Job overview

HPFTs Adult Mental Health Rehabilitation pathway is designed for service users with complex psychosis and enduring Severe Mental Illness (SMI). The existing pathway currently includes secure services, High Dependency services, Community Rehabilitation Hospital Units, and a community rehabilitation service called Enhanced Rehabilitation Outreach service (EROS). All, but the high dependency beds, are provided by HPFT for Hertfordshire service users.

The Rehabilitation Service is recovery-orientated, valuing service users as partners in a collaborative relationship with staff to identify and work towards personalised goals for their recovery. The therapeutic approach of the Service takes account of the wishes and ambitions of the person using the service. Key recovery-orientated values in the Rehabilitation Service are the values of hope and of social inclusion, and rehabilitation staff maintain an approach of therapeutic optimism throughout all interventions offered.

Main duties of the job

To maintain professional registration with the General Medical Council, Mental Health Act Section 12(2) approval, and to abide by professional codes of conduct.

To participate annually in a job plan review with the clinical 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.

To provide psychiatric care and clinical leadership through evaluation, diagnosis and use of appropriate treatment strategies to patients with complex psychosis in the

To provide Consultant Care and hold RC responsibility for patients discharged from

To provide a second opinion to colleagues from rehab and other services for the management of patients with complex psychosis if requested

To act as Section 12(2) approved doctor for Mental Health Act Assessments and prepare for and attend Mental Health Act review tribunals and renewal hearings.

Working for our organisation

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from the Care Quality Commission.

 Our family of over 4,000 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

 Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.