Consultant Psychiatrist - Perinatal Services - Cluster 3 Oldham

Job overview

• This Perinatal Service Cluster 3 has core work hours: Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm.
• The Perinatal Service Cluster 3 has a referral procedure, which includes an online referral form, available through the GMMH intranet and internet site and a duty system.
• Referrals can be initially discussed over the phone during office hours 9am- 5pm Monday- Friday by each team. Outside of office hours, emergency referrals will be made via the acute pathway usually Home Treatment Teams and Mental Health Liaison Teams. Referrers will be professionals involved in the care of women who may need access to the Perinatal Service Cluster 3 including health visitors, GPs and midwives. The duty system will ensure all referrals are processed in as timely a way as possible. The Perinatal duty worker will be a band 6 or above who will screen all referrals and discuss urgent or emergency referrals with the Clinical and Operational leads for allocation.

Main duties of the job

• Will be the clinical leader of the Perinatal CMHT supported by the Operational leads.
• Have a lead role in the assessment, formulation and management of cases and will carry a caseload of patients with complex care needs and of patients deemed to present with increased risk in the perinatal period.
• Provide management in treatment resistant and complex presentations
• Assessment and management of risk including of vulnerability, suicide risk, risks to health and safety and risk of harm to others.
• Preparation of Court Reports, Mental Health Review Tribunal and Managers’ Hearings reports and attendance at subsequent hearings.
• These patients will predominantly be seen in the clinic setting but can also be seen in a variety of community settings if appropriate or necessary.
• Have a key role in chairing pre-birth planning meetings, alongside the community nurses, professionals’ meetings and will run a pre-conception counselling clinic. Will be expected to respond to urgent and routine requests for advice and assessment along with the community nurses. Will have an important role in responding to advice requests particularly on the safety of psychotropic medication in pregnancy and breastfeeding.
• Run obstetric liaison clinics within the maternity setting and work in collaboration with the Specialist Perinatal Mental Midwife to plan pre and postnatal birth plans.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more information on the role please see attached detailed job description and person specification.