NHS PH Clinician

 

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Job Title: NHS PH Clinician (Consultant Psychiatrist)
Accountable to: The NHS PH Medical Directors
Closing Date: 25 April 2025

 

NHS Practitioner Health (PH)

The key job functions are threefold as described in the Health for Health Professionals (HHP) Competency Framework.

Clinical – will include the roles of assessment, treatment, care planning, referral and signposting, specialist prescribing and monitoring and may include:

  • First contact care and assessment for patients referred for care
  • Participation in unplanned care rota to manage urgent requests during office hours
  • Continuing care and referral to a range of clinical interventions as appropriate, such as CBT and group therapy
  • Referral for specialist assessment or treatment
  • Assessment of particular physical health needs
  • Specific substance misuse treatment and therapeutic monitoring
  • Case management
  • Management of specific mental health disorders
  • Writing relevant reports and liaison with regulators

Education and Liason - may include:

  • Providing advice and liaison to other practitioners through non-face-to-face or face-to-face contact, in the management of those problems/conditions
  • Providing support and training to other health and related practitioners in areas related to a) prevention b) identification and c) brief intervention of mental health/addiction problems in health professionals d) self-care and wellbeing
  • Participating in education and training activities
  • Liaising with other practitioners involved in the care of practitioner-patients
  • Patient advocacy
  • Appraisal tailored to the needs of a non-working clinician

Leadership/Service Development - roles will include ensuring dissemination of knowledge, promoting PH services and advising on practitioner health issues and may include:

  • Involvement with research into issues relating to practitioner-patients and the effectiveness of clinical interventions
  • Developing links with other professional groups and support services for the effective shared care of practitioner-patients

As a key member of the NHS PH you will provide care to PH patients, participating as a core team member carrying out triage for new contacts and referrals, assessments of new patients, ongoing case management and liaison to other providers who might be involved in the care of the patients. 

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Please apply by noon on 25 April 2025.