Consultant Old Age Psychiatrist in Universal Crisis Team

Job overview

At CNTW we strive to provide the BEST CARE, delivered by the BEST PEOPLE, to achieve the BEST OUTCOME.

As a Consultant, you will know what it means achieve this by leading a team. Striving for a better service leads to a better you.

Working 10PAs a week over 4 or 5 days alongside the multidisciplinary team, including SAS doctors, resident doctors, and wider clinical team, you will be the clinical expert from a medical perspective to ensure best practice care is delivered and support the team.

This Crisis resolution and home treatment team has been accredited with the Home Treatment Accreditation Scheme (HTAS) since June 2017.

This service operates at the critical and well-established interface of acute psychiatry, with close links to the large all-age liaison psychiatry services at Sunderland Royal and South Tyneside General Hospitals, as well as enjoying close links to the working age and older adults’ community mental health teams and inpatient services.

The base for the UCT is the Barton Centre at Hopewood Park Hospital. You will join an experienced and well-established crisis service which provides crisis assessment and home treatment for patients experiencing acute mental health problems, including older adults with both functional and organic mental illnesses who can be managed in the community with intensive mental health support, without the need for hospital admission.

Main duties of the job

You will join a skilled UCT multi-disciplinary (MDT) workforce, including 3 Consultant colleagues, 1 Speciality doctors, 1 Foundation trainee doctors, non-medical prescribers, a pharmacist and specialist nurses.  You will have your own office space and will be supported by a medical assistant and/or medical secretary.  We are looking for applicants based anywhere in the UK to explore exciting new opportunities in remote and digital working.

Your role would involve:

• To provide psychiatric assessment, diagnosis and formulation to patients presenting with organic and functional mental health crises aged 65+ taken on for home-treatment with the Sunderland & South Tyneside Crisis Team.
• To undertake Section12 work in relation to Mental Health Act assessments for UCT patients
• To provide (or ensure referral to the appropriate service for the provision of) up to date, evidence-based interventions for patients under the service’s care.
• To collaborate with GPs, Community Teams and primary care clinicians on follow-up arrangements for patients assessed or treated within the service.
• To provide leadership, consultation, advice and guidance within the MDT, including for the Access and Triage components of the service.
• To work collaboratively with colleagues in other specialist mental health teams and develop proactive links with the community services; particularly with a view to developing more robust pathways into appropriate follow-up care once discharged.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further details.

Please note we can not sponsor GMC for this role.

Please note this vacancy will close once sufficient applications have been received.

For a discussion about the role (in confidence) or visits please contact

Name: Dr Uma Geethanath

Email:  [email protected]

Tel: 01915665500 / 07831764982