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Locum Consultant Psychiatrist - Primary Care Liaison (St Albans) NHS Medical & Dental: Locum Consultant, Saint Albans

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Location:

Saint Albans, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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Yes

Job Reference:

55b9b2c7befa

Job Views:

3

Posted:

24.04.2025

Expiry Date:

08.06.2025

Job Description:

Main duties of the job include providing specialist consultative liaison to Primary Care staff for advice and guidance (GPs and Primary Care Mental Health Service) for the primary care networks in the North West of Hertfordshire. The role may involve seeing service users for mental health diagnostic assessments and/or medication management. Psychiatric consultation slots will be available for GPs and primary care mental health practitioners for clinical discussion. The psychiatrist and primary care mental health practitioners will establish a local process for booking primary care consultations with a psychiatrist. The GP retains overall clinical governance responsibility for patients seen by primary care mental health staff, including psychiatrists. When prescribing recommendations are made by an HPFT prescriber, the GP considers these for further action in primary care.