Specialty Doctor in General Adult Psychiatry - NWIS

NHS; Devizes; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare trust in the UK seeks a Specialty Doctor in General Adult Psychiatry to join their medical team. The role involves providing clinical advice, assessing patients, and participating in the management of the patient caseload. Candidates should have significant qualifications and experience in psychiatry. This position offers an opportunity to work within a dedicated team aiming to deliver quality care and support.

Qualifications

• Basic Medical Qualification (MBBS or equivalent)
• Completed at least four years' full-time postgraduate training in Psychiatry.
• Eligible for full GMC registration.

Responsibilities

• Attend daily NWIS Handover and weekly Case Review Meeting.
• Assess and treat service users in the community and at Green Lane Hospital.
• Support the team with necessary medical input.

Skills

Time management

Leadership skills

Excellent communication

Critical appraisal of research

Education

Basic Medical Qualification (MBBS or equivalent)

Membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists

Section 12 Approval

Fully registered with the GMC

Job description

Specialty Doctor in General Adult Psychiatry - NWIS

The Trust is seeking a Specialty Doctor to join the medical team working with the North Wiltshire Intensive Service.

The post holder will play a key role in the multi-disciplinary Team providing advice and assessment of patients under the Intensive service.The Intensive team works closely with secondary mental health teams when managing referrals. Most referrals come through the Primary Care Liaison and Memory Service, Community Mental Health Teams and the Mental Health Liaison Team.

The medical team provide clinical advice and leadership in a number of settings and interactions throughout their working week rather than atdesignated times only in their weekly timetable. The post holderwill be managing the team caseload alongside the consultant. There are weeklycase reviews where an MDT approach reviews more complex presentations. This facilitates teamdiscussion and creation of a team formulation.

Please refer to the accompanying job description for full details on the roles and responsibilities of this post.

Main duties of the job

• To attend the daily NWIS Handover meeting and to attend the weekly NWIS Case Review Meeting
• To assess and treat service users in the community and/or in reviews at Green Lane Hospital
• To support the team with medical input as required.
• Undertake urgent psychiatric assessments when necessary.
• To liaise with other parts of the service and GPs and non-NHS organisations wherever applicable.
• To be responsible for the day-to-day management of general adult patients. i.e. history taking, diagnosis, note keeping, report and letter writing, psychiatry and physical examination, pharmacological treatment and discharge planning.
• To contribute to the development of acute care services in line with best practice and nationally accredited standards
• To receive ECT training (provided to all inpatient medical staff). The SAS doctor would not participate in the regular ECT rota but may be asked to administer ECT at exceptional times
• To provide clinical leadership and consultation for Intensive Team members, supporting them in providing home based care and facilitating safe and timely transitions for patients between Inpatient and community services
• Assess and treat patients referred to the Intensive Team advising on management plans through regular Team reviews, handovers, and advice to Team members. Please refer to the accompanying job description for full details on the roles and responsibilities of this post.

About us

We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust) a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care. We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset. Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the accompanying job description for full details on the roles and responsibilities of this post.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Basic Medical Qualification (MBBS or equivalent)
• Membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
• Section 12 Approval
• Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practice, or eligible for full registration with the GMC at the time of confirmaiton of appointment
• Completed at least four years' full-time postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained on a part-time or flexible basis) at least two of which will be in a specialty training programme in Psychiatry or as a fixed term specialty trainee in Psychiatry; or shall have equivalent experience and competencies.

Skills

• Ability to manage own time and workload and prioritise clinical work
• Ability to appraise own performance
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Evidence of specific achievements that demonstrate leadership skills

Research and Audit

• Ability to critically appraise published research.
• Experience of carrying out an audit project
• Experience in involvement in a research project and publication.
• Interest in research

Knowledge

• Up to date knowledge of issues in Mental Health Service for this specialty.

Teaching

• Commitment to teaching other members of the multi-disciplinary team.
• Teaching of undergraduate students
• PGCME or equivalent/aspiration to attain a postgraduate teaching qualification

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.