Locum Consultant in Adult Community (99 Waverly Road, St Albans)
# Locum Consultant in Adult Community (99 Waverly Road, St Albans) **NHS** · St Albans AL3 5TL · `On-site` 🕒 **Статус:** *Опубликовано: 4 дня назад* · *Источник: Indeed* --- ### About the Role The post is based with the Waverley Road Community Mental Health Service. This involves providing clinical leadership, providing diagnostic assessments and treatment to service users with severe, complex, and high-risk psychiatric conditions. The ACMHS (Adult Community Mental Health Services) core team unites specialist medical, nursing, social work, occupational therapy, psychology, support workers and administrative staff within the service reporting to a single management structure Initial Assessments Assessment, diagnosis, formulation of management plan, and sharing decision-making with patients and carers. Review and re-reassessments Flexible review and re-assessment of patients in response to need, and in accordance with the pathway. Meetings Communication about patients and carers, sharing organizational policies and objectives. Multidisciplinary reviews Care programme approach (CPA) reviews and risk reviews. Clinical advice to team Regular or ad hoc supervision on clinical matters. Liaison with colleagues. Discussion about patient care with primary care, secondary care and colleagues in other psychiatric teams. Section 12 Meeting the requirements of emergency work, MHA assessments, and assessments of capacity. Physical health monitoring Ensure monitoring for metabolic complications related to medication, Lithium monitoring, and adherence to the Clozapine protocols. Manage caseload Actively manage outpatient caseloads in accordance with pathway guidance and direction from clinical supervisor. Operate efficient and safe patient review services such as drop-in clinics. Medical Support for IAPT Medical reviews for service users referred by IAPT, diagnostic assessments and formulation. To produce holistic management plans to share with EPMHS, GPs and IAPT. Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is rated by the Care Quality Commission as an Outstanding provider of mental health and learning disability services. Feedback from our staff about working for the Trust is very positive and, in the NHS national staff survey, we regularly see a high percentage of staff saying their role makes a difference to our service users and that they would recommend the Trust as a place to work. Our people tell us they feel supported though a great development, wellbeing and work-life balance offer and a highly compassionate, values-driven culture. We are equally proud of our staff, who live our values of being welcoming, kind, positive, respectful and professional so that together we provide great care and great outcomes for our service users and carers. To manage, appraise and give professional supervision to junior medical staff as agreed by consultant colleagues and the medical director and in accordance with the Trust'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. To attend and participate in the academic programme of the Trust and the team including lectures and seminars as part of the internal CPD programme. To maintain professional registration with the General Medical Council, Mental Health Act 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 consider changes in service configuration and delivery associated with modernisation. 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 and support the medical director and other managers in preparing plans for services
Наблюдалась 2026-09-15, впервые 2026-09-11, источник — Indeed.