Consultant in General Adult Psychiatry - Southampton Liaison inSouthampton inSouthampton PUBLISHED
WED 30 OCT 2024
Role responsibilities include offering clinical leadership and support within a multidisciplinary team (MDT) that operates 24/7 across the hospital’s Emergency Department, Acute Medical Unit, and wards. The successful candidates will collaborate with other consultants, undergoing regular training, and working alongside a team of doctors-in-training, nurses, and psychologists, while an administrative team backs their efforts. The roles provide opportunities to further advance in a supportive setting, ensuring high-quality mental health care for hospitalized patients.
We are seeking for two enthusiastic Consultant Psychiatrists to join our Liaison Psychiatry team.
Our team works in a large acute Trust with several tertiary services. We work closely with our acute colleagues to provide holistic care for patients with mental health needs who are admitted to the hospital. We diagnose and manage patients with a wide range of mental health problems who have physical morbidities, and support teams to manage patients with multiple, long term chronic health conditions. The team is funded for a total of 5.0 WTE consultants with doctors-in-training, a team of nurse practitioners and liaison psychology as part of the department.
Post 1 - Consultant General Adult Liaison Psychiatrist with a special interest in substance use disorders 8 PA post withtwo sessions within this job for a special interest in Substance Use Disorders Psychiatry.
Post 2 - Consultant General Adult Liaison Psychiatrist & Education Lead for Liaison Psychiatry Team 8 PA post with two sessions within this job to act as Education Lead for the department, supporting our existing Education Team.
The post-holder will be based at based at Southampton General Hospital, University Southampton Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
www.jobsincare.com/job/jbnsS0CE post holder will be appointed by Southern Health Foundation Trust (the mental health trust) but in addition have an honorary contract with University Hospitals Southampton NHS Trust (the acute trust).
This post is part of a liaison psychiatry MDT service covering the whole hospital (Emergency Department, Acute Medical Unit and wards), working alongside adult liaison consultants and old age liaison consultants. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing clinical leadership and consultant input into the Adult Liaison Psychiatry team. There is opportunity to develop a special interest in an area of the medical Trust (e.g. surgery, medicine, obstetrics) according to the areas of interest for the post-holder.
The general adult liaison psychiatry team has an established 24/7 practitioner cover. We have an established Band 7 triage model to maintain good performance in meeting the CORE 24 standards. We work as an MDT including consultant psychiatrists, doctors-in-training, liaison psychologists, and nurses; as well as a well staffed admin team including a dedicated medical secretary.
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Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.
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