Overview
Main duties: Lead the multidisciplinary team in providing excellent psychiatric care; provide assessment, diagnosis and treatment plans. Many assessments for new patients, including those referred for possible dementia. Patients discharged back to GP care or managed by the multidisciplinary team with care coordinated and reviewed by the consultant as required. Lead weekly MDT meetings and ensure prompt reviews of unwell patients. Work closely with CRHTT OP, community teams and liaison services as patients move between teams. Deliver evidence-based treatments. Maintain accurate and up-to-date clinical records. Participate in providing cross-cover for consultant colleagues during annual and study leave; jointly cover the other consultant in the Huntingdon team when absent.
Leadership
To provide clinical leadership for the Older Peoples Mental Health Services
Teaching/Education
* Contribute to the psychiatry post-graduate teaching programme.
* Contribute to the psychiatry teaching programme for undergraduate medical students.
* Contribute to the training and support of staff within the wider MDT.
* Contribute to postgraduate teaching as well as to continuing medical education activities.
* Maintain CPD activities.
For new consultants mentoring is provided and they are helped to find an appropriate peer group. The current study leave budget for consultants is £600 per year for appropriate activities. CPD time is incorporated into the job plan. There is an active programme of weekly CPD activity, delivered via Teams, and to which all will contribute on a rota basis. Consultants are encouraged to undergo the appropriate training and become educational supervisors for trainees.
Administration
* Work with CPFT to achieve agreed performance targets.
* Contribute to the collection and monitoring of clinical outcome data for service development and commissioning purposes.
* Participate in audit.
* Participate in the administration of patient information systems and ensure that data are entered in accordance with service policies and guidance.
* Work in accordance with Trust and service policies and guidelines.
Management
* Work with the Service Manager and Clinical Director to contribute to the management of Older Peoples Acute Care System.
* Contribute to the planning and further development of Older Peoples Mental Health Services and of the wider community services.
* Attend meetings relevant to the interests of the service.
Research
The post-holder is expected to support the broader CPFT research endeavour where possible. It is anticipated that funding would become available for the right applicant to become involved in research, potentially acting as a principal investigator for clinical trials into dementia and other late life mental health disorders or making use of local opportunities to develop other research interests.
Clinical Governance
The post-holder will be aware of, and act within, locally and nationally agreed protocols and actively involved in clinical governance within the service.
On-call
The post holder may be required to take part in the consultant out of hours on call rota. Currently this is approximately 1:25. There is support when on call from core and senior trainees. Not all consultants within CPFT participate in the on-call rota. Consultants are not put on the rota for the first 6 months after appointment. On call is currently remunerated at a rate of 3% subject to current monitoring and possible review. The on-call consultant covers old age and general adult. There is a separate CAMHS on call rota.
Accountability
The post holder will be accountable to the lead psychiatrist in the directorate (currently Anna Forrest). Professional accountability is to the Trust Board through the Trust Medical Director.
Job Planning & Appraisal
Consultants are required to take part in the Revalidation and annual appraisal process under the supervision of the Medical Director, Dr Cathy Walsh, and Responsible Officer.
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