Specialty Doctor in Adult Psychiatry Community AO Pathway

We are recruiting for a part-time Specialty Doctor post for our Hillingdon Community Mental Health Team.

The successful candidate will be a dedicated and enthusiastic doctor. This is a new Speciality Doctor post within the Hillingdon Mental Health Team with a specific focus on difficult to reach patients. It will be part of the Assertive Outreach Pathway (AO pathway) which will be fully integrated within the Community Hubs.

Main duties of the job

1.Provide high-quality psychiatric assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning, and ongoing medical care for adults with severe and enduring mental illness, particularly those who are disengaged, have additional comorbidity, high risk, or non-adherent with treatment.

2.Manage a defined medical caseload, supervised by consultant psychiatrists (RC) working within Hillingdon Community MH Hubs, within the Assertive Outreach Pathway, and working closely with the multidisciplinary team in each Hub.

3. Undertake regular clinical reviews (clinic reviews and home visits), including mental state examinations, risk assessment, physical health monitoring, insight improvement and review of treatment response, ensuring care is evidence-based, and recovery-focused.

4.Provide middle-grade medical leadership within the Assertive Outreach pathway, contributing to MDT meetings, huddles, and zoning discussions, and offering clinical oversight on risk management and medication optimisation.

5. The formulation of specialist opinion and writing of psychiatric reports under the supervision of the Consultant Psychiatrist

Hillingdon Mental Health Service

Hillingdon's mental health services have benefited from investment in the facilities for users and staff.

In 1990, the Woodland Centre was opened as the centre for all mental health services for older people. It contained 24 in-patient beds (Oak Tree) for assessment of functional illness and dementia. There was also an intermediate care ward. At present the 2 wards are merged and there is a total of 18 inpatient beds, with a stand-alone Memory Service and Older Adult CMHT which has a small Home Treatment Service as part of the team. The service also provides for younger patients with progressive organic brain syndromes.

The Riverside Centre provides a light, airy, restful environment with its use of colour and light woods. It comprises a busy Therapies Department including a varied Occupational Therapy programme and psychological therapies. There are two acute mental health wards. The wards were named after the local rivers in each area, Crane (female) and Frays (male). The wards provide some beds for specialties, for example, for patients with acute mental illness and learning disabilities, under a Consultant who also works with the Community Team for People with Learning Disabilities.

£63,696 to £102,689 a year plus London weighting of £2,162.00 per annum pro rata