Specialty Doctor in Adult Psychiatry, Community AMHT City & North East
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The Specialty Doctor Psychiatrist will be based City AMHT, undertaking assessments, providing treatment and working with patients and their families. The specialty doctor is expected to work closely with other members of the team and to provide a range of assessment and treatment services.
The role will be focussed on supporting the existing medical team in completing initial assessments and assessment follow up care and treatment for patients being referred into the team. The specialty doctor will provide assessment and liaison with the referrer, including consulting to the referrer as required, management and treatment of patients under the supervision of a consultant.
This includes: psychiatric evaluations and mental state examinations and prescription of appropriate treatments in line with NICE guidance. Work is undertaken with the multidisciplinary team and includes both routine, urgent and emergency referrals.
Providing timely written correspondence to relevant professionals documenting assessments, ongoing management, progress, and discharge letters using Trust IT and clinical records system training will be provided where needed. Active commitment to delivering the Trusts clinical governance agenda.
The AMHT has its own governance agenda including audit, quality, patient experience, learning from incidents, patient safety initiatives and interrogation of data. Contribution to developing and delivering improved clinical services as outlined in the National Service Framework for Mental Health and the Long term plan.
The post holders will be expected to contribute to the collection of data as required by the Trust and other relevant agencies. This includes the timely recording of clinical activity data, and participation in clinical audit - with appropriate administrative support.
The post holders will be expected to participate in and attend local teaching and training for specialty doctors and the wider medical community. There are reciprocal arrangements for cross-cover between specialty doctor and consultant psychiatrists to provide advice and support to the multidisciplinary teams when medical colleagues are on leave.
The role will be focussed on supporting the existing medical team in completing initial assessments and assessment follow up care and treatment for patients being referred into the team. The specialty doctor will provide assessment and liaison with the referrer, including consulting to the referrer as required, management and treatment of patients under the supervision of a consultant.
This includes: psychiatric evaluations and mental state examinations and prescription of appropriate treatments in line with NICE guidance. Work is undertaken with the multidisciplinary team and includes both routine, urgent and emergency referrals.
Providing timely written correspondence to relevant professionals documenting assessments, ongoing management, progress, and discharge letters using Trust IT and clinical records system training will be provided where needed. Active commitment to delivering the Trusts clinical governance agenda.
The AMHT has its own governance agenda including audit, quality, patient experience, learning from incidents, patient safety initiatives and interrogation of data. Contribution to developing and delivering improved clinical services as outlined in the National Service Framework for Mental Health and the Long term plan.
The post holders will be expected to contribute to the collection of data as required by the Trust and other relevant agencies. This includes the timely recording of clinical activity data, and participation in clinical audit - with appropriate administrative support.
The post holders will be expected to participate in and attend local teaching and training for specialty doctors and the wider medical community. There are reciprocal arrangements for cross-cover between specialty doctor and consultant psychiatrists to provide advice and support to the multidisciplinary teams when medical colleagues are on leave.
The post holder will be expected to help triage referrals and attend MHA assessments and therefore S12 approval (or the ability to apply for it) is important. Referrals and caseloads vary depending upon the intensity of the work.
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