The post holder will be responsible for providing clinical care to 13 inpatients of adult of working age and medical leadership to the inpatient ward teams, as well as supporting and contributing to the management and development of the ward functioning. The post holder will work with the Home-Based Treatment Team and Care Coordinators from the three Community Mental Health Teams in Salford, to facilitate discharge, and provide an alternative to inpatient admission.
Main duties of the job
* Undertake assessments of referrals/ admissions to the service
* Diagnose and formulate management plans in complex presentations.
* Provide management in treatment resistant and complex presentations
* Assessment and management of risk including of vulnerability, suicide risk, risks to health and safety and risk of harm to others.
* Preparation of Mental Health Review Tribunal and Managers' Hearings reports and attendance at subsequent hearings.
* Work in a collaborative way with multidisciplinary teams including external partners.
* Work in partnership with psychiatrists from partner providers such as Forensic and Rehabilitation Psychiatrists.
Job responsibilities
Clinical role
* Undertake assessments of referrals/ admissions to the service
* Diagnose and formulate management plans in complex presentations.
* Provide management in treatment resistant and complex presentations
* Assessment and management of risk including of vulnerability, suicide risk, risks to health and safety and risk of harm to others.
* Preparation of Mental Health Review Tribunal and Managers Hearings reports and attendance at subsequent hearings.
* Work in a collaborative way with multidisciplinary teams including external partners.
* Work in partnership with psychiatrists from partner providers such as Forensic and Rehabilitation Psychiatrists.
Leadership role
* Lead clinical decision making in the multidisciplinary team to ensure the delivery of high-quality care
* Develop service clinical priorities in line with national and professional guidance and standards
* Engage with service transformation programmes including attendance at consultant meetings for their service and directorate.
Educational role
* Provide clinical supervision for trainees in gaining core psychiatric experience
* Provide clinical supervision for psychiatric trainees in achieving competencies in core general psychiatry
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
* Fully registered with the GMC with a license to practice at the time of appointment
* Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months
* Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
* Approved under S12 OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment
Skills
Essential
* Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
Employer details
Employer name
Greater Manchester Mental Health NHSFT
Address
Meadowbrook
Stott Lane
Salford
M6 8HG
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