Specialty Doctor in Barnet Memory Service

North London NHS Foundation Trust; Chipping Barnet; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

North London NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a full-time Specialty Doctor in Barnet Memory Service. This role involves providing assessments and treatment for older adults with cognitive decline, ensuring high-quality patient care in collaboration with a multidisciplinary team. The position offers a supportive environment to enhance your skills in mental health care.

Qualifications

• Experience in older adult psychiatry is essential.
• Ability to provide clinical leadership and support.
• Knowledge of NICE guidelines for mental health.

Responsibilities

• Provide memory assessments and treatment plans.
• Lead clinical discussions and provide advice.
• Ensure effective patient documentation on electronic records.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Memory assessments

Treatment planning

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Education

Medical degree

Specialist training in psychiatry

Job description

Specialty Doctor in Barnet Memory Service

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The post offered is that of a full-time Specialty Doctor in Older Adult Psychiatry, working within the Barnet Memory Service. This is a new and additional post within Older Adult Community Services division. It is a great opportunity to gain a great deal of experience and knowledge working in Older Adult Psychiatry. It has arisen due to additional funding to support and enhance service delivery by Barnet Memory Service due to increased referral rates due to aging population within the borough. The service provides assessments to individuals with cognitive and functioning decline in outpatient setting based at Barnet General Hospital.

The post is full-time for 10 Programmed Activities (PA): 9 Direct Clinical Care (DCC) and 1 Supported Professional Actitivies (SPA). The post holder will be supported by two Consultant Psychiatrists working within the Memory Clinic, as well as a team and service manager.

To Provide memory assessments and treatment plans for patients under the memory service

To Provide leadership and clinical advice to colleagues within the memory service

To Provide treatment based on knowledge of the evidence for pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions, in accordance with NICE and relevant guidelines

To Ensure effective and timely documentation on electronic patient notes (RiO)

To Provide support in formulating treatment plans in conjunction with the multidisciplinary team

To Ensure the review and care of patients’ physical health through liaison with other agencies including the patients GP and general hospital services.

To Promote mental health and independence for all people

To Provide clinical and professional leadership in the service

To Provide support to carers and relatives of people, including them wherever possible and in care plans

To Facilitate access to a range of community orientated services to those who may need them

To Liaise effectively with other Trust services and external partner agencies in the best interests of patients

To Comply with all legal obligations covering clinical practice e.g. MHA (1983) and MCA (2005)

To Commit to ensuring fair access to services for all.

This is not an exhaustive list, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.

North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.

Our Five-Year Strategy

• We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
• With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
• We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
• We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.
  
  

In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Lakshmy kunnambath Job title: Medical HR Advisor Email address: [e-mail]

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