Consultant Psychiatrist in Adult Mental Health CommunityNHS
Job summary
The post is a replacement 10 PA post. Sedgefield treatment and intervention team is based in Spennymoor. The Team provides secondary mental health service input for all mental health conditions for working age adult population. The team receives referrals mostly from GP surgeries via central Access team and other sources such as Crisis team/ Liaison Psychiatry/ wards. The team provides specialist support to patients with significant mental health difficulties such as mood disorders/ schizophrenia/ bipolar disorder/ personality disorder and adult neurodevelopmental conditions such as ADHD/ Autism. The Team is able to obtain expert advice from Trust-wide specialist services which include an ADHD service, the Autism Spectrum Assessment Team and the eating disorder service. Crisis Team manages access to inpatient services. The post-holder will develop effective working relationships with members of the Crisis Team and Inpatient Team by closely liaising with these services when patients are referred to the crisis team / needing alternative to hospital beds will be managed by the crisis team and the patients who need to be in hospital will be managed by the inpatient team. The post holder will join a dedicated multidisciplinary team and contribute to compassionate and evidence-based patient care and service improvement.
Situated within Spennymoor, County Durham, working into Sedgefield North PCN which consists of 10 GP Practice groups in the area.
Main duties of the job
The Consultant will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and provide clinical expertise for both new and ongoing cases particularly issues around psychopharmacology, diagnosis, risk assessments including liaison with the local GPs and inpatient units. All referrals for inpatients will be seen initially by the Crisis Team who are based nearby. West Park Hospital is the receiving mental health inpatient unit. All referrals for inpatients will be seen initially by the Crisis Team who are based at West Park Hospital, Darlington.
Most outpatient work will be at enterprise house with some clinics based at the Pioneering care centre in Newton Aycliffe. However, there will is also expectation to do home visits and outreach as necessary. The consultant is expected to liaise with inpatient teams for instance formulation meetings and transfer of care meetings.
Job description
Please see the attached job description for further information on this post. Please note, the job description has not yet been approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
This advert will close once sufficient applications have been recieved.
About us
We are one of the largest specialist mental health and learning disabilities trusts in the country, with an annual income of £320m and a workforce of some 6,700 staff operating from around 100 sites in Durham, Teesside, North Yorkshire and York and Selby. We provide a range inpatient and community services to 2m people living in County Durham, the Tees Valley, Scarborough, Whitby, Ryedale, Harrogate, Hambleton and Richmondshire. We also provide additional specialist services to other parts of Northern England.
We deliver our services by working in partnership with eight local authorities and clinical commissioning groups, a wide range of voluntary organisations, as well as service users, their carers and the public.
Psychiatrists are essential contributors to our mental health teams. Service users expect and are justified to expect collaborative relationships with dedicated psychiatrists who work consistently as part of effective services. The Medical Directorate and Medical Development Team are striving to improve medical workforce recruitment and retention in a variety of ways and the cornerstone of these efforts is The TEWV Charter for the Medical Workforce. (Please see attached Supporting Document).