Main Duties & Responsibilities Core clinical work (consistent with Royal College of Psychiatry requirements) The bulk of clinical work will be within a Consultant Led team based at your designated Hospital Site. This is based on Inpatient ward but could also be based in Community mental health teams. On-call covers the adult in-patient wards and Older Age Wards (>65s), and any Specialty Units (Rehabilitation Units etc), as well as working with the liaison team in A&E. All these are in the main hospital site except the Old Age wards which are based at The Meadows. The LED post holder will be expected to accumulate their own outpatient load from new referrals and help out with known patients in outpatients and pick up ongoing patient management through the community teams as appropriate. The LED is expected to contribute to the bio psychosocial model of care with the other members of the multi-disciplinary team. This includes history taking, mental state examination of all patients and the physical examination of outpatients where appropriate. The treatments may be physical, pharmacological, psychological and social as appropriate. There is a strong emphasis on the recovery model, and as such the trainee will be encouraged to formulate management plans accordingly. Academic Activities The weekly educational programme of centralised conferences, journal clubs, outside speakers, interview skills training. There is a university run MRCPsych course available in Manchester. There is a myriad of training opportunities with funding for study leave where appropriate. This job description is not exhaustive but is intended to give an overall picture of the role. Other duties within the general scope of the post may be required from time to time. The duties of the post and job description can be reviewed through the agreed process. General Duties of all post holders To undertake any other reasonable duty, which is appropriate to the band, when requested by Senior Staff To be familiar with and comply with all Trust and departmental policies, procedures, protocols and guidelines To be aware of and work towards the Trusts strategic goals