overlap with organic illness.

The post-holder will assume full consultant responsibilities for a proportion of service users under the care of Leadenhall Ward., The 1.0 Whole Time Equivalent (WTE) job plan will be developed to meet the needs of the service and is envisaged to include 7.5 PAs for direct clinical care (DCC) and 2.5 PAs for supporting programmed activities (SPA). The main duties of the post consist of providing consultant input to Leadenhall ward assessing patients, devising management plans and providing clinical leadership

• Medical degree, MBBS or equivalent
• Fully registered with the General Medical Council and holding license to practice.
• Eligible for inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register for Psychiatry (or Specialist Registrar within 6 months of gaining CCT). If appropriate GMC registration duly revalidated and holding license to practice.
• Approved Clinician as approved by a Regional Panel

• Higher Degree
• Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists
• Eligible for inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register for Old Age Psychiatry (or Specialist Registrar within 6 months of gaining CCT), Good experience of working in old age psychiatry and community psychiatry services, especially in the care and assessment of complex physical co-morbidity
• Experience and knowledge of psychopharmacology in older people.
• Excellent working knowledge and experience of the Mental Health Act
• Comprehensive risk assessment and management in the community and inpatient setting.
• Excellent Clinical Leadership skills

• Able and willing to teach undergraduate medical students, promote an environment of continuous learning within the multidisciplinary team.
• Understanding of continuous improvement methodology (Quality Improvement).

• Published research
• Qualification or experience in medical education.

• Ability to train and supervise junior medical staff / medical students / staff from other disciplines.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Commitment to/skills in multidisciplinary working.
• Commitment to working with patients and carers in ongoing services development
• Commitment to continuing professional development

• Management, performance and leadership courses or training
• Management and leadership experience

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• Medical degree, MBBS or equivalent
• Fully registered with the General Medical Council and holding license to practice.
• Eligible for inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register for Psychiatry (or Specialist Registrar within 6 months of gaining CCT). If appropriate GMC registration duly revalidated and holding license to practice.
• Approved Clinician as approved by a Regional Panel

• Higher Degree
• Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists
• Eligible for inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register for Old Age Psychiatry (or Specialist Registrar within 6 months of gaining CCT), Good experience of working in old age psychiatry and community psychiatry services, especially in the care and assessment of complex physical co-morbidity
• Experience and knowledge of psychopharmacology in older people.
• Excellent working knowledge and experience of the Mental Health Act
• Comprehensive risk assessment and management in the community and inpatient setting.
• Excellent Clinical Leadership skills

• Able and willing to teach undergraduate medical students, promote an environment of continuous learning within the multidisciplinary team.
• Understanding of continuous improvement methodology (Quality Improvement).

• Published…