Specialty Doctor in Primary Care Liaison Service

Job Overview

The Trust is seeking a Specialty Doctor to join Primary Care Liaison Team (PCLS) team in BaNES. This is a newly created post. The post holder will provide clinical leadership in the team, help triage referrals, assess patients and make recommendations on care, advise colleagues on assessment and management, and provide clinical supervision and management supervision to staff reporting to them.

The post is supported by a Consultant Psychiatrist within the PCLS Team as well as a GP trainee.

The post holder will respond to medication queries from GPs via a digital platform; work collaboratively with other services in BanES to facilitate transitions through the appropriate care pathway; provide leadership to the Team; provide advice to MDT and GPs; attend the PCLS Team MDT meetings whenever possible; and assess and make treatment recommendations during their outpatients in clinics.

• To actively participate in team and personal case load management and supervision.
• To liaise with other parts of the mental health services and GPs and non NHS organisations wherever applicable.
• Write up all notes using the Trust's Electronic Record system RIO which also records time and date of entry; the post holder is personally responsible for entering their notes onto the system themselves.
• Ensure effective and timely documentation and communication of clinical decision making and management plans with GPs, patients and other relevant services. The post holder is responsible for typing their own letter and would be allocated an administrative support to support communication of clinical decision to all relevant stakeholders.
• The post holder is expected to seek Section 12 approval, but this is not a requirement of this post.

We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust) a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care. We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.

Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care. Please note that Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust is not currently a sponsor under the GMC Sponsorship Scheme.

As a result, we regret to inform you that we are unable to consider applications from individuals who require GMC sponsorship.

Please refer to the accompanying job description for full details on the roles and responsibilities of this post.

Qualifications

• MB BS or equivalent medical qualification

Desirable criteria

• Membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
• Section 12 Approval

Essential Criteria

• Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practice, or eligible for full registration with the GMC at the time of confirmation of appointment
• Completed at least four years’ full-time postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained on a part-time or flexible basis) at least two of which will be in a specialty training programme in Psychiatry or as a fixed term specialty trainee in Psychiatry; or shall have equivalent experience and competencies.

Essential criteria

• Ability to manage own time and workload and prioritise clinical work
• Ability to appraise own performance
• Excellent written and oral communication skills

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of specific achievements that demonstrate leadership skills

Essential Criteria

• Ability to critically appraise published research.
• Experience of carrying out an audit project

Desirable criteria

• Experience in involvement in a research project and publication.
• Interest in research

Essential Criteria

• Up to date knowledge of issues in Mental Health Service for this specialty.

Essential Criteria

• Commitment to teaching other members of the multi-disciplinary team.

Desirable criteria

• Teaching of undergraduate students
• PGCME or equivalent/aspiration to attain a postgraduate teaching qualification