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Woolwich, London, SE18 6PZ

Consultant Psychiatrist in General Adult Psychiatry ICMP

NHS
£105,504
Full-time
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The post holder will in addition be expected to chair review/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 have 4 formal outpatient clinics a week with 4-5 patients booked per clinic. The consultant and other team medics will be responsible for screening new referrals and ensuring that they receive a prompt assessment from the team. This follows a framework with other team members to offer an Initial Family Meeting (IFM) where goals and objectives and completion of a DIALOG care-plan are agreed. There may be additional crisis clinic appointments and/or home visits required during the week and the consultant will be expected to show flexibility in managing their diary. Within the clinics, some patients will have a care co-ordinator and will formerly have been on CPA and other patients may only be seeing a doctor who will act as the lead clinician. There are various projects in place looking at ways of reducing the ICMp caseload and aligning this with the Trust objectives of providing great out of hospital care and reducing any delays to treatment. There is protected time for administrative work, and the postholder will be supported with any digital/electronic/technological help as required to facilitate timely communication with GPs, referrers and partner agencies. Time will be required and allocated to deal with mental health act related work including attending tribunals for patients on community treatment orders (CTO) The post holder will have supervision duties for the Associate Specialist and GPVTS Trainee working with the team and this will be agreed with the other consultant. It is expected that weekly supervision supports the junior doctors with complex cases and other educational and pastoral issues.
Expiry date: 13/01/2025
Consultant Psychiatrist in General Adult Psychiatry ICMP
Company
NHS
Salary
£105,504
Job Type
Full-time
Location
Woolwich, London, SE18 6PZ
Our Commitments
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