Job overview

The ADAPT Service

The Multi-disciplinary team (MDT) for ADAPT consists of psychiatrists, social workers, occupational therapists, clinical psychologists, psychiatric nurses, employment advisors, support worker staff and lived experience practitioners with the support of administrative roles.

Following Triage within the Primary Care Plus (PCP) within the relevant area, those service users considered to need input from ADAPT will be booked into an Assessment Clinic. This assessment should take place within ten working days by an experienced clinician with the appropriate skill set and competency to ensure good quality formulation and care planning.

Prior to assessment by ADAPT, service users will be asked to fill out a screening form gathering basic demographic and other data (carers / NOK detail, smoking status etc.). Assessment clinics will be scheduled on two days a week. Assessment slots will last for up to 90 minutes. All assessments will be presented in the post assessment team meeting where formulation, diagnosis, care needs in line with the Care Act (2015), specialist intervention and fast track job retention will be discussed and agreed.

Internal referrals will be made via the internal Oxleas referral email address from wards, HTT, DTT and will also be discussed and allocated within these MDT meetings.

Main duties of the job

To provide medical and psychiatric input for the Bexley ADAPT team, Erith Centre.

· To work as part of a multidisciplinary team including nursing staff and other

Participate with the multidisciplinary team during the process of new patient assessments, follow ups, emergency clinics, wrap up meeting following the fast track new patient assessment clinics ,MDT and team business meetings, home visit and Mental Health Act assessments in the community.

· Associated administrative tasks including attending regular meetings with nursing and secretarial staff, dealing with requests for prescriptions, reviewing blood results, ECG’s, neuroimaging and other medical reports, clinical entries on RiO (the Trust electronic medical record) and associated letters and administrative tasks associate with RiO such as making and validating clinical entries, assisting in the completion of Risk assessments and CPA reports.

· Attend and actively participate in relevant team referral, case load zoning and review meetings

· To work in a flexible manner as dictated by clinical need within the terms of the job plan and contract

· Ensure regular and timely discussion of the clinical caseload with the supervising consultant.

· Ensure effective and timely documentation and communication of clinical decision making and management plans.

Working for our organisation

At Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, we offer a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people living in South-East London and to people in prison across England. Our wide array of services includes community health care, such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies.

Oxleas is a great place to work. It has been recognised as one of the Top 10 Best Places to Work 2023 by the Sunday Times amongst very big employers. Our staff survey results show that we are in the Top 5 in England and the highest in London for staff experience amongst similar trusts.

“We are always delighted to welcome new colleagues to the Oxleas family. We care about making Oxleas a great place to work - it’s a big priority in our strategy. Come and join us - it’s a place where our values, teamwork, equity, and wellbeing matter and where you can really help to improve people’s lives.”