Consultant Psychiatrist in Acute Care (Cynan Ward)

Job overview

The Acute Care Service is fully developed and includes Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), one male and one female inpatient ward and a Home Treatment Teams (HTT) for Gwynedd and Anglesey.  Acute services are currently clinically led by one Responsible Clinician (RC) for each of the two acute inpatient wards and one RC covering PICU and HTT.  This post will cover the Hergest Male Inpatient ward providing a substantive consultant led acute care service for the 2 counties.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will have direct clinical responsibility (RC) for all male inpatients (except functional OPMH patients) during the course of their admission on the 17-bedded Cynan Ward, Hergest Unit

Clinical management for all male inpatients on Cynan Ward at Hergest Unit including covering the Mental Health Act related roles as Responsible Clinician for the duration of their inpatient stay.

Attend the daily Acute Care Meeting to discuss matters of patient flow, delayed discharges and potential discharges.  The meeting is held every morning and tends to last 15-30 minutes.

Management of complex cases in collaboration with HTT and the community CMHTs.

Clinical leadership within Acute Care setting.

Develop care plan and treatment formulation, guidance on evidence based treatment and effectiveness

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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