Consultant Psychiatrist, South Somerset CMHT Yeovil

We are seeking a full time, permanent Consultant to work as part of a team of three community consultants covering the South Somerset area (Yeovil East, Yeovil West and Chard). There is an established associate specialist who will work alongside the consultant. This post provides senior psychiatric input to the Yeovil West part of the community mental health team, which is aligned to 5 of the 20 GP surgeries in the Yeovil area. The consultants work to a functional model following a community/inpatient split. The GP population catchment area for Yeovil West CMHT is 45,162 which is within Royal College recommendations. The working pattern is 9-5, Monday to Friday There is in an after hours senior doctor rota of 1:11 which candidate could request to join but is optional

Routine and urgent referrals from GPs and other sources are dealt with through a single point of access. Referrals are processed through a streaming meeting and more complex cases may come to a Local leadership Group (LLG) meeting. Referrals for doctors can be reviewed individually by the doctor to ensure good practice. Medical staff take a proportion of referrals as clinically indicated either for joint assessment with a team member or more usually as individual outpatient assessments. The average number of new referrals to the South Somerset Team (East and West) is 3623 per year. The consultant caseload will include patients with SMI, complex cases with medical comorbidities, diagnostic assessments, joint worked cases, cases with specific medication supervision requirements, ADHD with significant comorbidity. This is a 1 in 11 rota operating 5pm to 9am on weekdays; at weekends the rota operates from 9am on Saturday morning to 9am on Monday morning.The post-holder can opt to join the senior out-of-hours on-call rotasubject to availability This rota provides senior medical cover including Responsible Clinician duties to all the in-patient wards in the Trust. If the doctor does not have AC approval cover for this can be arranged. It therefore covers all inpatient services. Hence it includes duties for patients within the following specialties: general adult, old age, rehabilitation and learning disability.