Job summary

This is a full - time appointment for a Specialty Doctor in psychiatry to work in an established post in the central Manchester Early Intervention in Psychosis Team. The post consists of assessment and management of patients with psychotic conditions in the community. The team currently has a caseload of approximately 230. All of these service users are on CPA and will have care coordinators.

The successful candidate would assess 1-2 new patients a week and also conduct follow-up appointments. These appointments will take place either at the patient's home or within a community base and will generally be undertaken jointly with the care co-ordinator.

There is ample opportunity for development of a range of skills including domiciliary assessments, MDT interactions, Mental Health Act work, teaching and training of medical students and junior doctors, managerial, research and clinical governance work.

The Appointee is not required to participate in an on-call rota. However, this can be negotiated if the successful candidate wants to do on calls.

Main duties of the job

o The post holder will work as part of the team at Chorlton House. The post is community based with most work taking place at Chorlton House and some reviews taking place in patients' homes or in other community bases such as local CMHTs or GP surgeries.o The post holder will have access to the secretary shared across the 3 Manchester teams. ando The post holder will have a shared office with the ST doctor attached to the central team and the specialty doctor with the south EIS team. This is located within the team's base.o The post holder's work will include assessment of new patients, follow up reviews and CPA reviews with other MDT staff. There will be 1-2 new patient assessments per week and approximately 10-11 follow up reviews. The post holder will be expected to make diagnoses, assess risk, and formulate management plans with supervision as required. o They will assess and manage risk including of vulnerability, suicide risk, risks to health and safety and risk of harm to others. o They will attend the Early Intervention MDT and referral meetings.o The post holder will do some emergency work for the team's patients within usual working hours. The post holder will be expected to be a Section 12 Approved clinician. We will support the post holder to obtain S12 or AC approval if this is required

About us

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7000 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 122 locations.

We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford,Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.

Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.

Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.

Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.