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Specialist-In-Patient Psychiatry - Wigan

Job Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic Specialist in InPatient Psychiatry to join Golborne Ward (21 bedded mixed sex old age unit) and Sovereign Ward (20 bedded general adult male unit) at Atherleigh Park Hospital, Wigan. The Clinician will have support from the ward junior trainees and a Consultant (who cover the RC responsibilities) on both wards.

Clinical role

• Undertake assessments of referrals/ admissions to the service
• Diagnose and formulate management plans in complex presentations.
• Provide management in treatment resistant and complex presentations
• Assessment and management of risk including of vulnerability, suicide risk, risks to health and safety and risk of harm to others.
• Work in a collaborative way with multidisciplinary teams including external partners.
• Work in partnership with psychiatrists from external partner providers and from other services within the trust.

• Lead clinical decision making in the multidisciplinary team to ensure the delivery of high quality care
• Develop service clinical priorities in line with national and professional guidance and standards
• Engage with service transformation programmes including attendance at Consultant meetings for their service and directorate.

• Undertake assessments of referrals/ admissions to the service
• Diagnose and formulate management plans in complex presentations.
• Provide management in treatment resistant and complex presentations
• Assessment and management of risk including of vulnerability, suicide risk, risks to health and safety and risk of harm to others.
• Work in a collaborative way with multidisciplinary teams including external partners.
• Work in partnership with psychiatrists from external partner providers and from other services within the trust.

• Lead clinical decision making in the multidisciplinary team to ensure the delivery of high quality care
• Develop service clinical priorities in line with national and professional guidance and standards
• Engage with service transformation programmes including attendance at Consultant meetings for their service and directorate.

• Provide clinical supervision for trainees in gaining core psychiatric experience
• Provide clinical supervision for psychiatric trainees in achieving competencies in core general psychiatry
• Provide input in relation to medical students from UCLAN who are based on the ward

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