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Location

Stockport, Greater Manchester | United Kingdom

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Job description

Speciality Doctor for Female Psychiatrist Intensive Care Unit (PICU)

This is a new post. PCNFT is opening a new 6 bedded female PICU in Stockport by May 2024.
• Provide the routine medical and psychiatric care to 6 female patients on Woodbank unit. This will involve clerking in new admissions, taking the initial histories, reviewing patients’ mental state and physical health, taking blood samples, writing prescriptions, collecting and compiling information from other sources re: previous psychiatric history, medication history, and risk events.
• Attend weekly ward rounds, contribute to the multi-disciplinary review of the patients, take notes and document on the electronic recording system PARIS .
• Prepare admission summaries and discharge summaries no less than 1 week following discharge, and referral letters to other specialists as and when required.
• Under supervision prepare psychiatric reports for Hospital Managers’ Hearings and Tribunals. Depending on experience the post holder can expect to represent the Responsible Clinician at Hospital Managers’ Hearings and less frequently Tribunals.

Pennine Care is one of two Mental Health Trusts serving Manchester, the other being Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH). Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities. We employ over 4000 staff who provide care to 1.3 million people across five boroughs of Greater Manchester.

The Trust is passionate and committed to equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI). EDI ensures fair treatment and opportunity for all.

The Trust is seeking a full time specialty doctor to join Female Psychiatry Intensive Care Unit (PICU) Woodbank at Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport. This is a new post for a newly developed service to cater the female patients who will require PICU.

Woodbank will provide intensive care to acutely unwell female patients. This facility accommodates 6 female patients between the age of 18 - 65 yrs. By the nature of this facility, it is expected that the patients admitted to PICU will be acutely unwell with potentially aggressive and challenging behaviors.

The majority of patients will be from the Pennine Care footprint, though we will accept referrals from throughout the North West region. The length of stay is highly variable, though we would normally anticipate maximum of 4 weeks stay in PICU.

This advert closes on Tuesday 2 Apr 2024

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