Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist

North Bristol NHS Trust; Bristol; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a progressive healthcare provider as a Consultant in Liaison Psychiatry, where you will play a pivotal role in bridging physical and mental health care. This exciting opportunity involves managing complex patient cases, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, and supervising junior medical staff. You will also contribute to educational initiatives, raising awareness of mental health issues within the hospital setting. If you are passionate about improving patient care and challenging stigma in mental health, this role offers a fulfilling career path in a supportive environment dedicated to exceptional healthcare delivery.

Qualifications

• CCT in General Adult Psychiatry required for this role.
• Experience in acute hospital settings is essential.

Responsibilities

• Manage patients with comorbid physical and mental health issues.
• Supervise junior medical staff and contribute to their training.
• Provide expertise in managing medico-legal issues.

Skills

Mental Health Interventions

Diagnosis and Management Plans

Risk Assessment

Psychotropic Medication

Teaching and Supervision

Medico-legal Expertise

Education

CCT in General Adult Psychiatry

Dual CCT in Adult and Old Age Psychiatry

Job description

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Job overview

You will be expected to:

1. Manage patients at the interface between physical illness and mental illness (e.g. comorbid mood disorders, medically unexplained symptoms, organic mental states).
2. Able to diagnose and produce formulations and management plans in complex cases, advising medical teams on appropriate integrated care.
3. Be able to assess and supervise the broader MDT in managing risk (e.g. suicide risk, violence/aggression, absconding) relating to psychiatric conditions in general hospital settings.
4. To be able to prescribe and give advice to medical teams on psychotropic medication.
5. Provide expertise, and fulfilling a statutory role, in managing medico-legal issues in the general hospital, including application of mental health and mental capacity legislation.
6. Teaching and Supervision of Junior Medical Staff & Students.

The postholder will be responsible for the professional supervision and management of junior medical staff. Where appropriate, the postholder will be named in the educational contract of junior staff as the person responsible for overseeing their training and as an initial source of advice to such doctors regarding their careers.
As a senior Liaison psychiatrist, you will have a lead role in challenging stigma and discrimination towards psychiatric patients and professionals by raising awareness of the issue, through training to help general hospital colleagues to recognise and manage common mental health conditions and know when to refer.

Main duties of the job

Role summary

We are excited to offer a 0.6wte post (6 PA's) for Consultant's in Liaison Psychiatry as part of the PLAN accredited NBT Mental health Liaison team, based at Southmead Hospital in Bristol. The post holder's will join the existing Consultant liaison psychiatrists and nursing mental health liaison staff to play a key role in developing the service in line with Core24 standards.

Key Responsibilities of the Post:
These include clinical, liaison, educational, managerial and service evaluation roles. Clinical work will include assessment and interventions with patients in NBT and involve working with an expanding multidisciplinary mental health liaison team. The team will promote the development of skills in this area within the Acute Trust and pathway development.

Key Requirements of the Person Specification:
The post holder needs excellent knowledge and experience of assessing and providing mental health interventions for people with physical health problems. This will include a bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge. The post is suitable for those with a CCT in adult psychiatry or a dual CCT in adult and old age psychiatry and experience of working in an acute hospital setting. An endorsement in liaison psychiatry is desirable but not essential.

Working for our organisation

We are looking to recruit to a 0.6 WTE Consultant in Liaison Psychiatry posts to join the PLAN accredited North Bristol NHS Trust Mental health Liaison team, based at Southmead Hospital in Bristol.

NBT is a progressive and ambitious provider of health services, delivering for a large local population and with specialist regional services for major trauma, neurosciences, vascular center, urology, plastics and burns, orthopaedics, and renal services. The NBT MHLT Team provides an ageless service to the Emergency Department and inpatient wards of Southmead Hospital for patients who have mental health problems.

The postholder will join an established and experienced team of nursing staff (B6 & B7) and medical staff consisting of 3.2 WTE consultants (including this post), 0.8 WTE Specialty Doctor and a 2.0 WTE F2 posts (more details in the accompanying job description).

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical Duties- The postholder will be responsible for the clinical management of patients under their care, and, in liaison with consultant colleagues, continuity of care when the postholder is absent. You will be expected to:

1. Manage patients at the interface between physical illness and mental illness (e.g. comorbid mood disorders, medically unexplained symptoms, organic mental states).
2. Able to diagnose and produce formulations and management plans in complex cases, advising medical teams on appropriate integrated care.
3. Be able to assess and supervise the broader MDT in managing risk (e.g. suicide risk, violence/aggression, absconding) relating to psychiatric conditions in general hospital settings.
4. To be able to prescribe and give advice to medical teams on psychotropic medication.
5. Provide expertise, and fulfilling a statutory role, in managing medico-legal issues in the general hospital, including application of mental health and mental capacity legislation.
6. Teaching and Supervision of Junior Medical Staff & Students.

The postholder will be responsible for the professional supervision and management of junior medical staff. Where appropriate, the postholder will be named in the educational contract of junior staff as the person responsible for overseeing their training and as an initial source of advice to such doctors regarding their careers.
As a senior Liaison psychiatrist, you will have a lead role in challenging stigma and discrimination towards psychiatric patients and professionals by raising awareness of the issue, through training to help general hospital colleagues to recognise and manage common mental health conditions and know when to refer.
Additionally, in liaison with the Director of Postgraduate Medical Education, the postholder may be required to contribute to undergraduate and postgraduate education, primarily for students from the University of Bristol. The post holder will be supported by the Trust to undertake their teaching commitments and be provided with the resources required to do so, including teaching Medical Undergraduates.

Person specification

GMC Registration

As per person spec.

• Must Have CCT in General Adult Psychiatry

If you feel you meet the requirements of the Disability Act / Two Ticks scheme and require further support/advice, please contact us on tel [phone].

This organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Please note that stringent pre-employment checks are undertaken on all successful applicants prior to commencement in post. Please refer to the ‘Information for Prospective Employees’ attachment for information relating to DBS charges.

In accordance with the Trust's Organisation Change policy, staff in a redeployment situation will be given prior consideration for any suitable vacancies advertised for this Trust.

"Exceptional Healthcare, Personally Delivered"

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Name Dr Anish Patel Job title Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 0117 4146589 Additional information

Enquires regarding this post should be made to:

Dr Anish Patel, Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist

Tel: [phone] Email: [e-mail]