Consultant Old Age Psychiatrist

Job summary

This is an exciting time to join RDASH and in particular the Doncaster Care Group as one of the Consultant Psychiatrists serving the older people's mental health services. You will be working closely with community mental health teams, an experienced nurse consultant, specialty doctor and multi - disciplinary team. You will have the opportunity to case manage your own functional inpatients.

Following a recent re - structure of the older people's services in Doncaster, there are now two main localities, each combining two sub-localities, served by a community mental health team (CMHT). These are North - East (NE), and South - Central (SC). The post holder will serve one of the sub-localities ie North/East/South or Central.

The caseload numbers for the localities are very similar (May 2024).

South 385; North 372; Central 233; East 386.

Each of the two main localities (NE and SC) are also served by a Nurse Consultant, a full - time specialty doctor, as well as a full multi - disciplinary team. The older adult CMHTs liaise regularly and closely with the one, 20 - bedded, inpatient unit (Windermere) located on Tickhill Road Site, to ensure safe flow of all patients into and from the unit. The inpatient unit also has a dedicated nurse consultant for all organic inpatients, and a full MDT, including psychology input.

Main duties of the job

• The post-holder will be expected to support the multi-professional teams to determine need and deliver care across the range of community and care settings served by the mental health teams.
• To work closely with the Community Mental Health Teams to provide a psychiatric service to the patients who require psychiatric care from the catchment population. The post holder will have continued responsibility for the care of the patients in his or her charge and the proper functioning of their team. This includes the administrative duties associated with the care of the patient and the running of their clinical team.
• The post holder is expected to work in both organic and functional aspects of mental health services for older adults. The post holder will case manage their own, functional inpatients.
• To provide medical leadership, consultation, advice, and guidance within the Community Mental Health Teams, ensuring that care and treatment are safe and effective, efficient and within national guidelines.
• To provide medical assessment, diagnosis, and formulation to appropriate patients. On completion of assessment, advise on diagnosis and treatment within the teams and to external service providers.
• To provide medical care to patients with severe mental health problems requiring enhanced care coordination..

About us

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 3700 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.

We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.

We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values.

To find out more about working for RDaSH and the fantastic benefits we offer visit our website:

https://workwithrdash.co.uk/

We are committed to inclusive cultures and really value people in our organisation, view our Allyship video on YouTube to find out more:

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