Consultant Psychiatrist in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Melksham
NHS Jobs Melksham
Provide clinical leadership and medical input to the team. The postholder will take responsibility for those patients seen by himself/herself, together with those patients seen by medical staff directly supervised by them. With other consultants in the team, have responsibility for the clinical governance of the team as clinical leads for the team.
The team will assess all emergencies referred to it within a day of referral. When necessary, this will include responsibility for Mental Health Act assessment of patients. The Consultant is not expected to make initial assessments, except in certain circumstances.
The Consultant psychiatrists will work in partnership within the multidisciplinary team for the clinical management of patients in relation to the care programme approach (CPA). This will include risk assessment, the assessment of the needs of carers, and the development of services to meet the needs of patients and families for whom the team is responsible.
The team will assess all emergencies referred to it within a day of referral. When necessary, this will include responsibility for Mental Health Act assessment of patients. The Consultant is not expected to make initial assessments, except in certain circumstances.
The Consultant psychiatrists will work in partnership within the multidisciplinary team for the clinical management of patients in relation to the care programme approach (CPA). This will include risk assessment, the assessment of the needs of carers, and the development of services to meet the needs of patients and families for whom the team is responsible.
Consultant Psychiatrists within the Melksham team (Community, TEDS and LD CAMHS), have a robust system to arrange cross-cover to ensure there is always a psychiatrist available to the service. There is a weekly clinical team meeting which the Consultant is expected to join and be part of the clinical MDT.
Oxford Health NHS Foundation TrustMelksham
Job overview
Are you a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist interested in delivering and developing ground-breaking and growing Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) in historic & picturesque Wiltshire?
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Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS TrustDevizes, 6 mi from Melksham
Job overview
We are seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist to join our Community Mental Health for West Wiltshire and Devizes (WWKD). This post is an existing post, which has become vacant due to the post-holder...