Specialty Doctor | Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust

Provide the routine medical and psychiatric care to up to 23 inpatients on the LSU. This will involve taking the initial histories, regularly reviewing the patients' mental state and physical health, writing prescriptions, collecting and compiling information from other sources re: previous psychiatric history, medication history, and risk events, writing admission summaries within 2 weeks of admission, and discharge summaries no less than 2 weeks following discharge, writing reports for CPA reviews, and letters.

Regularly assess the clinical state of the patients, and be involved in psychological and/or family-based therapies, depending on the appointee's agreement, training and interests.Undertake yearly physical health assessments/ examinations/ investigations, in keeping with guidance on the physical monitoring of long-stay inpatients.

Attend monthly Clinical Team Meetings, contribute to the multi-disciplinary review of the patients, take notes and document on the electronic recording system PARIS .

Under supervision prepare psychiatric reports for Hospital Managers' Hearings and Tribunals.Participate in the middle grade on-call rota for North Sector (covering Bury, Rochdale & Oldham) [currently 1:9].

Expected contribution to clinical governance and responsibility for setting and monitoring standards.

Participation in clinical audit and other local assurance processes.

Participation in service/team evaluation and the planning of future service developments.

Utilises a quality improvement approach to think systemically about complex problems, develop potential change ideas and test these in practice using a systematic QI methodology.