Consultant Psychiatrist with NSTEP

Job overview

An opportunity has arisen for an NSTEP Consultant on a full time basis

NSTEP is a countywide service with a north and south team. The teams work as one service to deliver NICE concordant care to service users as per national EIP standards. The service continues to develop and expand with a recent EIP successful funding bid to enable this.

N-STEP accepts all referrals for people aged 14-65 with first episode psychosis or suspected psychosis. This is made with consideration of the individual’s needs and risk.

Main duties of the job

• Responsible for providing Consultant input to the Early intervention Team (N-STEP team South)
• Responsible for joint urgent, routine and complex case assessment and management, including new referral assessments of service users within the south N-STEP service, working together in an enthusiastic and experienced Multidisciplinary team.
• Play a key role with patients on CTO’s and would be the first port of call for potential MHA assessments for the team. The post holder would attend tribunal meetings when patients are on CTO’s. The average number of CTO’s across the service in the last 3 years (2020 & 2021) have been 4 -6 (which equates to 2-4% of the overall EIP caseload).

The job description is subject to Royal College of Psychiatry approval.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more details regarding this post please read the attached job description or contact the service