Specialty Doctor in CYPMH day service

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Job Overview

Do you want to develop new and enhance your existing clinical, academic and leadership skills as a Specialty Doctor working in a Trust with a proven track record of supporting SAS Doctors to achieve their full potential and occupy senior roles?

A substantive Specialty Doctor post has arisen through the development of a new day service, based at Mill Lodge in York for young people from across the region. As a senior doctor in this new service, you will improve the holistic care of the physical and mental health of young people and also support the wider ambition of collating clinical, academic and leadership expertise to improve pathways that run across inpatient and community based care.

The successful applicant will provide clinical leadership and senior medical input into the day unit which will initially accept up to 4 young people with eating disorders from across the region, including York, North Yorkshire, East Riding and Humber. The intention is to gradually increase capacity up to a maximum of 8 young people. The inpatient unit at Mill Lodge accepts up to 10 young people, the majority of which are eating disordered. This new role is primarily based with the day service but there will also be opportunities to gain experience of working with young people admitted to hospital through providing medical cover for Mill Lodge inpatient unit if required, including helping to cover for medical colleagues who are on leave.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will be a key member of the senior leadership and clinical service which aspires to provide comprehensive and holistic care of the physical and mental health of young people with eating disorders within a multi-disciplinary team model. As a senior doctor, you will contribute to the remit of the day service which is to provide:

• Support to young people and staff from an acute day hospital setting - this may be direct or indirect (e.g. telephone consultation, staff training/coaching).
• Support to young people within the community, offering an enhancement of care/consultation with community CAMHS Eating Disorders teams who’s approach is centred on Family therapy.
• A day treatment service offer; young people come into the service for up to 6 weeks of interventions and treatments which will enhance the assessment and care planning process above the offer currently available within the community. The day service is aimed particularly at the more complex young people who need a broader and more bespoke assessment and care plan.
• Service development by learning how to best interface with community teams, and to share the learning with colleagues across the region to support a collaborative and integrative approach.
• A strong clinical governance team within the day service and Mill Lodge more broadly that feeds into the service line and unified clinical governance processes within the Trust.
  

Working for our organisation

The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.

There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme (LYPFT pays 20.6% into your scheme each year), coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more organisations such as Blue Light Card, Health Service Discounts and NHS Discount Offers.

We also have an incredible bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank. Bank-only workers can choose the hours they want to work and will have the opportunity to gain additional experience, keep skills up to date, develop new ones and earn extra money without having to commit to a permanent role. For an informal discussion or more information please contact the team bankstaffingdepartment.lypft@nhs.net

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

Description of the post

The post holder will work primarily within the day service but will provide some input into the inpatient unit if required to support appropriate medical cover. The post holder will support young people and their families through assessment and treatment as well as contributing to the medical monitoring and management for those with eating disorders. The post holder will have a close working relationship with the Consultant Psychiatrists at Mill Lodge and will regularly liaise with medical colleagues at York District Hospital.

This post has been designed to allow flexibility; for it to form part of a portfolio career and allow a positive work-life balance. The caseload of 5-8 young people has been deliberately kept at a level which allows the post holder time for reflection and development, helping to ensure delivery of a service that is sustainable.

Responsibilities/duties Of The Post

• Providing medical treatment within a model of multi-disciplinary team care.
• Liaising with general practitioners and medical specialists with regards the physical health of the patients.
• Aiding in the assessment of the suitability of patients for the day service.
• Attending the clinical team meetings and performing medical duties that arise from decisions taken in those meetings.
• Compiling a patient’s history from a number of sources, preparing case and transfer summaries.
• Monitoring physical and mental health in addition to making decisions to promote physical and mental health recovery. This will include utilising the Medical Emergencies in Eating Disorders (MEED) guidance.
• Liaising with other clinical teams within and outside the Trust and across the regional area covered, including outreach work into the community and local hospitals.
• Providing medical cover for Mill Lodge inpatient unit if required including helping to cover for medical colleagues who are on leave.
• There are no external/special responsibilities attached to this post
  

The post holder will be professionally accountable to the Medical Director (Dr Chris Hosker) and operationally accountable to Nick Mant (Head of Operations). The Clinical Supervisor will be one of the Consultant Psychiatrists working at Mill Lodge. The post holder will report clinically to the Consultant.

There are no on-call duties or out-of-hours responsibilities attached to this post.

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria

• Extensive experience in psychiatry, GP or Paediatrics
• Experience with eating disorders
• Experience working with young people
  

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise