Specialty Doctor - Adult Psychiatry - North Community

Specialty Doctor - Older Adult Psychiatry - North Manchester Community

This is a new post designed to support the North Manchester CMHT. The duties of the post are for the care of patients in the North Manchester locality.

This post has part-time responsibility for service users living in the North Locality of Manchester. The post provides a service within the locality with Dr Arun Kaimal and Dr Baek. The specialty doctor has a senior role for the CMHT in providing support to residents in this locality. There are weekly allocation meetings that allow the allocation of work between the consultants and with CMHT members.

The meeting also reviews the management of patients from the sector. There is a weekly Memory Assessment MDT meeting where the consultant will review feedback from nurses who have undertaken the first stage of an assessment and the MDT will agree next stages of patient management. The team and consultant will work with a specific group of GP practices.

The post holder will work with the CMHT in accepting referrals from the defined General Practitioners within the locality using the agreed referral criteria, provided that the patient is resident in North Manchester. Referrals will also be accepted from General Practitioners outside Manchester CCG area where their patient is a Manchester resident. It is expected that a strong model of team working will be maintained.

The 65 + population of the North Manchester area is 18,000 and the specialty Dr will provide a responsive service to those with older adult needs in North Manchester.

Clinical role The post holder would join the clinical team that currently supports North Manchester. The base would be at Hexagon Towers, and they will be supervised by Dr Kaimal.

The post holder will liaise with the other medical colleagues within the North Manchester area and support the community team with clinical activity that covers meetings, CPAs, professionals' meetings, and other Mental Health Act related activity.

The post holder will review patients presenting to MATs clinics and complete home visits for MATS and CMHT patients.

The post holder will be expected to Diagnose and formulate management plans with supervision as required.

Work in partnership with local GPs

Work in a collaborative way with multidisciplinary teams including external partners.

Assessment and management of risk including of vulnerability, suicide risk, risks to health and safety and risk of harm to others.

The post holder will be professionally accountable to his/her clinical supervisor and the Clinical Director (Dr M Javeed) and operationally accountable to the Head of Operations (Grace Johnson).

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7000 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 122 locations.

We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford,Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.

Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.

Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.

Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.

Training, educational, and academic duties

The post holder will provide input and supervision to undergraduates who will be attending sessions as part of Manchester undergraduate programme.

The post holder will be encouraged to attend the weekly MRCPsych teaching course at least 4 times a year. This is the weekly academic course for trainees which combines a case conference, journal club, and expert teaching. The post holder will also be encouraged to attend training for Specialty Doctors organised by the Trust and HEE.

They will be involved in undergraduate teaching for medical students from Manchester University Medical School. There will be an opportunity for involvement in Themed Case Discussions and to become an OSCE examiner.

The post holder will be given the opportunity to apply for Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration (CESR) or go into higher training and will be provided with access to the required training for these.
Clinical governance and quality improvement

The post holder is expected to contribute to clinical governance.

It is expected that the post holder will participate in clinical audit and quality improvement projects.

It is expected that the post holder will participate in service evaluation and the planning of future service developments.

Undertake the administrative duties…