Job overview
Hillingdon East and West Community Mental Health Team
Specialty Doctor in Psychiatry - Permanent 6 sessions per week
The CMHT team is looking for a highly motivated, energetic Specialty Doctor in Psychiatry the successful candidate will be passionate about delivering high quality community care for all patients accepted into the East CMHT under the supervision of the Consultant Psychiatrist and ensure good interfaces with other services within CNWL and Hillingdon.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will have the opportunity to share and provide clinical leadership for East CMHT with the other part-time consultant and ensure good interfaces with other services within CNWL and Hillingdon
Working for our organisation
The Riverside Centre provides a light, airy, restful environment with its use of colour and light woods. It comprises a busy Therapies Department including a varied Occupational Therapy programme and psychological therapies. There are two acute mental health wards. The wards were named after the local rivers in each area, Crane (female) and Frays (male). The wards provide some beds for sub-specialties, for example, for patients with acute mental illness and learning disabilities, under a Consultant who also works with the Community Team for People with Learning Disabilities.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1.Detailed clerking, history taking and initiation of all necessary investigations and assessments for patients.
2.Establishing, initiating and evaluating treatment plans and risk assessments in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team and under the supervision of the Consultant Psychiatrist.
3.Interviewing relatives and informal carers of patients as required.
4.Undertaking the relevant referrals to other disciplines and services both within the multi-disciplinary team as well as to services and resources external to the service
5.Observation of Trust, BMHS and local policies and procedures; including those related to medicines management and physical healthcare.
6.Preparation and presentation of medico-legal reports, including those for Managers hearings and Medial Health Review Tribunals for in-patients.
7.The post holder will complete full risk assessments of all in-patients in conjunction with the MDT.
8.The post-holder will liaise with all external agencies as required.
9.The post holder is expected to be part of the 2nd on-call rota (1 in 10) with attendance to the wards at weekends.
10.The post-holder is expected to carry out assessments at Prisons and HIRC
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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