Consultant Psychiatrist in General Adult Psychiatry | Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 29 July 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £105,504 - £139,882 + £2,162 London Weighting + 1% on call |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 October 2024 |
| Location: | Charlton, London, SE7 8JH |
| Company: | Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6513014/277-6513014-TS |
Summary
The post holder will be Consultant Psychiatrist to the Greenwich West Intensive Case Management for Psychosis Team (ICMp) with Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust. This is a well established post that has been filled by a locum for the past few years. The vacancy has arisen as the former substantive consultant moved to a different role within the Trust.
The post holder will carry no responsibility for inpatients but will be part of the bed management strategy within the Community Mental Health (CMH) Directorate. The Directorate takes a whole-system approach to bed management with twice daily meetings between community and inpatient clinicians to ensure that beds are used in the most efficient manner. It is not anticipated that the consultant will attend all of these meetings but will need to support the team generally with bed management. The directorate has alternatives to admission in place including an admissions avoidance team, a Borough based Home Treatment Team (HTT) and also a crisis house.
The post holder willbe responsible forthe care and treatment of patients whoreceivehigh leveland complexmental health care (formerlyon CPA)within the team. This will involve attending multi-disciplinary team meetings, case discussion meetings, andweeklyreferralsmeetingswithinthe team.
The post holder will be expected to attend zoning meetings at least twice a week to prioritizecontacts with patients, especially those service users who are deteriorating and presenting with increasing risk.The postholder will be expectedto support the team with the development of robust crisis plans for those patients that may be deteriorating.
The post holder will in addition be expected to chairreview/CPA meetings, offer crisis appointments to patients who are in the red zone and offer home visits and telephone advice to general practitioners and other professional who may be involved with the care of service users on the caseload.
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Ify Okocha
Chief Executive
The post holder will in addition be expected to chairreview/CPA meetings, offer crisis appointments to patients who are in the red zone and offer home visits and telephone advice to general practitioners and other professional who may be involved with the care of service users on the caseload.
The post holder will have4 formal outpatient clinics a weekwith 4-5 patients booked per clinic. The consultant and other team medics willbe responsible forscreening new referrals and ensuring that theyreceive a prompt assessmentfromthe team. This follows a framework with other team members to offeran InitialFamily Meeting (IFM) where goals andobjectivesand completion of a DIALOG care-plan are agreed.There may beadditionalcrisis clinic appointments and/or home visitsrequiredduring the week and the consultant will be expected to showflexibility in managing their diary.
This advert closes on Monday 30 Sep 2024
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