Consultant in Liaison Psychiatry

The post holder will support the Liaison Team with input to Ysbyty Glan Clwyd, the local DGH. Starting from the single point of access, liaison nursing staff will screen referrals and allocate appropriately to adult, older adult or alcohol liaison Band 6 nurses. Sometimes assessments are carried out jointly including with the team Occupational Therapist or Specialty doctor. The post holder will help with assessments where required and supervise assessments helping with diagnosis/formulation of patients' problems and ensuring a clear management plan is available and well documented in patients' notes and communicated with the relevant teams.

Ensuring an updated management plan is available for all patients open to the liaison team would be an important function of the daily board round. On average the liaison team receives approximately 300 referrals per month with equal distribution between day-time and night-time referrals. All of these referrals will be seen by the Nursing team, overseen by the post holder.

General Duties

To manage, appraise and give professional supervision to junior medical staff as agreed between consultant colleagues and the medical director and in accordance with the Health Board's personnel policies and procedures. This may include assessing competences under the Modernising Medical Careers framework.