Specialty Doctor General Adult Psychiatry Home Treatment Team
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Job summary
We are proud to announce that Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust has achieved a 'Good' overall rating from the Care Quality Commission (CQC). The overall 'Good' rating is a result of a strong focus on patients, service users and their families, and commitment to continual learning and improvement.
We are the main provider of specialist mental health care in Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich and have developed a comprehensive portfolio of services in community and hospital settings. We also provide specialist forensic mental health care across south east London and in Kent Prisons.
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust as a valued Specialty Doctor based at the Woodlands Unit, Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup, providing medical input into the Home Treatment Tream.
At Oxleas we understand that Speciality Doctor applicant's will be seeking further professional development and career progression. Building on the Trust's history of helping Speciality Doctors progress onto CT1 training, pass MRCPsych CASC exams and obtain successful CESR applications; Dr Yogesh Ganeshalingam - Consultant Psychiatrist and Trust Specialty doctor tutor will arrange to meet you as part of your induction to the Trust in order to gain an understanding of your career and development goals and provide on-going support.
Other benefits include discounted gym membership across all of the boroughs in which we offer services and a lease car scheme.
Main duties of the job
The home treatment team is a busy multidisciplinary service providing acute treatment to adult patients with a range of mental health diagnoses and psychosocial stressors from across the Borough of Bexley. The Trust has an older adults HTT covering those over the age of 65, but all the three boroughs' adult mental health HTTs support this, and at times some patients on the caseload will be >65 years of age. The caseload size varies, and is not capped, but will typically be in the region of about thirty patients, with a relatively fluid and fast turnover comparable to most HTTs.
The post-holder will work with other members of the MDT, including nursing, psychology, social work, and support workers, monitoring individuals' safety, providing a range of social, psychological, and medication based interventions, and working closely with families and carers.
It works closely with the unit's two inpatient wards, Lesney and Millbrook, assisting the unit's management team with their active bed-management programme, facilitating early discharge, and with community teams to help prevent unnecessary hospital admission. The post holder will provide, working with team colleagues, rapid medical assessments of mental state and risk, where appropriate, assist with formulating and diagnosing patients' difficulties in a holistic manner, and instigate appropriate care packages.
About us
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people living in South East London and Kent and to people in prison. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,000 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, children's centres, schools and people's homes. We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations across the London Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent and manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital in Woolwich as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are one of the largest providers of prison health services providing healthcare to prisoners across Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
- We're Kind
- We're Fair
- We Listen
- We Care
Details
Date posted
08 February 2022
Pay scheme
Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade
Specialty Doctor
Salary
£45,124 to £77,519 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
277-3882920-SW
Job locations
Woodlands Unit
Queen Mary's Hospital
Sidcup
DA14 6LT
Employer details
Employer name
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Woodlands Unit
Queen Mary's Hospital
Sidcup
DA14 6LT
Employer's website
http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Consultant Psychiatrist Home Treatment Team
Dr Annalisa Giordano
02038895143
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