We are seeking two Consultants to join our Acute Hospital Liaison Service in Swindon. These are newly created posts based within the Mental Health Unit at the Victoria Centre on the site of Great Western Hospital.
These are two 0.8 posts, but there is flexibility on the number of sessions.
The role of the psychiatrist involves diagnostic and treatment advice, as well as supporting the wider team for patients attending GWH. The consultant will have a key clinical leadership role, focusing on service improvement and development alongside the team manager. Additionally, there is a significant teaching and training aspect to this role for general hospital staff.
Following fresh investment into the medical workforce, we are recruiting two consultant colleagues to work with the Mental Health Liaison Team (MHLT) attached to Great Western Hospital (GWH) in Swindon.
The posts are envisaged to be two part-time posts, 8 sessions each. This is the preferred option; however, the trust is committed to working flexibly if we find suitable candidates. For example, one post can be full-time provided we are able to appoint a substantive colleague for 6 sessions.
The post holder will be based at the Victoria Centre, co-located at GWH.
GWH is a 670-bedded district general hospital with a 24/7 emergency department.
The team provides rapid, prioritised, and proportionate assessment of mental health needs for patients admitted to GWH. The service accepts referrals for patients aged 18 and over from both the wards and the Emergency Department.
On average, the team receives about thirty referrals weekly, including about twenty general adult referrals and about ten referrals for older adult service users. The post holder is expected to attend a daily MDT meeting in the morning with team members, triage these referrals, and see patients as appropriate. Typically, this averages to about three to four face-to-face patient contacts daily.
We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust), a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care. We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire, and in parts of Dorset. Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees provide better care.
Please refer to the accompanying job description for full details on the roles and responsibilities of this post.
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These are two 0.8 posts, but there is flexibility on the number of sessions.
The role of the psychiatrist involves diagnostic and treatment advice, as well as supporting the wider team for patients attending GWH. The consultant will have a key clinical leadership role, focusing on service improvement and development alongside the team manager. Additionally, there is a significant teaching and training aspect to this role for general hospital staff.
Following fresh investment into the medical workforce, we are recruiting two consultant colleagues to work with the Mental Health Liaison Team (MHLT) attached to Great Western Hospital (GWH) in Swindon.
The posts are envisaged to be two part-time posts, 8 sessions each. This is the preferred option; however, the trust is committed to working flexibly if we find suitable candidates. For example, one post can be full-time provided we are able to appoint a substantive colleague for 6 sessions.
The post holder will be based at the Victoria Centre, co-located at GWH.
GWH is a 670-bedded district general hospital with a 24/7 emergency department.
The team provides rapid, prioritised, and proportionate assessment of mental health needs for patients admitted to GWH. The service accepts referrals for patients aged 18 and over from both the wards and the Emergency Department.
On average, the team receives about thirty referrals weekly, including about twenty general adult referrals and about ten referrals for older adult service users. The post holder is expected to attend a daily MDT meeting in the morning with team members, triage these referrals, and see patients as appropriate. Typically, this averages to about three to four face-to-face patient contacts daily.
We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust), a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care. We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire, and in parts of Dorset. Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees provide better care.
Please refer to the accompanying job description for full details on the roles and responsibilities of this post.
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