NHS Jobs • Bridgwater TA6 5AT
About this role
Routine and urgent referrals from GPs and other sources are dealt with through a single point of access. Referrals are processed through a streaming meeting, and more complex cases may come to an MDT meeting. Referrals for doctors can be reviewed individually by the doctor to ensure good practice. Medical staff take a proportion of referrals as clinically indicated either for joint assessment with a team member or more usually as individual outpatient assessments.
Draft Job Plan would include
Four outpatient clinics per week Domiciliary visits/Urgent assessments (0-3 per week) Attending one weekly CMHT MDT meeting There is an established once weekly liaison meeting with the Inpatient team Mental Health Act Assessments, including section 136 assessments at the place of safety, Rydon. (approximately 0.5 PA per week) Additional work is generated by Mental Health Act (MHA) assessments. The postholder will act as the primary Trust Section 12 doctor for all MHA assessments in office hours arising from their catchment area. They will also be expected to participate in MHA assessments for patients at Bridgwater Custody Centre in mutually agreed arrangements with consultant colleagues. The consultant can claim a fee for these assessments. It is rare than pre-planned appointment would have to be altered due to MHAAs. There are 4 Community Mental Health Hubs across the county for service users: South Somerset, based at Magnolia/ Holly Court on the Summerland's Hospital Site Taunton and Minehead with a base a Foundation House on the Wellsprings site and a secondary base at Minehead Community Hospital Somerset Coast, based at Glanville House in Bridgwater Mendip, based at the Bridge on the Priory Park site in Wells. Each hub has a matching Home Treatment Team, CAMHS and service for Older Persons Mental Health. There are a variety of specialist community services including: Eating Disorders services in east and west of county Community forensic service with forensic link workers attached to each adult CMHS hub Community rehabilitation team for patients with SMI which links with inpatient rehabilitation service and CMHTs First episode psychosis services (called STEP) Medical psychotherapy Peri-natal, east and west, and maternal Mental health services Adult ADHD assessment service for adults not previously diagnosed with ADHD or requiring re-titration of medication (can be referred from CMHT or GP) ASD assessment service (also GP or CMHT can refer) The post-holder is expected to work closely with the inpatient teams, home treatment and CMHS teams, to ensure smooth transition at admission to and discharge from the acute hospital wards. The home treatment team has a first response component which operates for 24 hours which are located within the hub. The AMHP service and urgent care hubs, who manage admissions, are in Foundation house on the Taunton hub. The Adult inpatients wards are located alongside the Taunton and South Somerset community hubs. These 4 acute wards and 1 PICU (in Taunton) have designated medical staff. In-patient rehabilitation (Willow Ward) and low secure services (Ash Ward) are based at Broadway Park, Bridgwater.