SOUTH WESTERN DEANERY - South West Peninsula Deanery

POST:
TRAINER:
EMPLOYING TRUST:
Substance Misuse Psychiatry
Dr Mary Rowlands
Devon Partnership Trust
This is a training post where the candidate will be working with supervision. The cases seen are at the same
level of complexity as those cases that are referred to the consultant, after a period of training. There will
therefore be regular access to complex case discussion with the consultant:
1. To be an active member of the multidisciplinary community and criminal justice drug teams.
2. To assess new outpatients referred to the addiction service, decide upon their treatment and develop a
care package with their allocated key worker.
3. To liaise with the General Practitioners, primary healthcare teams and non-statutory drug agencies in
the care of patients with substance misuse problems. To communicate promptly with GP‟s in writing, to
a given professional standard so they are fit for purpose, agreed with the Consultant.
4. To maintain accurate multidisciplinary medical records, other clinical documentation of clinical activity
and individual care plans where appropriate so they are updated promptly to ensure available to other
professions.
5. To provide regular reviews of complex cases in collaboration with key worker reviews supervised by
senior non-medical clinicians with referral as professionally agreed with the Consultant.
6. To provide during office hours in designated clinic sessions urgent addiction support/advice in
conjunction with the Consultant, other ENDAS SAS doctors and Nurse Prescribers to staff caring for
addiction team patients admitted to the Wonford House Hospital inpatient beds.
7. To liaise with staff at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital in the care of inpatients with co-morbid
physical problems associated with drug misuse.
8. To participate in teaching and training of other disciplines and agencies as appropriate.
9. To participate in appropriate addiction audits.
10. To participate in educational sessions appropriate to Personal Development including special interest
and research sessions.
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