StR/ SpR POST DETAILS 2009-2010

DETAILS OF PLACEMENT:

Placement is on Oxford Ward, one of the two PICUs within the Manchester Mental Health and Social Care Trust. The trainee will also join the MDT for providing a mental health in-reach team at HMP Manchester.

EXPERIENCE GAINED AND ROLE OF THE TRAINEE:

The trainee will work as a medical member of the PICU and Prison multi-disciplinary teams
This will involve:
• supervision of the work of the junior trainee
• assessment of patients on the ward and in prison
• initiating management plans for these patients
• attendance at MDT meetings
• Mental Health Act assessments on these patients when indicated
• Assessment of patients in-need of transfer to PICU (with other members of MDT)
The trainee will work on Oxford ward as a medical member of the MDT along with a Core Psychiatric Trainee (currently CT3) and the Consultant. This will involve attendance at ward review meetings and ward rounds. It will also involve assessment and review of individual patients on the ward, including detailed risk assessment. There is opportunity for liaison with the criminal justice system and colleagues in Forensic Psychiatry for many patients.

Once satisfactory security clearance to work regularly in the prison has been obtained, the Specialty Registrar will attend the weekly team meetings with the Consultant and Associate Specialist and conduct assessments of inmates in all locations of the prison for two half days each week.

ON CALL COMMITMENT:

On-call arrangements may change subject to negotiation. Further details available from Louise Handley, Human Resources, Trust HQ.

1 in 17 full shift, non-resident, rota pattern for out of hours working operating across the Trust area, thus providing psychiatry cover to North Manchester General Hospital, Manchester Royal Infirmary and Wythenshawe Hospital. Out of hours, each hospital site has a resident ST1-3 trainee and a local on call consultant. The post-holder will be able to either use their own transport or there will be taxi provision available to travel around the city. During normal working hours there is a separate single site rota in operation at Manchester Royal Infirmary, in which the 8 local ST4-6 higher trainees participate in to provide middle tier support between the on call ST1-3 and the on call consultant.

RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES:

There are extensive research opportunities, with close links to the main University of Manchester Academic Psychiatry Unit.

MANAGEMENT TRAINING:

The post-holder will have the opportunity to become involved in the management and service development of the PICU and Prison mental health service by way of attendance at meetings with Dr Procter. In addition, Dr Procter Chairs the Trust Resuscitation Committee, an d the trainee will be able to become involved in the activities of this committee.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE AVAILABLE:

There are extensive opportunities for liaison with Forensic services and the Criminal Justice system. The post will provide opportunities for greater experience of the Mental Health Act and the management of mentally disordered offenders in General Adult Psychiatry settings.

PROBABLE TRAINEE TIMETABLE (fixed commitments are shown in bold script):

IMPORTANT ADDITIONAL DETAILS:

This is not a “core” post but there is the opportunity to modify the timetable to incorporate CMHT work with another Consultant to provide training recognised as equivalent to that of core post.

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