Locally Employed Doctor

Job overview

These posts would ideally suit somebody who has previous experience of Psychiatry, or those without but who want to try out Psychiatry prior to CT1 application or a longer term career in Psychiatry. The Education Programmes are mandatory throughout the Trust. These posts offer an excellent introduction to Psychiatry. Posts are appropriate for CT1-3 trainees

The Consultant body has a variety of special interests and there are many opportunities for the trainees to look into and further expand their knowledge and experience with discussion with their consultant

Main duties of the job

Core clinical work (consistent with Royal College of Psychiatry requirements)

• The bulk of clinical work will be within a Consultant Led team based at your designated Hospital Site. This is based  in Community mental health teams or on the wards.
• There can be oncall work within normal office working hours
• The LED post holder will be expected to accumulate their own outpatient load, or work within the MDT on the ward, from new referrals and help out with known patients in outpatients and pick up ongoing patient management through the community teams as appropriate.
• The LED is expected to contribute to the bio psychosocial model of care with the other members of the multi-disciplinary team. This includes history taking, mental state examination of all patients and the physical examination of outpatients and on the wards where appropriate. The treatments may be physical, pharmacological, psychological and social as appropriate. There is a strong emphasis on the recovery model, and as such the trainee will be encouraged to formulate management plans accordingly.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Main Duties & Responsibilities

Core clinical work (consistent with Royal College of Psychiatry requirements)

• The bulk of clinical work will be within a Consultant Led team based at your designated Hospital Site. This is based on Inpatient ward but could also be based in Community mental health teams.
• The LED post holder will be expected to accumulate their own outpatient load from new referrals and help out with known patients in outpatients and pick up ongoing patient management through the community teams as appropriate.
• The LED is expected to contribute to the bio psychosocial model of care with the other members of the multi-disciplinary team. This includes history taking, mental state examination of all patients and the physical examination of outpatients where appropriate. The treatments may be physical, pharmacological, psychological and social as appropriate. There is a strong emphasis on the recovery model, and as such the trainee will be encouraged to formulate management plans accordingly.

Academic Activities

The weekly educational programme of centralised conferences, journal clubs, outside speakers, interview skills training. There is a university run MRCPsych course available in Manchester. There is a myriad of training opportunities with funding for study leave where appropriate.

This job description is not exhaustive but is intended to give an overall picture of the role. Other duties within the general scope of the post may be required from time to time. The duties of the post and job description can be reviewed through the agreed process.

General Duties of all post holders

• To undertake any other reasonable duty, which is appropriate to the band, when requested by Senior Staff
• To be familiar with and comply with all Trust and departmental policies, procedures, protocols and guidelines
• To be aware of and work towards the Trusts strategic goals