Locum Specialty Doctor in Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team

at  Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust

The specialty doctor posts were created to support the development of the Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team (CRHTT) in Oxfordshire.
The CRHTT is a key component of mental health provision in Oxfordshire. The CRHTT sits in the Oxfordshire Mental Health Urgent Care Pathway which comprises of: Emergency Department Psychiatric Service – EDPS, Police ‘street’ Triage, Ambulance Triage, Night Assessment Team, Safe Haven services (provided by Oxfordshire Mind in Oxford and Banbury). Th
OHFT mental health urgent care works in close collaboration with other community mental health provision, Inpatient Services and wider system partners including Thames Valley Police, South Central Ambulance Service, the Oxfordshire Mental Health Partnership (OMHP) organisations (Response, Mind, Elmore, Connections and Restore), Oxford University Hospitals NHS FT and primary care services. CRHTT services are now widespread across the UK and provide a genuine alternative to hospital care and treatment. The key components of CRHTT in Oxfordshire will be:
Crisis response (emergency assessments and reviews)
Intensive home treatment characterized by the availability of multiple visits each day which are of a length and content to allow for specialist psycho-social intervention to be delivered
Gate-keeping admissions to psychiatric beds
Enabling early discharge from psychiatric admission
This is an exciting opportunity to work the new Crisis resolution and Home treatment team.
The post-holder’s line-manager will be Dr Lola Martos, Associate Medical Director. The post-holder will have key working relationships with Dr Michael Rufus, current locum consultant in the team.
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as good by the CQC. We have a relatively new Chief executive Dr Nick Broughton and Chief medical Officer Dr Karl Marlowe who are both keen to bring our rating up to excellent. The Oxfordshire Mental Health Partnership is an exciting partnership that formally brings together six local mental health organizations from the NHS and the charity sector: Connection Floating Support, Elmore Community Services, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford shire Mind, Response and Restore. The aim is to work much more closely with each other and with people who have mental health problems to make it easier for people to get the best possible support when they need it.
Under the supervision and direction of the consultant, the post holder will be responsible for:
Assessment and brief follow up of referrals to the team, liaison with relatives/carers, other professionals and the wider MDT. Liaison with other teams and attendance at meetings will also be necessary.
Providing timely written correspondence to relevant professionals documenting assessments, ongoing management, progress, and discharge letters using Trust IT and clinical records system – training will be provided where needed.
Active commitment to delivering the Trust’s clinical governance agenda. The AMHT has its own governance agenda including audit, quality, patient experience, learning from incidents, patient safety initiatives and interrogation of data.
Contribution to developing and delivering improved clinical services as outlined in the National Service Framework for Mental Health and Long term Plan.
The post holders will be expected to contribute to the collection of data as required by the Trust and other relevant agencies. This includes the timely recording of clinical activity data, and participation in clinical audit - with appropriate administrative support.
The post holders will be expected to participate in and attend local teaching and training for specialty doctors and the wider medical community.
The post holder will be expected to help triage referrals and attend MHA assessments and therefore S12 approval (or the ability to apply for it) is essential

Please refer the Job description for details