Adult Psychiatrist

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Adult Specialty Doctor in Psychiatry to join our team at Change Grow Live. As a key member of our multidisciplinary team, you will play a vital role in providing high-quality services to individuals struggling with substance misuse.

• Contribute to the overall performance of the service, ensuring that contractual output targets are achieved.
• Record and input client data and information to ensure the service operates within contractual, administrative, and financial requirements.
• Develop and implement recovery-focused treatment plans, promoting a culture of recovery and well-being.
• Provide clinical advice, liaison, and consultation to colleagues in primary care, community services, and acute specialties.
• Engage with individuals who have substance misuse problems, providing general healthcare and mental health assessments, and contributing to the development of individual care plans.
• Initiate appropriate prescribing regimes, conduct medical management and reviews, and provide health education on harm minimization, blood-borne viruses, and overdose prevention.
• Support nursing teams in ensuring that service users receive high-quality care, including phlebotomy tests, wound care assessments, and titration of patients onto treatment regimes.
• Develop, review, and audit recovery plans, providing training, advice, and support to other clinical staff to ensure safe and effective service delivery.
• Attend multidisciplinary meetings, promoting the nomination of named link workers and actively supporting the implementation of integrated care pathways.
• Participate in cross-cover arrangements with medical colleagues from other CGL regional services.

• Medical Degree and completion of Basic Medical Training.
• Full GMC- UK Registration and Licence to Practice.
• MRCPsych or equivalent.
• Section 12 approved.
• Experience in delivering evidence-based treatments in Substance Misuse.
• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team setting and with other Agencies.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.