Job overview

This 0.5 whole-time equivalent (WTE) post has been created by a combination of existing consultants changing roles within the Trust. The post-holder will work collaboratively with the H&FLPS team manager and existing consultant psychiatrists to provide leadership and clinical expertise to the liaison psychiatry team to deliver a responsive and high quality service. The post-holder will be pivotal to the ethos of the team and further integration of liaison psychiatry with acute and mental health trusts’ services.

Training within the team and for acute trust staff is a key priority for the service. The post-holder will be expected to work with the consultants in developing the team’s training program. This is a strategic priority for both trusts, monitored at board level.

The service has an ethos of creating, developing and successfully completing strategically important service developments projects. The post-holder will have ample opportunities to be involved in such projects, particularly those related to out-of-hospital strategies.    

Main duties of the job

·      To work in close partnership with the team manager and other consultants to provide leadership to the liaison psychiatry team

·   To ensure that the Trust values and the ethos of the clinical leadership team are experienced and delivered by all members of the team

·      To act as a Responsible Clinician and undertake Mental Health Act Assessments as required for patients under the care of the liaison team

·  To work collaboratively with services and colleagues in the mental health and acute trusts to provide integrated care for patients

· To work with Imperial Healthcare senior clinicians and managers, LPS service manager and clinical lead in developing strategies, policies and guidelines for service delivery

·  To provide program of teaching and training to acute trust teams, H&FLPS colleagues, and medical students

·    To undertake, lead and supervise service development projects

·     To be an active member of the LPS SMT, leading governance of the service

·   To participate in clinical governance activities including chairing investigations into serious incidents and complaints, and disseminating learning to the team

·   Additional leadership and educational responsibilities within and external to the Trust will be encouraged and agreed on an individual basis through job planning

Working for our organisation

West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.

Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and   Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ 4,500 staff, of whom 56% are BME. Our turnover for 2023-24 is £426m. 

The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’.

The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.