Specialty Doctor (Oak Ward) Roles & responsibilities - Under supervision of a consultant

Oak Ward (Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit) is a 12 bedded acute assessment unit for adults of working age (male only) based at Kingfisher Court in Radlett. The Specialty Doctor will work 10 PAs with full-time Consultant Psychiatrist, 1 Speciality resident doctor and one Foundation Year 2 Trainee who are all based at Oak Ward.
The post holder will work in a well-established multidisciplinary team, providing senior clinical input into the integrated acute care pathway. Psychiatric intensive care is for patients who are in an acutely disturbed phase of a serious mental disorder. There is an associated loss of capacity for self-control, with a corresponding increase in risk, which does not allow their safe, therapeutic management and treatment in a less acute or a less secure mental health ward. Care and treatment is patient centred, multidisciplinary, intensive and have an immediacy of response to critical clinical and risk situations, Roles & responsibilities - Under supervision of a consultant
The successful candidate would contribute to clinical effectiveness of well-established team. In addition to medical staff as above, the team consists of: Clinical modern matron, team leader, registered psychiatric nurses, healthcare assistants, Occupational therapists, psychologist, recreational workers, ward clerk and team secretary.

Ward rounds
Assessment, diagnosis, formulation and review of management plans for service users. Flexibly review and re-assess service users to assess their response to treatment and their readiness to access other parts of Acute Care Pathway.
Mental Health Act Work
Meeting the requirements of emergency work, MHA assessments, and assessments of capacity, Community Treatment Orders. Presenting evidence at MHA Tribunals and Hospital Managers Hearings Maintain AC Status and attend relevant training., Make decisions in consultation with team members, service users and carers.
Follow Trust Policy
Know Policy relevant to the role, follow it and support other members of the multidisciplinary team to do so also.
Provide Clinical Leadership to the Team
Regular or ad hoc supervision on clinical matters with member of the team. Maintain high clinical standards and develop the skills of the team. Lead a culture of high quality clinical care. Explore new innovations in delivering care.
Liaison
Maintain good working relationships with primary and secondary care colleagues. Communicate clearly and responsively about patient care.
Physical Health
Ensure physical health monitoring, monitoring for metabolic complications related to medication, Lithium monitoring, and adherence to the Clozapine protocols., HPFT is committed to being an equal opportunities employer and in order to reflect the diversity of its population, positively encourages applications from all areas of the community. We aim to be a representative organisation with regards to age, disability, ethnicity, gender, beliefs and sexual orientation and are fully committed to equality, diversity and human rights and encourage applications from all sections of the community including users of mental health services.
The Trust is committed to helping staff balance work and home life and welcomes applications from candidates wishing to work part-time or under flexible working arrangements.
Infection Control
All our staff will need to comply with current Infection Prevention and Control measures which could include wearing a mask on all our Trust sites and in all roles

Working for our organisation
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an exceptional organisation with big ambitions, our aim it to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disabilities within the UK.
With a workforce of over 4,300 people and an annual income of some £330 million this year, the Trust provides integrated health and social care services through a network of community and inpatient settings, serving diverse communities across Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hertfordshire and Norfolk. As a University NHS Foundation Trust, HPFT continues to develop strong links with the University of Hertfordshire, providing excellent learning and development opportunities, as well as strengthening our clinical research capability., Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is rated by the Care Quality Commission as an Outstanding provider of mental health and learning disability services. In 2021, we won the prestigious Health Service Journal award for Mental Health Trust of the Year, with the judges saying they were "blown away" by our people's achievements and that everything they saw "sings and hums". This year, our staff rated us the 4^th best mental health and learning disability trust to work for out of all 52 trusts in the country. Our staff tell us that they are proud to be part of the HPFT team, proud of the standard of care we provide and proud that service users are our top priority. Our people tell us they feel supported though a great development, wellbeing and work-life balance offer and a highly compassionate, values-driven culture. We are equally proud of our staff, who live our values of being welcoming, kind, positive, respectful and
professional so that together we provide great care and great outcomes for our service users and carers.
If you would like to join a team to be proud of and you share our values and passion for great care and outcomes for our service users and carers, we would love to hear from you.