Memory Clinic Specialty Doctor

at  Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust

The Trust is seeking a specialty doctor to join our established multi professional team at Memory Clinic at Coltman Street, Hull.
The service provides Memory services for the local population of Hull and East Yorkshire commissioned by the NHS Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (ICB) Humber and North Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership This is an Assessment and Diagnostic Service only. There are Nurse prescribers who also prescribe Cognitive enhancers along with Consultant Psychiatrist.
The established team works collaboratively and with clinical expertise as a multi-disciplinary team including nursing, psychology and occupational therapy.
This is an integral post in the delivery of multi professional memory services to older people across Hull and the East Riding. Based at our Coltman Street unit in Hull the post holder will have clinical responsibility for diagnosing complex cases, formulation, prescription of Cognitve Enhancers, reviewing CT Scan results and informing GPs if there are physical health problems. The Speciality Doctor will work under supervision initially from consultant with nursing and Psychology services to provide an Assessment Service. This is for 10 sessions.
The post holder will join an established team of Specialist Consultant Psychiatrists in Old Age alongside a wider established network of consultants covering all sub-specialities. There is weekly teaching and weekly peer-group events to support professional and personal development.
We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website
We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.
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Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.
We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.
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As a Specialty Doctor working in the Memory Clinic, you will have responsibility for the provision of safe and effective care and treatment. You will share the vision of integrated and multi-disciplinary working and actively engage in the development of the service through research and support.
The post holder would be expected to be approved as a Responsible Clinician or be willing to undertake training to obtain Section 12(2) MHA and will be expected to renew this approval according to agreed procedures.
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