Adult Psychiatry - Oxford Deanery

Oxford Foundation School
Individual Placement Description
Placement
The department
F1 Adult Psychiatry
The Tindal centre provides inpatient services to
adults of working age across Buckinghamshire
It is a psychiatric inpatient hospital based in
Aylesbury and is led by a team of 9 consultants .
The junior doctors are divided into two teams
consisting of an SHO and an F1 who are
assigned to four consultants per team .
The two team’s catchment areas are essentially
divided into North and South Buckinghamshire.
The type of work to expect and
learning opportunities
During a normal working day the junior doctors
attend to any acute medical and psychiatric
issues on the ward, as well as any jobs from the
ward review. Each team has 4 ward reviews a
week
In addition each team is expected to clerk new
patients. This includes a full psychiatric history
and mental state examination as well as a
physical examination and blood tests.
Detailed discharge summaries are also
completed by the junior doctors.
Learning opportunities
Improving verbal communication with both
patients and staff and written communication in
the form of clinical note taking.
Psychodynamic psychotherapy teaching takes
place on Tuesday mornings.
One hour of supervision with clinical supervisor
once a week.
Where the placement is based
Wednesday afternoon teaching consists of case
presentations, journal club and guest speakers.
The Tindal Centre, Aylesbury
Clinical Supervisor(s) for the
placement
Dr Baruch and Dr Corfe

Main duties of the placement
Typical working pattern in this
placement
As previous
Typical week:
Mon: Ward round am and pm
Tues: Psychotherapy teaching am,
ward round pm
Wed: afternoon teaching
Thurs: Ward round am
Fri: Admin and ward work
Sat: N/A
Sun: N/A
In between ward rounds and teaching Doctors
are expected to undertake admin tasks such as
discharge summaries and complete ward work.
On call requirements: As this is an unbanded job
FY1s are not included on the on-call rota
Employer information
The employer for this post is Oxford Health NHS
Foundation Trust. This Trust has close links both
with Oxford University and Oxford Brookes
University
The post will be based at the Tindal Centre in
Aylesbury, which provides an extensive range of
secondary services for the county of
Buckinghamshire.
It is important to note that this description is a typical example of your placement and may be subject
to change.