SOLD OUT: Private and Independent Practice SIG Winter Conference | Building a Portfolio Career

This conference is aimed at consultants, SAS doctors, and senior trainees interested in building a portfolio career. 

There has never been so much interest in the ways in which to diversify your career. More and more, psychiatrists are looking beyond ‘the norm’ and pursuing a different route. Some are pushed into additional work due to a need to ‘escape the day job’ and the fear of burnout, or pulled to pursue an interest not available within their usual organisation. Yet more are driven by financial or caring commitments and others by a wish to stay in the workforce, but more on their own terms, perhaps when nearing retirement. Those interested in a portfolio career are a wide and varied bunch. 

How to start can be daunting and what area to explore can be difficult, there are so many opportunities to consider when thinking creatively. 

Whether keen on mental health act work, medico legal work, developing your therapeutic skills, or doing some independent clinical work, right up to being an innovative entrepreneur, there is something for you in this conference to take your next steps with confidence. 

Full programme TBC.

Our confirmed speakers are:

• Dr Jonathan Hellewell, Consultant Adult Psychiatrist, now specialising in medicolegal work in the civil setting 
• Dr Andrew Easton, Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist, principal SOAD and Medical Member of Mental Health Tribunal 
• Dr Reena Manghnani,Consultant Psychiatrist in Forensic Psychiatry & Medical Psychotherapy in the NHS and Independent Practice
• Dr Iain Grant, Consultant Adult Psychiatrist in independent practice, medical director RTN Medical and Clinical Safety Officer Thalamos ltd. 
• Dr Mona Freeman, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist in independent practice 
• Dr Gabrielle Pendlebury, Consultant Child and Adolescent psychiatrist in independent practice 
• Martha Walker, independent CQC adviser

9.30am – Registration and coffee

10.00am – Welcome and introduction – Dr Mona Freeman

10.15am – Building a portfolio career – Dr Gabrielle Pendlebury

10.50am – Developing an independent psychotherapy practice – Dr Reena Manghnani

11.25am – Coffee break

11.40am – Medicolegal work – Dr Jonathan Hellewell

12.15pm – Mental health act work – SOAD (and tribunal) work – Dr Andrew Easton

12.50pm – Lunch break

2.00pm – To CQC... or not to CQC... – Martha Walker

2.35pm – Innovation and entrepreneurship- Dr Iain Grant

3.10pm – Coffee break

3.25pm – Closing plenary – all speakers

4pm – End of conference

This event is in-person only and unfortunately it won't be recorded, nor will it be possible to view it online.

The event will take place at the College in London where there are lifts and accessible WCs.

Catering will consist of tea, coffee and water during the breaks, and a sandwich lunch.