Specialty Doctor in the Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team
| Posting date: | 12 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £52,530 - £82,400 Per annum (will be pro rata if part time) |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 12 May 2024 |
| Location: | Milton Keynes Hospital Campus, MK6 5LD |
| Company: | CNWL NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6224213/333-D-MK-SA-0006-E |
Summary
A Vacancy at Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust.
We are looking for a new Specialty Doctor in Psychiatry to join our Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team (CRHTT).
You will provide high quality assessment, consultation and treatment to service users who are in a mental health crisis. The post will be based at Eaglestone Health Centre on Milton Keynes Hospital Campus and there is office space and administration support provided.
The post-holder will be part of a medical team consisting of a Consultant Psychiatrist and a Trainee Doctor.
The successful candidate will be highly motivated, energetic and passionate about delivering high quality care to patients suffering with mental health problems. He/she will have experience of team working, possess sound organisation skills and be able to work on their own initiative. Effective communication and empathic skills are essential.
This post attracts a generous annual leave entitlement, study leave, the NHS pension scheme and other financial benefits, such asRelocation package for up to 8Kand a range of lifestyle benefits, such as staff discounts, discount on the purchase and the lease of new cars.
Recording Clinical Coding (Diagnosis) on patient records
Requesting relevant Investigations such as Blood tests, ECGs, MRI Brain scans where appropriate
Ensuring relevant baseline investigations prior to starting psychopharmacological interventions
Discharging medical prescribing functions as needed in the team. This may involve:
Providing FP10s
Writing medication charts
Initiating, reviewing and advising on psychopharmacological interventions as appropriate
Relevant liaison with pharmacists who carry out weekly screening of drug charts
Reconciling medication for patients seen through relevant use of GP summary care records, progress notes on patient records, medication charts
Identifying need for referrals to other services such as referrals for psychological interventions
Reviewing treatment plans and risk assessments of patients in the service
Providing support and advice to MDT colleagues and liaison with other professionals as required
Chairing MDT clinical meetings during consultant’s leave and reviewing minutes of those meetings
Ensuring appropriate handover takes place during involvement in the assessment of patients referred from the ward.
Ensuring comprehensive documentation on patient records following patient assessments, telephone calls/other liaison with professionals.
Clinic letters to GPs must be dictated within a week of seeing patients.
Supporting the trainee doctor as required for example during the consultant’s leave
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL) specialises in caring for people with a wide range of physical and mental health needs.
Over the last few years our catchment area has grown significantly, making the Trust’s population more diverse than ever. The area spans the communities of London, Milton Keynes and wider geographical areas of Buckinghamshire, Surrey, Kent and Hampshire. There are areas of great affluence as well as deprivation, and there are over 100 first-languages spoken in these communities.
We were authorised as a Foundation Trust on 1 May 2007.
Assessment, diagnosis, formulation of risks and development of a management plan for new referrals, re-referrals and patients under the care of the team. Referrals can come into the team from any service including GPs, A&E psychiatric liaison, inpatient wards, community mental health services etc. Some assessments and reviews take place at the team base, others take place in patient homes/in ward settings. Relevant travel time will be factored in while arranging home visits.
Opportunities for the post-holder will include.
• Attendance at the Oxford MRCPsych courses for those who intend to sit the RCPsych examinations
• One to one supervision with a Consultant
• Participation in local CPD activities
• This post is designed to equip doctors who want to develop toward further progression in their professional career through multiple opportunities. From this post you may gain up to four referees required for application to Article 14 if the post-holder is willing to apply to the Specialist Register
This advert closes on Sunday 28 Apr 2024
We are looking for a new Specialty Doctor in Psychiatry to join our Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team (CRHTT).
You will provide high quality assessment, consultation and treatment to service users who are in a mental health crisis. The post will be based at Eaglestone Health Centre on Milton Keynes Hospital Campus and there is office space and administration support provided.
The post-holder will be part of a medical team consisting of a Consultant Psychiatrist and a Trainee Doctor.
The successful candidate will be highly motivated, energetic and passionate about delivering high quality care to patients suffering with mental health problems. He/she will have experience of team working, possess sound organisation skills and be able to work on their own initiative. Effective communication and empathic skills are essential.
This post attracts a generous annual leave entitlement, study leave, the NHS pension scheme and other financial benefits, such asRelocation package for up to 8Kand a range of lifestyle benefits, such as staff discounts, discount on the purchase and the lease of new cars.
Recording Clinical Coding (Diagnosis) on patient records
Requesting relevant Investigations such as Blood tests, ECGs, MRI Brain scans where appropriate
Ensuring relevant baseline investigations prior to starting psychopharmacological interventions
Discharging medical prescribing functions as needed in the team. This may involve:
Providing FP10s
Writing medication charts
Initiating, reviewing and advising on psychopharmacological interventions as appropriate
Relevant liaison with pharmacists who carry out weekly screening of drug charts
Reconciling medication for patients seen through relevant use of GP summary care records, progress notes on patient records, medication charts
Identifying need for referrals to other services such as referrals for psychological interventions
Reviewing treatment plans and risk assessments of patients in the service
Providing support and advice to MDT colleagues and liaison with other professionals as required
Chairing MDT clinical meetings during consultant’s leave and reviewing minutes of those meetings
Ensuring appropriate handover takes place during involvement in the assessment of patients referred from the ward.
Ensuring comprehensive documentation on patient records following patient assessments, telephone calls/other liaison with professionals.
Clinic letters to GPs must be dictated within a week of seeing patients.
Supporting the trainee doctor as required for example during the consultant’s leave
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL) specialises in caring for people with a wide range of physical and mental health needs.
Over the last few years our catchment area has grown significantly, making the Trust’s population more diverse than ever. The area spans the communities of London, Milton Keynes and wider geographical areas of Buckinghamshire, Surrey, Kent and Hampshire. There are areas of great affluence as well as deprivation, and there are over 100 first-languages spoken in these communities.
We were authorised as a Foundation Trust on 1 May 2007.
Assessment, diagnosis, formulation of risks and development of a management plan for new referrals, re-referrals and patients under the care of the team. Referrals can come into the team from any service including GPs, A&E psychiatric liaison, inpatient wards, community mental health services etc. Some assessments and reviews take place at the team base, others take place in patient homes/in ward settings. Relevant travel time will be factored in while arranging home visits.
Opportunities for the post-holder will include.
• Attendance at the Oxford MRCPsych courses for those who intend to sit the RCPsych examinations
• One to one supervision with a Consultant
• Participation in local CPD activities
• This post is designed to equip doctors who want to develop toward further progression in their professional career through multiple opportunities. From this post you may gain up to four referees required for application to Article 14 if the post-holder is willing to apply to the Specialist Register
This advert closes on Sunday 28 Apr 2024
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