A Vacancy at Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust. The Adult Mental Health Unit (AMHU) consists of 2 wards each with 20 beds. There is also a modern and very spacious Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) with 6 beds, and a seclusion and de‑escalation suite. We also have a developed frailty pathway with the nearby Old Age psychiatry frailty unit, where patients aged under 65 who meet a specific frailty threshold due to physical health co‑morbidity are treated within the Old Age psychiatry service as the most appropriate clinical environment. Conversely, appropriately physically fit and healthy over 65 year olds can also be treated on the AMHU subject to the use of the same assessment tool.
The post holder will be expected to provide psychiatric input to one acute ward of the in‑patient unit, and some outreach to patients in the PICU beds.
Responsibilities
* Daily morning MDT discussion, supporting purposeful in‑patient admissions. This meeting is without patients present, the postholder contributes to considerations of diagnostic formulation, risk management, and therapeutics (notably pharmacotherapy).
* In developing pathways of care, the clinical and team leadership is seen to necessitate consultation and a presence to afford advice, opinions and options to the MDT, rather than having to undertake and deliver all patient care face to face. Clinical duties are seen to need a consultant, to be consulted, with the ward team delivering face to face hands on care (of assessments, information sharing and therapeutics).
* Psychiatric assessments and on‑going management of patients admitted to one of the two in‑patient wards and patients from that ward that are transferred to PICU.
* Preparation of psychiatric reports for, and attendance at, Mental Health Tribunals, Hospital Managers Hearings, and court reports.
* Function as the Responsible Clinician for patients admitted under the Mental Health Act 1983.
* To conduct multidisciplinary meetings, ward rounds and CPA reviews.
* Provide clinical leadership to the in‑patient team.
* Play a leading role in Business/Management Meetings for the in‑patient Unit.
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