Specialty Doctor - Older Adult Psychiatry - North Manchester Community

This is a new post designed to support the North Manchester CMHT. The duties of the post are for the care of patients in the North Manchester locality.

This post has part-time responsibility for service users living in the North Locality of Manchester. The post provides a service within the locality with Dr Arun Kaimal and Dr Baek. The specialty doctor has a senior role for the CMHT in providing support to residents in this locality. There are weekly allocation meetings that allow the allocation of work between the consultants and with CMHT members. The meeting also reviews the management of patients from the sector. There is a weekly Memory Assessment MDT meeting where the consultant will review feedback from nurses who have undertaken the first stage of an assessment and the MDT will agree next stages of patient management. The team and consultant will work with a specific group of GP practices.

The post holder will work with the CMHT in accepting referrals from the defined General Practitioners within the locality using the agreed referral criteria, provided that the patient is resident in North Manchester. Referrals will also be accepted from General Practitioners outside Manchester CCG area where their patient is a Manchester resident. It is expected that a strong model of team working will be maintained. The 65 + population of the North Manchester area is 18,000 and the specialty Dr will provide a responsive service to those with older adult needs in North Manchester.