Las Core Trainee - London, United Kingdom - Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust

Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

An opportunity has arisen for a 12-month fixed term in-patient CT LAS post.

Montague Ward is a 16-bed mixed gender inpatient rehabilitation ward, which specialises in the treatment of complex patients with difficult to treat psychotic illnesses.

The approach is multidisciplinary and holistic, with an emphasis on treatment optimisation. The post holder would get excellent experience in the systematic assessment and treatment of complex psychotic illnesses.

Duties would include participating in daily MDT meetings, in clinical reviews (ward rounds), clerking patients, assessing patients' physical health and involvement in the Trust out of hours on-call rota (approximately 1 in 15).

Involvement in the out of hours rota is a mandatory part of the post.

Foreign doctors are very welcome to apply. The Trust has considerable experience in assisting foreign doctors to become accustomed to working in the NHS.

We understand that doctors who have not worked in the NHS before may need a brief period of shadowing before taking on the full responsibilities of the post.

You will be required to join the afterhours full shift duty rota. This rota is resident. There are three 1 in 15 Core Trainee after hours rotas. There is also a 4th on call flexible rota for night shifts only. This person may be redeployed to cover rota gaps. There is support from the on-call ST and Consultants. There is also support from the Liaison team and the Crisis Teams. You are really encouraged to use the Consultant and ST support on offer during your on-calls.

You will provide internal daytime cover for the other Ward trainees when they are absent.

If your post is based at HMHC (post 1), you will be on the daytime duty rota for Highgate Mental Health Centre.

This involves holding the 'duty bleep' for a specified 4-hour slot, usually once per week.

C&I has worked closely with current service users and Trust staff to create a set of shared values that make sure people who use the Trust's services get the best possible chance of a rapid recovery.

These values are embedded in the campaign:
Changing Lives - will help drive up the standards of care across the Trust.

For people who use the C&I's services, these values meant that they can be assured that through their journey to recovery they will be guaranteed:

To receive a warm welcome through their journey to recovery
That their dignity will always be respected
That their care will be founded on compassion and kindness
To receive a positive approach to care as they journey towards recovery
High Quality Care from a highly trained team of professionals
That each individual will be part of the wider team in the journey to recovery

- i.e. 'no decision about you, without you'.

C&I staff are required to reflect these values throughout their service at the Trust both:

for people who use the services of the Trust, AND

- within their immediate teams and across the wider business of C&I.

As an applicant for this role, you are urged to demonstrate within your supporting statement a combination of evidence that reflects your competence to meet the job specification and provide examples of how C&I values are an integral part of the way you have and will continue to deliver service.

Providing a good standard of practice and care
Undertake clinical assessment of patients with mental health problems

You will ensure that all new patients admitted under your team's care are fully assessed, including an assessment of their physical state, so that a preliminary formulation of their problems is made, at the latest within two working days of their admission.

All in-patients should be reassessed as necessary and no less frequently than once per week, so that an update is made before each main ward round.

You will attend ward rounds and CPA meetings. The post holder will liaise with primary and secondary care services regarding clients' physical health issues.

They will also work closely with other members of the multidisciplinary team on a wide variety of psychosocial aspects of client care.

You will maintain accurate, legible, contemporaneous and useful clinical records for all patients in whose care you are involved.

Use the results of the clinical assessment to ensure effective patient management

Under the supervision of a clinical supervisor, you will prescribe pharmacological and psychosocial treatments for the patients that you are working with.

You will refer them promptly to other professionals as discussed with/ directed by your clinical supervisors.

Manage emergencies

You may see patients who require urgent psychiatric assessment when you are on-call.

You can participate in a weekly half day academic programme or watch the recording.

You can attend Balint group unless holding site bleep

You will complete mandatory training.

You are encouraged to be involved in audit, quality improvement and research (ILO8, ILO9)