Specialty Doctor - CAMHS Eating Disorders

at  Active Care Group

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We’d like you to join us as a Specialty Doctor at Ivetsey Bank Hospital working on the Wedgewood Ward.
Active Care Group are seeking to employ a Specialty Doctor with in-patient experience to support the MDT of Wedgewood Ward (a six bedded eating disorder ward). The site based medical team will be made up of two and a half employed consultants and three specialty doctors, alongside already established MDT members.

Clinical

• Supporting the multidisciplinary team that undertakes screening assessments for admissions to the service.
• Supporting the multidisciplinary team in the care and treatment of our patients, including weekly ward round review, risks assessment and ongoing treatment plans
• Lead on the physical health assessment of newly admitted patients and liaise with primary and secondary care services as required.
• Attend family meetings, case review meetings and discharge planning meetings as required
• Ensure clinical documentation is robust and up to date, including the completion of timely discharge and transfer summaries.
• Practise evidence-based care through national standards and guidelines
• Engage in supervision with designated Consultant colleagues
• Prepare for and participate in external reviews (CQC and Quality Network reviews)
• Participation in on-call rota (1 in 3)

Management

• Attendance and contribution to the hospital wide Clinical Governance Group (monthly)
• Attendance, and contribution to, the group wide Mental Health Clinical Governance Group (quarterly).
• Participate in service development, through research, innovation and local audit.
• Continue strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, particularly our partners in the NHS (as all beds are ICB funded)
• Engagement in National Networks
• Ongoing personal development through CPD and annual appraisal (and adhering to the GMCs Good Medical Practice
• Regular review of prescribing practices in conjunction with Ashtons E-Prescribing reports and engagement with Ashtons site based pharmacist.