Locum Consultant Psychiatrist – CMHT
@Mind Professionals posted 3 months ago Shortlist Email JobJob Detail
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Jobs ID 38302
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Band Consultant
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Profession Psychiatrist
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Role type NHS
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Profession Category Medical
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Job Description
Locum Consultant Psychiatrist – CMHT
Location: High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Contract: Locum
Hours: Part-time (0.6 WTE)
Specialty: Community
Mind Professionals are looking for a Consultant Psychiatrist for part-time Locum work as part of a Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) based in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. The CMHT provides recovery-focused evidence-based treatment for patients with severe and enduring mental illness.
Key Responsibilities:
– The Consultant will provide senior medical input and clinical leadership to the CMHT. The post holder will have responsibility for those patients seen by himself/herself, together with those patients seen by medical staff directly supervised by the post holder.
– The post holder will assess new routine referrals from other agencies alongside other clinicians, provide consultations to non-medical clinicians and offer ongoing management for patients requiring longer term care.
– The post holder will work alongside the team manager and the other Consultant Psychiatrists in the team to ensure the effective functioning and development of the service.
– The consultant will provide direct clinical supervision to any trainees and speciality doctors placed with the team who are seeing their patients,
– The consultant will be expected to provide direct clinical care and ensure medical involvement in the CPA/ Core Clinical Standards process.
– Providing timely written correspondence to relevant professionals documenting assessments, on-going management, progress, and eventual discharge using Trust IT and clinical records system – training will be provided where needed. Completion of CPA documentation when necessary.
– Work collaboratively with other agencies. In particular liaison with staff from other teams to manage smooth and timely transfer into and out of the CMHT.
– The consultant will be expected to contribute to the collection of data as required by the Trust and other relevant agencies. This i