Phoenix ward is located in Littlemore Hospital, Sandford Lane, Oxford, OX4 4TN. It is a male, single-sex ward for adults of working age (AWA) population of Oxfordshire.

There are approximately 7 male admissions per week in Oxfordshire. Inpatients are treated by a multidisciplinary team led by a consultant and the expectation is that there is shared responsibility for clinical management at an appropriate level. All inpatients have a care coordinator (either existing or allocated) and it is expected that the CCO is actively involved in inpatient care, thereby forming a link to AMHTs.

The post-holder will provide clinical leadership to the multidisciplinary team on the ward along with the ward manager and modern matron and will assume consultant responsibility for patients admitted to the ward.

Main duties of the job

The specialty doctor posts on Phoenix ward were created to support the development of the inpatient psychiatric service to adults of working age in Oxfordshire. One of the 2 posts will be vacant from October as the existing post holders is moving abroad.

About us

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.

Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people's homes, delivering care as close to home as possible

Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive:

Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team

Our values are:

Caring, safe and excellent

At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
• 29 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 35 days with continuous service
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team

Job description
Job responsibilities

1. Day-to-day management of the inpatients on the wards. This will include contribution to ward-rounds (including typing contemporaneous clinical notes into the electronic patient records), CPA review, discharge planning meetings, and Mental Health Act managers or tribunal hearings. This will be under the clinical supervision of the dedicated inpatient consultants from the team. Clinical Supervision will rotate between the consultants as agreed.

2. Liaison with the Community Mental Health team to ensure co-ordinated clinical care of patients.

3. Support the assessment and management of patients brought to the Health Based Place of Safety

4. Providing timely written correspondence to relevant professionals documenting assessments, ongoing management, progress, and discharge summaries using Trust IT and clinical records system training will be provided where needed.

5. Work collaboratively with other agencies, liaison with staff from other teams to manage smooth and timely transfer into and out of the unit. The teams most commonly involved with this will be the Adult Community Mental Health Teams, and Ashurst Ward Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit.

6. Active commitment to delivering the Trusts clinical governance agenda. Wards will lead their own governance agenda including audit, quality, patient experience, learning from incidents, patient safety initiatives and interrogation of data. The senior leadership team comprising of matron, consultant and ward manager will link with division both identifying areas of concern and feeding back actions.

7. Contribution to developing and delivering improved clinical services.

8. The post holder will be expected to contribute to the collection of data as required by the Trust and other relevant agencies. This includes the timely recording of clinical activity data, and participation in clinical audit -with appropriate administrative support.

9. The post holder will normally cross-cover with specialty doctor and trainees for Ashurst Ward for annual leave, study leave and brief periods of sickness absence. Occasional cover may be required for Allen, Wintle and Vaughan Thomas wards.

10. Post holder will administer ECT on a rota with the other specialty doctors and trainees under exceptional circumstances. ECT is supervised by a consultant and training will be given if ad hoc input is required.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Full GMC registration

Desirable

• MRCPsych or equivalent qualification (in accordance with Royal College of Psychiatrists' Guidelines)
• Eligibility for Section 12 (Mental Health Act 1983) Approval

Skills and Knowledge:
Essential

• Ability to work through a collaborative multi-disciplinary framework.
• At least four years of Postgraduate training, two of which in the relevant specialty of this position
• Ability to contribute to effective team working. Capacity to prioritise workload.
• Must have good skills in communication with patients, relatives, colleagues and staff of other organisations. Good spoken and written English.
• Work collaboratively and effectively with a range of professionals
• Must have interest in and commitment to people with mental health problems, and their families/carers.
• To exercise an intermediate level of clinical responsibility as delegated by the consultant in charge

Desirable

• Teaching medical undergraduates and other MDT members

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