Specialist Grade Doctor General Adult - Riviera Paignton & Brixham

We are seeking a Specialist Grade Doctor within the Torbay Local Delivery Unit (LDU) of the Adult Clinical Directorate.It is apost is for a General Adult Psychiatrist for patients age 18-65 years old (population 23,535) serving a large urban community in Torbay. Our Trust has worked closely with the commissioners to redesign the service and the recently formed Adult LDU for Torbay is divided into three teams of a broadly equitable population size based on GP patches.

The team consists of a full time Clinical Team Leader, mental health nurses, Occupational Therapists, social workers and Support Time and Recovery workers. All 3 Community Mental Health Teams in Torbay share an Accommodation officer, a Personality Disorder Lead and a Carers support team. The team has a strong MDT approach and works in a cohesive manner to fulfil the role of offering an effective and safe recovery focussed service to people referred into the team.

This team has access to specialist psychological therapy at STEP 4 provided by the Psychology and Psychological therapy Team. The post holder will provide medical advice regarding the on-going management of people who use services under the GPs. To support the role of the team the national guidance (DoH 2005, GMC 2005) on new ways of working for psychiatrists and their teams has been adopted. The role and responsibility of the specialist doctors in multidisciplinary teams has been agreed by the Trust board and is outlined above.