CONSULTANT IN PSYCHIATRY -INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT FOR PSYCHOSIS COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH TEAM

FERRYVIEW HEALTH CENTRE, 25 JOHN WILSON STREET, WOOLWICH, LONDON, SE18 6PZ

Main duties of the job

The ICMP Team provides a flexible service to all adults within the psychosis clusters who currently require secondary community mental health care in the locality. The post holder will be responsible for service users who fulfil the agreed inclusion criteria who live in the London Borough of Greenwich. The post holder will be Consultant within the above service working alongside one other consultant (0.7 WTE).

Oxleas is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We recognise our responsibility to ensure that safe working systems are in place for staff working with children, adults and families in their care. The Trust is alsocommitted to equal opportunities promoting diversity, developing supporting policies and operates a variety of flexible working arrangements.

About us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people living in South East London and Kent and to people in prison. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,000 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, children's centres, schools and people's homes. We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations across the London Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent and manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital in Woolwich as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are one of the largest providers of prison health services providing healthcare to prisoners across Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We're Kind
• We're Fair
• We Listen
• We Care

Job description Job responsibilities

The post holder will be Consultant Psychiatrist to the Greenwich East Intensive Case Management for Psychosis Team (ICMP) with Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust.

The Greenwich ICMP Team was formed as part of the reconfiguration of Community Mental Health Services that occurred in September 2015. The reconfiguration of Community Services was part of the directorates plan toensure efficient delivery of mental health services whilst delivering high quality care.

Person Specification GMC registration Essential

• Doctor has GMC Registration

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