Specialty Doctor

at  Active Care Group

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We are looking for a Specialty Doctor to join the team at the Kings Norton Hospital in Birmingham. The role is based on the Hope Ward - Male Acute Psychiatry. The role is full time with some on-call requirement.
Kings Norton Hospital in Birmingham supports adults requiring care and treatment for acute mental health conditions across three wards:
Lakeside Ward A 10 bed Acute Mental Health service for women.
Manor Ward A 10 bed Acute Mental Health service for men.
Hope Ward A 12 bed Acute Mental Health service for men.
The service provides high quality intensive treatment in a clinically safe and caring environment.
Our Acute Wards are for patients who need to step down from a PICU setting or who have complex, severe or prolonged mental health issues but do not require a PICU setting. Patients are either admitted formally or voluntarily.

• To provide day to day psychiatric and medical management for patients on their respective ward under the supervision of the Consultant Psychiatrist.
• To admit new patients via a full clerking, including full histories, mental state examinations and physical examinations, organising the necessary investigations and following these up to prepare holistic management plans.
• Presentation of cases in MDT ward rounds and following up the treatment plans.
• To liaise with referrers, family and other organisations involved in patient care.
• Participation in clinical and administrative meetings like case discussions and governance meetings is also expected.
• To participate in first medical on-call rota. Extra days attract further remuneration. The on-call rota is non-residential with expectation that the doctor is able to attend the hospital within 1 hours, when required during on call periods. The hospital also has parallel telephone consultant on-call rota and supervision to support first on call doctors.