Consultant Psychiatrist in General Adult Psychiatry - Daisy Ward

at  Barnet Enfield Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust

To manage 18 adult inpatients with a variety of psychiatric diagnoses, many of whom will be detained under a section of the Mental Health Act (MHA) To conduct assessments, request investigations and contribute to formulation of acutely unwell psychiatric inpatients To formulate treatment plans and oversee implementation and evaluation of these treatment plans To contribute to management of patient flow with a view to manage bed capacity effectively and avoid or flag up potential delayed transfers of care To comply with all legal obligations covering clinical practice e.g. Mental Health Act and Code of Practice, safeguarding procedures To complete relevant paperwork, including maintaining the electronic record and participating in routine outcome monitoring of clinical work To teach and supervise medical staff and other professionals in all aspects of psychiatric care To participate in the trust-wide day-time consultant psychiatrist second on-call Rota for Health Based Place of Safety situated at Chase Farm Hospital (1:32) and the trustwide on call rota (see section 20, below). To participate in the daily MDT Meeting and other regular ward or team meetings including staff supervision. To undertake other duties, as negotiated, that contribute to the good functioning of the clinical team.
To take part in weekly Haringey discharge planning meetings and other regular meetings around patient flow involving locality and system colleagues. To provide clinical and professional leadership within the post and take part in management activities and governance processes related to the post or the wider service within which it is embedded. As a senior clinician, to have an integral role in the performance of the team, further development of the service, and the development of the clinical pathways and priorities of the service

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