Consultant Psychiatrist in General Adult Psychiatry-PCLSNHS

Job summary

We are seeking a Consultant psychiatrist to join the Primary Care Liaison Service in Swindon. The post is an established post which has become vacant due to the previous incumbent moving to another service within AWP. The post involves working as the Primary Care Liaison consultant for a single CMHT catchment are in Swindon.

The post holder will provide clinical leadership in the team, help triage referrals, assess patients and make recommendations on care, provide advice to colleagues on assessment and management, liaising and working closely with the Intensive Service, Community Mental Health Team and Primary Care. The consultant will work closely with the PCLS Manager to ensure that safe, efficient and high-quality service is delivered by the Team. The Consultant will also provide clinical supervision and management supervision for doctors reporting to them.

Main duties of the job

The Consultant will deliver advice to service users including undertaking assessments, anddetermining the most appropriate service provision to meet identified needs, including briefinterventions where required. The Consultant will supervise any medical staff providing inputinto the service. Work collaboratively with the Recovery, Intensive and Inpatient Services tofacilitate transitions through the care pathway The Consultant is expected to contribute tothe development of services in line with best practice and nationally accredited standards. The post holder will be expected to support the senior management to and participate instrategic development both within the local service and the wider Trust. The Consultant willalso be expected to provide leadership to their Team. The Consultant is expected to respondto Advice and Guidance requests within 3-5 working days in accordance with the PCLSStandard Operating Procedure. The requestors will primarily be GP, ARRS' Workers, RMN'sbased in GP surgeries, and at times, although scarce, other medical specialists based in Acuteand Community Hospitals. Regular attendance at the PCLS Team MDT meetings. To supportand participate in Clinical Governance and Audit To maintain competence to provide coverfor supervision of ECT junior doctor rota (along with all other consultants). To provide medicaland AC responsibility for patients within PCLS caseload from designated GP practices

Job description

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About us

We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust) a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care. We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset. Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care