Consultant Psychiatrist - Intellectual Disabilities
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Pending College Approval
* To provide expert assessment of mental health in people with learning disabilities.
* To provide patients, referrers and carers with diagnostic and management advice;
* To promote and develop best practice in the management of adults with learning disabilities and mental health problems, locally, regionally and nationally;
* To make contemporaneous clinical notes on the electronic patient record system employed by the Trust and adhere to Trust/service requirements for electronic record keeping, including prompt verbal and written clinical and medico-legal communications;
* To lead the MDT in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating treatment options, including liaison with the patient, carers and the wider multi-disciplinary team;
* To appropriately escalate patients ‘at risk’ to the Dynamic Support Register, which is led by the local Integrated Care Board.
* To facilitate admission and discharge pathways of patients with learning disabilities who require mental health admission, either into adult mental health wards or into specialist inpatient services, working with the MDT, patients, carers, referrers and commissioners to ensure effective processes and good communication.
Pending College Approval
The primary duties of this 8 PA consultant psychiatrist post is to provide clinical care for the patient on the caseload as the Responsible Clinician. The post holder will conduct outpatient clinics and home visits, attend CPA reviews, and carry out liaison work with GPs, multi-disciplinary colleagues from the Croydon Community Learning Disability Team and other mental health services. The post holder will provide clinical cross cover for the other Trust MHLD consultants and vice versa. The post holder will be employed by the South London and Maudsley NHS Trust.
* To provide expert assessment of mental health in people with learning disabilities.
* To provide patients, referrers and carers with diagnostic and management advice;
* To promote and develop best practice in the management of adults with learning disabilities and mental health problems, locally, regionally and nationally;
* To make contemporaneous clinical notes on the electronic patient record system employed by the Trust and adhere to Trust/service requirements for electronic record keeping, including prompt verbal and written clinical and medico-legal communications;
* To lead the MDT in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating treatment options, including liaison with the patient, carers and the wider multi-disciplinary team;
* To appropriately escalate patients ‘at risk’ to the Dynamic Support Register, which is led by the local Integrated Care Board.
* To facilitate admission and discharge pathways of patients with learning disabilities who require mental health admission, either into adult mental health wards or into specialist inpatient services, working with the MDT, patients, carers, referrers and commissioners to ensure effective processes and good communication.
The Trust delivers Mental Health in Learning Disabilities (MHLD) services across the boroughs of Lambeth, Lewisham, Southwark and Croydon. These underwent revision and modernisation to ensure a flexible local service response and to make best use of expertise across boroughs. The Trust’s MHLD services are linked with the Estia Centre, which is a training, learning and development hub for staff as well as a resource for adults with learning disabilities and additional mental health needs.
Our MHLD and wider neurodevelopmental services, were rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Saadia Arshad Job title: Assoc Medical Director and Consultant Psychiatrist Email address: saadia.arshad@slam.nhs.uk Telephone number: 07738851791
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