Description
This is a new post created as part of Oxleas Trust redesign of the community psychosis pathway. The Consultant Psychiatrist will work in the Rapid Assessment Psychosis Team (RAPT), providing assessments, diagnoses, and initial treatment plans for people referred to RAPT.
The team has a full-time band 7 and a full-time band 6, with support from 2 days of a higher trainee and possibly a day from a GP trainee. The team will have admin support and line managerial support from a Trust-wide band 8 post.
Key responsibilities include:
- Providing assessments, diagnoses, and initial treatment plans for people referred to RAPT
- Developing bio-psycho-social formulations and understanding the reasons for referrals/relapses
- Working flexibly across Bexley, Bromley, and Greenwich
- Collaborating with colleagues in the Acute Directorate and AMHP teams
- Providing contemporaneous documentation in Rio
- Working collaboratively with the higher trainee, GP Resident, and other team members
- Supporting team administrators
- Participating in MDT meetings and contributing to the daily huddle/referrals meeting
- Providing educational supervision to the higher trainee
- Acting in accordance with GMC and Royal College of Psychiatrists standards
- Communicating with clinical and operational staff across all 3 Oxleas Boroughs
- Ensuring patient safety and having good knowledge of safeguarding policies
The salary for this post is £113,565 to £150,569 a year pro rata, plus London weighting £2,162 pa pro rata.