Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Specialty Doctor Psychiatrist in Addictions

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Job summary

Do you want to work in an enthusiastic team with a robust MDT delivering addiction treatment?

CNWL is seeking an enthusiastic and committed specialty doctor in our Brent service.

The post holder is an integral part of a large team that includes a consultant psychiatrist, psychiatry trainees, nurses, social workers, recovery practitioners and outreach workers.

We are looking for an enthusiastic doctor who has no difficulty working with this marginalised patient group and is able to work collaboratively within a dynamic, innovative service and with our partner agencies.

Main duties of the job

The service works within health promotion, recovery and harm reduction philosophies, providing a range of services including initiation and maintenance of substitute prescribing medication and reduction/detoxification. The service provides structured keyworking and specialist interventions relating to opiate, stimulant, benzodiazepine and alcohol users, frequently in the context of poly-substance use and mental / physical health comorbidity.

About us

Central & North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL) is one of the largest NHS Trusts in the UK, caring for people with a wide range of physical and mental health needs.We have approximately 7,000 staff that provide healthcare to a third of London's population and across wider geographical areas, including Milton Keynes, Kent and Surrey.

CNWL's Addiction Directorate is a large, well-established, multidisciplinary NHS provider offering a wide range of high-quality addictions services to the diverse and multicultural population of London and Milton Keyes. In addition to borough-based addiction treatment services, we also provide a club drug clinic, as well as gambling and gaming addiction services.

We provide services to the residents of 6 London boroughs: Brent, Ealing, Hillingdon and Hounslow, Kensington & Chelsea, Westminster as well as Milton Keynes. Our addictions treatment services offer recovery-focussed interventions within vibrant community-based multi-disciplinary teams and in partnership with non-statutory providers

Date posted

12 August 2022

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Specialty Doctor

Salary

£50,373 to £78,759 a year Plus £2162 London high cost allowance

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

333-D-AD-SA-0003-A

Job locations

Recovery Intervention Services Ealing (RISE)

99-103 The Broadway

Uxbridge

W13 9BP

Job description

Job responsibilities

To work as a member of the multi-disciplinary team and participate in patient assessment and the delivery and evaluation of treatment. Responsibilities include assessment of new patients, review of existing patients and planning treatment with keyworkers.

To be responsible for day-to-day medical assessment and decision-making.

To liaise closely with patients keyworkers, who will be primarily responsible for co-ordinating their care. The post holder may be required to hold a small caseload, although the post holder will primarily review existing patients collaboratively with their allocated keyworker. Follow-up reviews may be facilitated should the patients presentation change or require a care plan review.

To provide clinical advice to team members on a 1:1 basis and within MDT meetings.

To manage patients undergoing detoxification (either community or inpatient) for drug and/or alcohol dependence.

To initiate, stabilise and maintain patients on opiate substitute treatment (OST).

To undertake mental health reviews on patients.

To provide health care appropriate to the patients physical needs and make appropriate referrals to medical colleagues.

To provide support to designated and prospective Non-Medical Prescribers and work with the Addictions Lead Nurse to develop these roles and relevant governance arrangements.

To participate in providing training to staff at New Beginnings as well as students (medical, nursing and social work) attending the service.

To liaise closely and communicate effectively with colleagues in statutory and non-statutory services concerning the treatment and management of our patients. This includes colleagues in settings such as primary care, the Acute Trust, mental health services, Adult Social Care and the Probation Service.

To regularly sign prescriptions, usually generated in batches and for controlled drug medications, adhering to CNWLs Medicines Policy.

To ensure that patients are assigned ICD-10 diagnostic coding and that these are properly recorded on the electronic patient record.

To contribute to the completion of serious incident reports as required.

To contribute to the completion of coroners reports as required.

To support the service in achieving key performance indicators in accordance with Public Health Englands National Drug Treatment Monitoring Service (NDTMS).

To maintain comprehensive contemporaneous documentation on the Trusts electronic patient record (SystmOne).

General Duties

To deputise for absent colleagues when required.

To fulfil the Trusts mandatory and statutory training requirements.

To adhere to the Trust's policies and guidelines.

To assume an active part in creating and revising clinical protocols and service information leaflets.

To participate in regular training events within the service, within the Trust and outside the Trust.

To participate in research, quality improvement, training sessions and clinical meetings.

To take part in local care quality and performance management initiatives.

The post holder may be required to undertake additional duties in the event of occasional emergencies and unforeseen circumstances.

The post holder may be required to work at other sites within the Trust in order to meet the needs of the Trusts services. Any significant changes to the job role will be subject to consultation.