StR/ SpR POST DETAILS 2009-2010

DETAILS OF PLACEMENT

The post is community focussed with opportunities through this for working in partnership with multiple teams. There are AOT, EIS and CRHT teams in place with which the post holder must interface.

We cover two large poly clinics (4 practices) and additional smaller two doctor practices. Total morbidity adjusted adult population is around 45,000. There are also inpatient responsibilities which allow active links with inpatients under our team.

DETAILS OF EXPERIENCE TRAINEE WILL GAIN AND MAIN DUTIES

Outpatient Work: The trainee will run two outpatient clinics weekly. The trainee will gain extensive experience of a very busy community patch, with high levels of SMI and dual diagnosis patients.

Allocation Meeting: Attending the weekly allocation meeting with the Community Mental Health Team will help to develop skills in multi-professional working.

Community Work: The trainee will take part in organising domiciliary visits to assess and manage patients in their own homes environments.

Inpatient Work: Activities include attending the regular weekly ward rounds and taking part in assessing and managing specific cases (under supervision of Dr Julie Jones). This may also involve liaising with other services (like social services, occupational therapists, sheltered accommodation, day support, etc.) to enable patients integrate back into society.

There is an ST1-3 doctor in the team.

ON CALL COMMITMENT AND PAY BANDING

Daytime on-call: Covering urgent assessments in South Manchester area (mainly Section 135/136 and MHA assessments) and providing support for on-call junior doctor at Laureate House. Currently 1:8- approximately one session per week.

Out of hours on-call: City-wide rota (covering MRI, Wythenshawe Hospital and NMGH).

TEACHING / ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

There are regular attachments from medical students along with students on SSC and Project Option modules. Provision of teaching is encouraged and PBL and OSCE training is provided to allow trainees to facilitate students PBL and OSCE groups.

There are ample opportunities to facilitate teaching sessions for medical students and core trainees (like video teaching, giving tutorials, small group teaching and case-based discussions).

AUDIT/RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES

The educational supervisor will support research in the department and audit is an expected part of the attachment.

The trainee will be encouraged to develop or participate in research activity as part of postgraduate degree or as part of training programme research experience.

MANAGEMENT TRAINING

There are a number of opportunities to take part in the managerial processes behind developing the services. The team focus is on streamlining and improving the efficiency of the services in all its aspects, to manage an area of high morbidity with a limited resource.

The trainee will be encouraged and supported to develop his/her own management project.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE AVAILABLE

The trainee will be encouraged to prepare medico-legal reports and reports for MHRT and Manager’s Hearings under direct supervision of Dr Hopkins or Dr Jones. There will be also an expectation that the trainee will develop skills in presenting cases during these proceedings.

There will be a lot of opportunities to complete different WPBA and other portfolio requirements in order to achieve learning objectives which will contribute to progress in training.

PROBABLE TAMETABLE (EXAMPLE OF COMMITMENTS)- FIXED COMMITMENTS IN BOLD

IMPORTANT ADDITIONAL DETAILS

This is a Core Placement in General Adult Psychiatry as it is linked to both inpatient and community settings to a defined catchment area and involves experience with a multidisciplinary team.
There is a core trainee attached to the team and providing supervision and support will be part of the post holder responsibilities.

Educational supervisor Dr Richard Hopkins will supervise clinical activities in the outpatient department and in the community.

Dr Julie Jones (Consultant in Rehabilitation Psychiatry) is dedicated to supervise clinical activities within the inpatient unit at Brote 1.

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