Consultant Psychiatrist

Job summary

The West London NHS Trust Rough Sleepers and Mental Health Programme (WLT RAMHP) is one of the Rough Sleepers teams set up as a part of the Lord Mayor Sadiq Khan's project to address homelessness across London as a 2-year project across 6-Loncon Borough in 2020, with funding directly approved via the Greater London Authority (GLA).

This 1.0 whole-time equivalent (WTE) Consultant Psychiatrist post has been created with the Service monies by putting together existing 0.2 Consultant, 0.5 SAS, 1.0 CPN and 0.1 Lead Practitioner roles, and is designed to enhance the medical cover at the West London RAMHP service.

The post-holder will have Consultant and Responsible Clinician responsibility for service users under the care of the WLT RAMHP service.

The post holder will work collaboratively with the WLT RAMHP Team Manager and Team Lead to provide leadership and clinical expertise to the RAMHP 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 the RAMHP service with the Acute and Community services within West London while liaising with all external stakeholders across the Northwest London ICB.

Main duties of the job

To work in close partnership with the Team Manager and Lead Practitioner to provide leadership to the WLT RAMHP Service

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 for the RAMHP team and undertake Mental Health Act Assessments as required for patients under the care of the WLT RAMHP team.

To provide initial assessments and follow up reviews for referrals into the WLT RAMHP service either in clinic or on the street, considering both mental and physical health issues.

To provide Clinical Supervision of assessments carried out by the RAMHP Multi-Disciplinary team.

To offer bio-psycho-social formulation led assessments to develop the appropriate support plan for the homeless population in accommodation or to prevent future homelessness in prevention cases, considering both mental and physical health issues.

To provide clinical expertise in reviewing complex needs patients to ensure appropriate care package are put in place in the Community to prevent homelessness and to facilitate patient flow.

To offer a Monthly Outreach session with Street Outreach services out of hours as a Multidisciplinary assessment.

To chair or hold Joint Case Conferences and All Professionals meetings in relation to patients under the WLT RAMHP.

About us

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 over 5,000 staff, of whom 59% are BME. Our turnover for 2024-25 is over £500m.

The Trust is rated as 'Good' overallby 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