Consultant Psychiatrist | Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

The Consultant will be responsible for undertaking admissions assessments for Hazelwood Clinic and providing necessary Psychiatric reports to courts and mental health review tribunals.

The Bracton and Memorial Consultants are included in the local Consultancy Rota and are expected to provide reports for local risk assessments and consultancy.

The service follows the recovery model of care. The units aim to provide a safe place, support and care so people can recover and move back to the community as soon as possible.

The job plan will be 7.5 PAs DCC and 2.5 SPAs, with job planning details agreed following discussions with Clinical Director and Medical Lead, Dr Harneet Hundal.

The Consultant will provide highly specialised clinical care, function independently and within a clinical team, providing expert advice to ensure the needs of the patient are met by leading, challenging and changing practice within the clinical setting.

Maintain approval to act in the role of Responsible Clinician, as defined in the Mental Health Act 1983 revision 2007, and hold accountability for the delivery of care and clinical decisions made.

Provide safe and effective RC cover as defined by the role and service needs.

Undertake independent comprehensive assessment and management of patients to incorporate psychiatric, physiological, psychological and pharmacological considerations, making multifaceted complex clinical decisions regarding patient management and clinical outcomes, including, discharging patients from the service when treatment is complete/optimum outcome is achieved.,

• Providing psychiatric leadership within a multi-disciplinary team to provide a highly developed specialist assessment, including risk assessments, formulation and formulating evidence based and trauma informed therapeutic patient tailored interventions and risk managements.


• Exercise the role of Responsible Clinician, adhering to the MHA and MHA code of practice including preparing for and attending mental health act review tribunals.


• Taking a lead in clinical governance in the team, contributing to directorate wide issues and engaging in various medical advisory committees and other committees as may be necessary. To initiate and implement service developments and projects within designated areas of Trust services.


• Ensure treatment of patients in accordance with acceptable and established standards, protocols and guidelines (including NICE, Royal College of Psychiatrists and the General Medical Council


• Ensuring the involvement of families and carers, wherever possible, with the patients' consent in treatment planning and care.
  
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