Description of placement

The post is based in a tertiary service for affective disorders, the Specialist Service for Affective Disorders (SSAD) set up by Dr Ian Anderson in 2001. The service offers a tertiary clinic for complex and treatment resistant depressive and bipolar disorders. Referrals are received from all over the North West of England and receive a multidisciplinary assessment resulting in recommendations given to referrers.

In addition there are a limited number of patients taken on for treatment, mostly from within the MMHSCT, for outpatient psychiatric treatment or for cognitive behavioural treatment for depressive disorder or relapse prevention for bipolar disorder. There are links with an inpatients affective disorders service at the Priory Hospital, Altrincham and regular supervision and advice are offered. Dr Anderson is the ECT consultant for Central Manchester.

The Specialist Registrar is expected to take an active part in the running of the service, in assessments in the tertiary clinic with ongoing responsibility for a proportion of outpatients of the service. In addition he/she will receive training in the psychological treatment programmes in the service and will treat patients under supervision. He/she will be trained in ECT treatment and supervision and provide senior input and training for the SHOs who rotate through the ECT department. There is also multidisciplinary teaching and teaching of medical students and the post-holder will be expected to take part in these.

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