Locum Specialist Doctor in General Adult Psychiatry

Here at Staff Partners Mental Health, we have an exciting opportunity for a Specialist Doctor in General Adult Psychiatry to work within an NHS service in Roehampton.

Job Description:
This role is a full-time Locum position based in Roehampton. You will be working in an Adult service for patients with mental illness.

Duties of post holder:
• Medical leadership, working in the multi-disciplinary team and working closely with the Consultant Psychiatrist and other teams (around referral and liaison) and occasionally their Associate Clinical Director within their borough or service line.
• Ensuring the delivery of effective, efficient and safe, recovery focused mental health care.
• Delivery of the day-to-day clinical care, risk assessment, risk management, initiation of medication, and the recovery focused care delivered by the Team
• Attending weekly clinical team meetings and performing medical duties that are decisions of that meeting
• Availability within normal working hours 5 days a week for urgent review and management including formal Mental Health Act assessments.
• Multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working with social care, statutory and voluntary and third sector partners.
• Compiling a patient’s history from a number of sources, and preparing case summaries and discharge summaries
• Compile reports for MHRT and attend on behalf of RC when this deemed appropriate (CTO patients).
• To take part in the discharge planning, CPAs and advising primary care colleagues.
• Liaising with other clinical teams within and outside the trust
• Liaising with general practitioners and medical specialists with regards the physical health of the patients
• Undertake urgent psychiatric assessments when necessary.
• Domiciliary visits as required.
• Write up all their notes using the Trusts Electronic Record system RIO which also records time and date of entry. The post holder is personally responsible for entering their notes onto the system themselves.
• Ensure effective and timely documentation and communication of clinical decision making and management plans
• The post holder is expected to have Section 12 approval

Benefits:

• Competitive salary paid weekly
• Free Mandatory Training updated annually
• Free DBS
• Professional Appraisal
• Potential Welcome Bonus

If this role is of interest to you, please apply now and one of our dedicated recruiters will contact you. Alternatively, you can reach the team on 01992 245 330.

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