[ref. c67823002] Locum Consultant Perinatal Psychiatrist | Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust
The post has come about as
a result the current potholder's planned maternity leave.
The post-holder will have clinical responsibility for patients referred to the service and will also work closely with multiple agencies within the integrated clinical service model. The SPMHS works closely with maternity services, adult community mental health teams, mental health liaison teams, crisis resolution teams/home treatment teams, adult psychological services, primary care and other community services and organisations.
This is an exciting role where the post holder will provide psychiatric input to theintegrated SPMHS. The post holder will be supported by the multidisciplinary team.
Perinatal psychiatrists have expertise in the prevention, assessment and management
of mental disorders occurring or co-existing with pregnancy or the postpartum period, including the assessment and facilitation of the mother-infant relationship in the contextof maternal mental illness.
The post holder will clinically cover Barnet-based women booked to deliver at localmaternity units such as Barnet General and Royal Free Hospitals respectively.
The provision of preconception advice for women with severe mental illness from
Barnet will also be provided.
The service works in partnership with maternity services and has well established joint
multiagency network meetings with social care and maternity services at the hospitals.
The post holder will be a GMC registered clinician responsible for patients allocated to
them and will assess, manage, plan and deliver care, including being professionally
and legally accountable. All patients on the caseload fall under one of the two
consultants.
The post holder will work cohesively to support and advise MDT colleagues whilst alsoworking autonomously and innovatively. They will supervise junior colleagues. They
will have a commitment to collaborative working and actively supporting and liaising
with other health and social care professionals and agencies.
North London Partners Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Service (SPMHS) came about as a result of NHS England perinatal community service development funding, which secured investment to develop perinatal mental health services across five boroughs in the North Central London area in line with the NHS Five Year Forward View for Mental Health and the NHS Long Term Plan respectively.Since its inception in November 2017 the service has provided specialist perinatal mental health services across the boroughs of Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey.
Please see attached JD and person spec for the Locum Consultant Perinatal Psychiatrist role at Barnet community/ North London Partners Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Service.
This advert closes on Monday 21 Oct 2024