Consultant Mental Health Old Age Psychiatrist

This is an exciting time to join RDASH & in particular the Doncaster Care Group, as one of the Consultant Psychiatrists serving Older People's Mental Health services. You will have the opportunity to work flexibly across the community mental health teams, the enhanced care home team, as well as the young onset dementia service. You will work closely alongside other consultant psychiatrists, nurse consultants, substantive specialty doctors/multidisciplinary teams. The older people's services in Doncaster cover two main localities, each combining two sub-localities, each served by a community mental health team (CMHT). These are North, South, East & Central. Each of the 2 main localities are served by a Consultant Psychiatrist, a Nurse Consultant & a multidisciplinary team. Two substantive SAS doctor cover two of the sub localities. The older adult CMHTs liaise regularly & closely with the one 20 bedded inpatient unit (Windermere) located on Tickhill Road to ensure safe flow of all patients into & from the unit. If you are an aspiring medical leader, there are some opportunities to add an additional leadership session which can be discussed further with Care Group Director Laura Wiltshire during the application process.

The post-holder will be expected to work in a flexible manner, supporting the multi-professional teams as per determined need & deliver care across the range of older adult community and enhanced care settings served. The post holder will offer and benefit from reciprocal cover for annual & study leave, & other determined circumstances as per clinical need and acuity, and to support professional activities. The post holder will provide some support into the enhanced care home team and support the nurses on diagnosis & management of patients in 24hr care. In addition, the post holder will also work with the young onset dementia service. The post holder will have continued responsibility for the care of the patients in his or her care, which include the administrative duties associated with the care of the patient & the running of the clinical team. The post holder is expected to work in both organic & functional aspects of mental health services for older adults in the community. The post holder will provide flexible medical leadership, consultation, advice & guidance within the community mental health teams, ensuring that care & treatment are safe and effective, efficient and within national guidelines. The post holder will provide medical assessment, diagnosis & formulation to appropriate patients. On completion of assessment, advise on diagnosis and treatment within the teams will be delivered and communicated to relevant referrers.