[ref. r00571918] Specialty Doctor in Perinatal Psychiatry - Peterborough
NHS Jobs Peterborough
Key Clinical Responsibilities The post holder will be working with the Consultant-led multi-disciplinary team as part of the Perinatal Mental Health Service. It is expected that the Speciality doctor is flexible to provide service within the team and take up senior roles supporting the consultant and junior colleagues within the team as and when required.
The various duties of the specialty doctor include: Provide high quality medical care with support from consultant perinatal psychiatrists across the Perinatal Service. Provide medical input to the Perinatal community Services. This includes carrying out initial assessments and psychiatric review of womens mental health and mother infant relationships and related risks.
This assessment should include a bio-psycho-social diagnostic formulation and care planning. Care planning includes decision making on prevention, treatment, investigations and care options. Treatment pathways should include therapy, care coordination, and pharmacology options, depending on the need.
The speciality doctor is expected to maintain clear communication and shared decision making with patients (and families as appropriate), communication and joint planning with other professionals and agencies by the most effective means, use of appropriate legal statutes and powers where necessary for good patient care.
Attendance at MDT meetings, as well as other patient reviews, prebirth planning meetings and other professional meeting. For the clinical work it is expected that system one notes will be kept including letter to the GPs and other professionals, discharge summaries, social care reports and Tribunal reports when needed, and other reports to external bodies are written and prepared promptly when requested.
Under the supervision of the consultants, provide regular advice to primary mental health services. Support the Perinatal Consultant Psychiatrists in providing clinical supervision to junior staff that are working or training in the service, and offering clinical advice and information as and when required to all staff.
Close liaison with the locality team, Crisis Home Treatment team, early intervention for psychosis team, psychiatry liaison team, health visitors, midwifes and IAPT. Contribute to the assessment of risk, and management plans to mitigate risk factors of women in the perinatal period.
This includes joining the daily handover meeting. Maintain the high level of expertise and skill necessary for the provision of excellent quality perinatal mental health care, aiming for optimal outcomes for mother, infant and the wider family, along with the .
Ensure that care provided is in line with vision and values of the service for patient centred, compassionate, high quality care focussed on the needs of the woman, the infant and the wider family, facilitating shared decision making at all times.
Ensure highest standards of transparency and clarity in communication with patients and other professionals (e.g. all correspondence addressed to the patient and copied to all professionals). Work closely with all professionals in the Service and with other agencies, including voluntary organisations to ensure that high quality patient care and aftercare is effectively coordinated.
Contribute to quality improvement activities in the Service. Expectation of involvement in the Clinical Governance programme and encouraged to participate in medical audit, and support the service to undergo expansion in line with NHS England Longterm Plan.
These include RCPsych CCQI Perinatal Network Peer reviews and related surveys, CCQI visits, and reports to commissioners. Ensure that cover is arranged for responsibilities during leave with consultant colleagues Additional Duties: Participate in annual appraisal and revalidation for speciality doctors.
Participate annually in a job plan review which will include consultation with the Lead Clinician and Service Manager in order to ensure that the post is developed to take into account any changes in service configuration or delivery. The speciality doctor is expected to participate in teaching and training of other professionals including teaching of medical students and postgraduate doctors in training and out of training.
The speciality doctor is expected to take part in regular mandatory training, and participate in ongoing CPD programs, whether internal sessions organised by the trust, university of Cambridge or external sessions from the Royal College of psychiatry or other organisations.
Undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of patients. Ensure that clinical activity is accurately and comprehensively recorded. Part of the professional meetings, meetings and assessments are currently carried out virtually via Microsoft teams.
The various duties of the specialty doctor include: Provide high quality medical care with support from consultant perinatal psychiatrists across the Perinatal Service. Provide medical input to the Perinatal community Services. This includes carrying out initial assessments and psychiatric review of womens mental health and mother infant relationships and related risks.
This assessment should include a bio-psycho-social diagnostic formulation and care planning. Care planning includes decision making on prevention, treatment, investigations and care options. Treatment pathways should include therapy, care coordination, and pharmacology options, depending on the need.
The speciality doctor is expected to maintain clear communication and shared decision making with patients (and families as appropriate), communication and joint planning with other professionals and agencies by the most effective means, use of appropriate legal statutes and powers where necessary for good patient care.
Attendance at MDT meetings, as well as other patient reviews, prebirth planning meetings and other professional meeting. For the clinical work it is expected that system one notes will be kept including letter to the GPs and other professionals, discharge summaries, social care reports and Tribunal reports when needed, and other reports to external bodies are written and prepared promptly when requested.
Under the supervision of the consultants, provide regular advice to primary mental health services. Support the Perinatal Consultant Psychiatrists in providing clinical supervision to junior staff that are working or training in the service, and offering clinical advice and information as and when required to all staff.
Close liaison with the locality team, Crisis Home Treatment team, early intervention for psychosis team, psychiatry liaison team, health visitors, midwifes and IAPT. Contribute to the assessment of risk, and management plans to mitigate risk factors of women in the perinatal period.
This includes joining the daily handover meeting. Maintain the high level of expertise and skill necessary for the provision of excellent quality perinatal mental health care, aiming for optimal outcomes for mother, infant and the wider family, along with the .
Ensure that care provided is in line with vision and values of the service for patient centred, compassionate, high quality care focussed on the needs of the woman, the infant and the wider family, facilitating shared decision making at all times.
Ensure highest standards of transparency and clarity in communication with patients and other professionals (e.g. all correspondence addressed to the patient and copied to all professionals). Work closely with all professionals in the Service and with other agencies, including voluntary organisations to ensure that high quality patient care and aftercare is effectively coordinated.
Contribute to quality improvement activities in the Service. Expectation of involvement in the Clinical Governance programme and encouraged to participate in medical audit, and support the service to undergo expansion in line with NHS England Longterm Plan.
These include RCPsych CCQI Perinatal Network Peer reviews and related surveys, CCQI visits, and reports to commissioners. Ensure that cover is arranged for responsibilities during leave with consultant colleagues Additional Duties: Participate in annual appraisal and revalidation for speciality doctors.
Participate annually in a job plan review which will include consultation with the Lead Clinician and Service Manager in order to ensure that the post is developed to take into account any changes in service configuration or delivery. The speciality doctor is expected to participate in teaching and training of other professionals including teaching of medical students and postgraduate doctors in training and out of training.
The speciality doctor is expected to take part in regular mandatory training, and participate in ongoing CPD programs, whether internal sessions organised by the trust, university of Cambridge or external sessions from the Royal College of psychiatry or other organisations.
Undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of patients. Ensure that clinical activity is accurately and comprehensively recorded. Part of the professional meetings, meetings and assessments are currently carried out virtually via Microsoft teams.
The specialty doctor is expected to participate in both face-to-face and virtual encounters.
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