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Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist with an interest in Psycho-Oncology

Job details
Posting date: 15 May 2024
Salary: Not specified
Additional salary information: £99,532 - £131,964 Per Annum
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 14 June 2024
Location: London, SW3 6JJ
Company: The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 6315959/282-SA1245403-MEDAAC

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Summary

A Vacancy at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust.


The post holder will be responsible for the provision of liaison psychiatry and psychiatric medical assessment and treatment of patients of the Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust. This will include the responsibility for the assessment and management of patients who are considered at risk of harming themselves or others.

Please Note - The Job Description is still pending approval currently with the Royal College

The post holder will be expected to provide:
• Clinical leadership of the general liaison psychiatry service to The Royal Marsden
• Undertake direct clinical care of patients referred to the Adult Psychological Support Service with complex physical and psychiatric co-morbidities related to cancer diagnosis or impacting on cancer treatment and patient’s quality of life
• Provide clinical supervision to other team members working at Level 3 (NICE, 2004)
• Provide line management to other team members
• Contribute to the weekly multidisciplinary APSS meeting, with particular responsibility for risk and medical issues
• Integrated working with the existing Consultants (Medical and Clinical
Oncologists and Surgeons) in The Royal Marsden Trust
• Work with the patient’s responsible clinical teams to assist in the assessment and management of people with suspected or identified mental health needs and helping to manage their clinical needs
• Provide expertise and advice to support the appropriate use of the Mental Capacity and Mental Health Act including, where appropriate, completion of assessments to support clinical and legal decision making
• Acting as Responsible Clinician and exercising section 12 powers in respect of the Mental Health Act for inpatients
• Take part in or facilitate investigations and debriefing following serious
untoward incidents related to patients with mental health comorbidities

The Royal Marsden is a world leader in cancer research, treatment and education. Together with our academic partner, The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR), we are the largest comprehensive cancer centre in Europe and the only National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre specialising in cancer in the UK.

Our mission is to continue to make a national and international contribution to cancer research and treatment, so that more people are cured and quality of life is improved for those with cancer. The Royal Marsden therefore plays an important role in championing change and improvement in cancer care through research and innovation, education and leading-edge treatment.

The Trust’s annual budget is £360 million and we employ over 3,500 staff, including 335 medical staff, across two sites located in Chelsea and Sutton (Surrey). Over 50,000 patients attend The Royal Marsden each year. We provide community services across the Borough of Sutton. We have a Chemotherapy Medical Daycare Unit at Kingston Hospital.

We have a reputation for delivering high quality performance. We were ranked joint first in the CQC national inpatient survey results, above average in national cancer patient experience survey and ranked first amongst teaching hospitals in the UK for our staff survey results.

Please find the Job Description & Person Specification for further details on what the job will entail.


This advert closes on Tuesday 21 May 2024

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