LAS Higher Trainee in Psychiatry

Job description

Job responsibilities

When based at the in-patient ward, you will ensure that all new patients admitted under your teams care are fully assessed, including an assessment of their physical state, so that a preliminary formulation of their problems is made. All in-patients should be reassessed as necessary. This is mainly the responsibility of the CT but needs to be managed by the team. The ST is delegated to chair the ward rounds in the absence of the Consultant. You will represent the team at tribunals and managers hearings for detained patients and carry out MHAs on ward patients. You will maintain accurate, legible, contemporaneous and useful clinical records for all patients in whose care you are involved.

Many of the patients have acute exacerbations of complex chronic mental health problems. This may include treatment resistant depression and schizophrenia, fragile bipolar disorders, chronic anxiety disorders and co-morbid conditions including personality disorders and substance misuse. These patients often require a thorough assessment, review of their diagnosis and commencing more complex treatment plans.

Under the supervision of a clinical supervisor, you will prescribe pharmacological and psychosocial treatments for the patients that you are working with. You will refer them promptly to other professionals as directed by your clinical supervisors. You will also arrange for the core trainee to follow-up abnormal physical signs and results of investigation including arranging for repeat investigations according to patients needs and the psychotropic medications they are prescribed (for instance antipsychotics and on-going assessment of lipids, glucose, weight and prolactin).

You will see patients who require urgent psychiatric assessment including Mental Health Act assessments during daytime duties within the units and when you are on-call. You will assist in managing medical conditions and medical emergencies for in-patients. You will provide advice to CTs on-call and discuss these with on-call consultants as necessary. You will be part of the trust S12 daytime rota.

Please refer to job descriptions.

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential

• Full and current GMC registration
• MRCPsych
• Evidence of CPD

Desirable

• Section 12 Approved

Experience

Essential

• Previous experience in General Adult Psychiatry and Community Mental Health Teams.
• Previous experience in working with Adults and Older Adults
• Previous working knowledge of UK hospital/Mental Health service systems
• Working in multidisciplinary teams

Desirable

• Undertaking clinical audit and clinical governance and potential to lead on this
• Undertaking research projects
• Experience of teaching Medical students.

Skills & Abilities

Essential

• Ability to carry out comprehensive psychiatric assessments and set up as well as implement simple initial Treatment plans.
• Teaching skills for students and multi-professional staff.
• Excellent communications skills in English. Ability to effectively liaise with a range of multi-professional agencies in the overall co-ordination of patient care.
• Assessment of complex acute cases involving a range of Acute Mental illness, severe and enduring mental illness psychosocial difficulties, risk/safeguarding issues and co-morbid drug dependence.
• Basic IT skills/literacy

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust

Address

St Pancras Hospital

London

NW1 0PE

Employer's website

https://www.candi.nhs.uk/careers (Opens in a new tab)