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Consultant Psychiatrist, Hazelwood Ward, 10 PAs

Hazelwood ward is a 15 bedded low secure unit for males aged 18 to 65. Patients are referred to the service from General Adult Services, custodial settings, medium security, as well as via Court Diversion. The unit also accepts patients who need to be recalled to hospital within the low secure setting and admits men with complex presentations relating to mental illness, personality disorder, substance misuse, and offending behaviour.  Hazelwood Ward sits within the A2 (Acute admissions and treatment) pathway of the SLP (South London Partnership) and includes an area for Intensive Care or de-escalation.

The Consultant will be responsible for undertaking admissions assessments for Hazelwood Clinic and providing necessary Psychiatric reports to courts and mental health review tribunals.

The Bracton and Memorial Consultants are included in the local Consultancy Rota and are expected to provide reports for local risk assessments and consultancy.

The service follows the recovery model of care. The units aim to provide a safe place, support and care so people can recover and move back to the community as soon as possible.

Main duties of the job

The job plan will be 7.5 PAs DCC and 2.5 SPAs, with job planning details agreed following discussions with Clinical Director and Medical Lead, Dr Harneet Hundal.

The Consultant will provide highly specialised clinical care, function independently and within a clinical team, providing expert advice to ensure the needs of the patient are met by leading, challenging and changing practice within the clinical setting.

Maintain approval to act in the role of Responsible Clinician, as defined in the Mental Health Act 1983 revision 2007, and hold accountability for the delivery of care and clinical decisions made.

Provide safe and effective RC cover as defined by the role and service needs.

Undertake independent comprehensive assessment and management of patients to incorporate psychiatric, physiological, psychological and pharmacological considerations, making multifaceted complex clinical decisions regarding patient management and clinical outcomes, including, discharging patients from the service when treatment is complete/optimum outcome is achieved.

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. 

“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.”