Locum Consultant Psychiatrist – Kentish Town Core Team

Specialty: General Adult Psychiatry

Division: Kentish Town Core Community Mental Health Team

This post is for 0.4 WTE Locum Consultant Psychiatrist working within the Kentish Town Core Community Mental Health Team as work progresses with the transformation of community mental health services in line with the NHS Long Term plan.

The post is to cover a period during the recruitment of a substantive consultant and is envisaged to be for between 4 and 6 months.

It is available from March 2022.

The post-holder will be part of a multidisciplinary team which includes both statutory and voluntary sector roles and provides holistic care to patients in a primary care setting aligned to the Kentish Town Central Primary Care Network in Camden.

• To work within the MDT promoting respect for all professional groups and focusing upon coherent and integrated teamwork.
• To be Section 12(2) approved and have approved clinician status and participate in the Trust-wide Section 12 daytime rota.
• To provide second opinions for Consultant colleagues if requested.
• To keep up with administration and note-keeping on the electronic patient record system in a timely manner.
• To assist with Serious Incident investigations and complaints if requested.
• To keep up-to-date with mandatory training.
• To attend and participate in Consultants’ and Management meetings to keep informed of service issues and developments.
• Other management/clinical supporting activity (to be negotiated as required by the Trust.)

The Trust became a Foundation Trust in February 2008 and continues as a mental health/social care organisation. It has well established links with the United Royal Free and University College London medical schools and the North London Junior and Higher Psychiatric training schemes.

Islington is an exciting multicultural inner-city borough just on the edge of the City of London. There is a contiguous mix of relatively affluent and deprived areas.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Ian Prenelle Job title: Clinical Director Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 0207 685 4600

Dr Chris Curtis

Consultant Psychiatrist, Camden Primary Care Mental Health Network

Clinical Director, Community Mental Health Division

[email protected]