Specialty Doctor - Community Perinatal

The Hertfordshire Community Perinatal Team is a specialist multi-disciplinary team that supports women who are experiencing, or are at high risk of experiencing, moderate to severe mental health difficulties when they are pregnant and after having their baby. The service aims to help women stay as well as possible in the perinatal period and provide support and information to partners, families and professionals involved in their care., It is envisaged that the post holder will work 8 programmed activities over 4 days. Following appointment there will be a meeting at no later than three months with the clinical manager to review and revise the job plan and objectives of the post holder. The overall split of the programmed activities is 7.7 to be devoted to direct clinical care and 0.3 to supporting professional activities, · 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 annually in a job plan review with the line manager, which will include consultation with a relevant manager in order to ensure that the post is developed to take into account 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. · Provision of psychiatric expertise to the Community Perinatal Team. · To undertake outpatient clinics, home visits and participate in multidisciplinary case discussions. · To liaise effectively with primary care and mainstream mental health services. · To have regular clinical supervision with the consultant psychiatrist. It is the post holder's responsibility to ensure that this is booked. · To provide assessment, diagnosis and formulation of management plans for service users in the perinatal period, including risk assessment, pre-conception counselling assessments for high-risk service users, routine and emergency assessments, and outpatient or community treatment under consultant supervision. · To work collaboratively with team members, service users and carers, including drawing up pre-birth plans and working alongside other psychiatric services as necessary, including ACMHS, CRHTT and NHS Talking Therapies. · To provide specialist advice about prescribing in pregnancy and breastfeeding to GPs, obstetricians, other mental health professionals and teams. · To flexibly review and reassess service users in response to need and in accordance with the perinatal pathway. · To maintain good working relationships with colleagues in other HPFT psychiatric services, primary and secondary care, obstetric and midwifery services, health visitors, Children's Services and third sector agencies. · To promote good physical health and engagement with antenatal and primary care physical health services, including screening and intervention for metabolic complications related to medication, lithium monitoring and adherence to clozapine protocols. · To actively manage the outpatient clinical caseload in accordance with pathway guidance and operate efficient and safe patient review services.

• MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
Desirable criteria
• MRCPsych OR MRCPsych equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists., Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
Desirable criteria
• In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice.
• Section 12/Approved clinician approval., A minimum of 4 years' full time post graduate training (or it's equivalent gained on a part time of flexible basis) at least two years of which to be within a psychiatry training programme or as fixed term Specialty Trainee within psychiatry; or have equivalent experience and competencies.
• Ability to work well in multidisciplinary teams
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Excellent clinical skills using bio-psychosocial perspective and wide medical knowledge.
Desirable criteria
• Clinical experience in a range of services within Psychiatry.
• Excellent degree of medical knowledge in relation to perinatal mental health.
• Experience of working in perinatal mental health.
• Experience of managing acute presentations in the community., Ability to demonstrate clinical problem solving in interdisciplinary areas
• Possession of good organisational skills
• Be able to actively listen and have excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Holds a full valid driving license and access to a car (Unless you have a disability as defined by the Disability Discrimination Act 1995).
• Has actively participated in clinical audit
Desirable criteria
• Excellent degree of medical knowledge in relation to perinatal mental health., You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
  
  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., HPFT supports people with mental ill health, learning disabilities and autism across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Norfolk and Essex. We employ around 4,500 people who deliver these services within the community and in inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services and medium and low secure learning disabilities services. We have operated as a NHS Foundation Trust since our authorisation in August 2007.