Adult Psychiatry Specialist

4 weeks ago


Gateshead, Gateshead, United Kingdom Change Grow Live Full time
Main Purpose of the Role

The successful candidate will contribute to the delivery of high-quality services to service users, ensuring that they receive the best possible care and support. This will involve working closely with other professionals to achieve contractual output targets and maintain high professional standards.

Key Responsibilities
  • To provide clinical advice, liaison, and consultation to colleagues in primary care, community services, and acute specialties.
  • To engage with individuals who have substance misuse problems and provide them with general healthcare and mental health assessments, contributing to the development of individual care plans.
  • To initiate appropriate prescribing regimes to clients in line with national legislation and national and local guidance.
  • To provide medical management and reviews of prescribed clients.
  • To conduct phlebotomy tests if required and support the nursing team in ensuring that the maximum number of service users are tested for BBVs and vaccinated against Hepatitis A and B.
  • To support the nursing team in titrating patients safely onto a treatment regime and ensure that procedures are constantly reviewed to promote best evidenced-based practice in accordance with CGL's clinical guidelines.
  • To develop, review, and audit recovery plans, provide health education, especially in regard to harm minimisation, blood-borne viruses, and overdose prevention.
  • To provide training, advice, and support to other clinical staff to ensure safe and effective service delivery.
  • To attend multidisciplinary meetings, promoting the nomination of named link workers and actively supporting the implementation of integrated care pathways.
  • To take an active part in the implementation, adherence, and development of internal and external clinical governance procedures.
  • To utilize evidence-based psychosocial interventions, such as motivational interviewing, cognitive behavioral techniques, and brief interventions, in both one-to-one and group settings to promote engagement in treatment services, encourage self-esteem, well-being, self-responsibility, and enhanced motivation.
  • To cover duties of colleagues and other junior medical staff, ensuring continuity of medical care.
  • To participate in cross-cover arrangements with medical colleagues from other CGL regional services.
  • To provide guidance and support to newly appointed and less experienced medical colleagues.
  • To maintain good medical practice by participating in continuing professional development, annual appraisal, and revalidation, and joining appropriate supervision and PDP groups for the role.
Maintaining Good Medical Practice

All doctors are expected to participate in continuing professional development, annual appraisal, and revalidation, and to join appropriate supervision and PDP groups for the role. This includes an academic programme of CPD, complex case discussions, and a monthly management meeting for doctors to attend, chaired by the Associate Medical Director for the region.



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