Consultant Psychiatrist

Main area: Old Age Psychiatry

Grade: Consultant

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Full time - 10 sessions per week (Plus On-Calls)

Job ref: 277-7060350-LK

Site: Bridgeways Day Hospital

Town: Bromley

Salary: £105,504 - £139,882 Plus £2,162 LW and 1% On-call allowance

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 31/03/2025 23:59

Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a Consultant Psychiatrist to join our Old Age CMHT Team.

This is a full-time post in Bromley Borough in the Adult Community MH directorate, which is one of five directorates within Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust. The integrated directorate provides mental health and adult community services in the Borough of Bromley.

Mental health provision in the community to residents above the age of 65 is the responsibility of the Older People’s Community Mental Health Team. The team is fully integrated with Bromley social services and provides health and social care for older adults. The post holder will be based at Bridgeways Day Hospital, working alongside the other consultant who provides part time input to the team.

Main duties of the job

1. To work closely with GPs to ensure early identification of patients with mental health needs and facilitate timely referrals.
2. Assessments will be provided by a multi-disciplinary team, ensuring carers and family are involved at the initial assessment and in care planning.
3. Through early diagnosis of mental disorders, the delivery of evidence-based therapeutic initial interventions (pharmacological and psychological) will be facilitated in a timely fashion.
4. Support and information delivered in a person-centred way after the diagnosis to ensure the person with dementia and their carer are adjusting to the diagnosis and its consequences and are engaging in personal care plans and understand how to access other assistance.
5. Continuity of care across the pathway and integration at patient level with other care providers.
6. Delivery of care in a considered, timely and co-ordinated manner.
7. This integrated approach to the care of the elderly and the support of their carers will be provided in partnership with local health care, social care and voluntary/independent organizations.
8. Additional HTT services are provided through a dedicated OPMH HTT team based at Bexleyheath Centre that covers all 3 boroughs (Greenwich, Bexley and Bromley).

Working for our organisation

At Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, we offer a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people living in South-East London and to people in prison across England. Our wide array of services includes community health care, such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies.

Oxleas is a great place to work. It has been recognised as one of the Top 10 Best Places to Work 2023 by the Sunday Times amongst very big employers. Our staff survey results show that we are in the Top 5 in England and the highest in London for staff experience amongst similar trusts. In 2023 we were also awarded the prestigious HSJ Trust of the Year award.

Oxleas recruitment and retention strategy includes offering all Consultants and SAS doctors regular formal structured mentoring by professionally trained mentors.

“We are always delighted to welcome new colleagues to the Oxleas family. We care about making Oxleas a great place to work - it’s a big priority in our strategy. Come and join us - it’s a place where our values, teamwork, equity, and wellbeing matter and where you can really help to improve people’s lives.”

Chief Executive

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

1. Assessment and management of patients in the community with mental health needs who meet the team’s inclusion criteria.
2. To provide a detailed formulation of needs.
3. Joint working, support and advice on the management of appropriate patients to other members of the Community Mental Health Team as well as colleagues in Social Services.
4. To participate in care planning (or equivalent) meetings.
5. To liaise with other parts of the service (especially the wards and Hub when urgent assessments are needed). To also liaise with GPs and non-NHS organizations when indicated.
6. To cover for colleagues during planned absence and short periods of sick leave.
7. To support with medical leadership and senior clinical support to the multi-disciplinary team, and more broadly across the Directorate.
8. To undertake more complex capacity assessments and apply the Mental Capacity Act and Mental Health Act appropriately.
9. To deliver pharmacological treatment in accordance with NICE guidance.

Person specification

• MB BS or equivalent medical qualification

Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment

• Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment

AC Status

• AC Status

Approved under S12 OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment

• Approved under S12 OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that welcomes and supports individuals of all abilities. Remember, if you meet the minimum criteria for this role and you have a disability, you can be guaranteed an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme - Please ensure you select this on your application form. We encourage you to be open about your needs so we can work with you to design a comfortable and accessible interview experience. Any information you provide regarding a disability or a need for adjustments will be treated in confidence and will only be shared with colleagues who are supporting this request.

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You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name: Dr Kemi Mateola

Job title: Consultant Psychiatrist and Clinical Director

Email address: kemi.mateola@nhs.net

Telephone number: 01689 368693