Specialty Doctor

Job overview

Specialty Doctor (ST equivalent) in inpatient General Adult Psychiatry – Evans ward, Clare ward, Virginia Woolf Ward – three posts available

The jobs will involve providing input for: a male inpatient ward in (Evans ward, Clare ward) or a female inpatient ward (Virginia Woolf ward)

All the teams will have a full complement of MDT staff including a Consultant Psychiatrist, one middle grade Doctor (ST level) and two CT/Trust grade doctors per ward (including these roles).

For further details please refer to attached advertisement.

Main duties of the job

Management of the day-to-day case load of the ward

• Assessing new patients and management of all patients admitted to the ward. The applicant must be able to conduct in depth informed clinical interviews, to be able to do mental state assessments, risk assessments (with risk management plan – supported by team Consultant and MDT colleagues), general physical examination and request relevant investigations like ECG, Bloods and formulate appropriate treatment plans with the clinical team and support their implementation.
• Attending daily team hand over and other clinical meetings and twice weekly ward rounds

For further details please refer to attached JD

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Carrying out risk assessments and formulating appropriate risk management plans
• Formulating care plans and carrying out treatment interventions as appropriate
• Safe prescribing and recording of drug information.
• Physical health monitoring of patients –including carrying out physical examination and investigations as appropriate.
• Post holder will be required to do necessary documentation in the patient’s electronic notes and liaise with the ward multidisciplinary team and the Consultant as well as other services including carers and relatives, to optimise care.
• You may be required to make referrals to other services and complete discharge and other relevant documentation in a timely manner.
• Liaising with GP’s and various other professionals/ teams within and outside SLAM including with social services, DVLA and the Voluntary sector.

For further details please refer to attached JD.