Consultant Psychiatrist N

NSTEP Consultant – Full Time

An opportunity has arisen for an NSTEP Consultant on a full time basis.

NSTEP is a countywide service with a north and south team. The teams work as one service to deliver NICE concordant care to service users as per national EIP standards. The service continues to develop and expand with a recent EIP successful funding bid to enable this.

N-STEP accepts all referrals for people aged 14‑65 with first episode psychosis or suspected psychosis. This is made with consideration of the individual’s needs and risk.

• Provide consultant input to the Early intervention Team (N-STEP team South).
• Jointly assess and manage urgent, routine and complex cases, including new referral assessments within the south N-STEP service, working with an enthusiastic and experienced multidisciplinary team.
• Play a key role with patients on CTOs and be the first point of contact for potential MHA assessments for the team. Attend tribunal meetings when patients are on CTOs. The average number of CTOs across the service in the last 3 years (2020 & 2021) has been 4‑6 (2‑4% of the overall EIP caseload).

The job description is subject to Royal College of Psychiatry approval.

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools.

We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be ‘outstanding’ by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.

For further details / informal visits contact:
Name:
Das Purkayastha Debasish

Job title:

Clinical Director
Email address: debasis