SOUTH WESTERN DEANERY - South West Peninsula Deanery
SOUTH WESTERN DEANERY - South West Peninsula Deanery
SOUTH WESTERN DEANERY - South West Peninsula Deanery
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POST:<br />
TRAINER:<br />
EMPLOYING TRUST:<br />
Old Age Psychiatry, Estuary House, Newton Abbot<br />
Dr John Dunn<br />
Devon Partnership NHS Trust<br />
This post offers the opportunity for a Specialty Trainee to gain experience in a mainly community based Old<br />
Age Psychiatry service but fitting the job to their stage of development on the scheme. The core service is a<br />
multi-disciplinary community team. There has also been the development of an Early Detection and<br />
Intervention in Dementia service (EDI) under a newly appointed consultant Dr Deepak Sachdeva which is<br />
connected to the Community team. The area whilst primarily described as rural has a good road network and a<br />
population concentration in a few small towns and large villages. Thus apart from the memory clinic,<br />
assessment and treatment is largely by home visits though outpatient space is available if needed at<br />
Sherbourne House, Newton Abbot. However opportunities to work in inpatient settings, EDI service and<br />
prescription of cholinesterase inhibitors are available. The post could also offer the opportunity to act in the<br />
capacity of ‘Consultant’ in part of the patch enabling the Specialty Trainee at the end of their rotation to<br />
experience the demands of the future in a supervised way. Considerable flexibility is envisaged in the<br />
timetable to allow specific educational needs to be met. Experience with the Consultant being responsible for<br />
ECT is also possible. The Specialty Trainees have a major part in the educational sessions and audit in the<br />
locality.<br />
With recent reconfiguration and growing interagency working there are a number of avenues to gain<br />
experiences in service development, committee work and guideline development.<br />
TIMETABLE (flexible):<br />
Monday<br />
A.M.<br />
9-11am ECT clinic (Torbay Gen<br />
Hospital)<br />
11-12pm Administration<br />
12-2pm Memory Clinic Feedback<br />
Meeting<br />
P.M.<br />
2-3pm Supervision with Consultant<br />
3-5pm Community visits<br />
Tuesday<br />
9-11am Community Team Meeting<br />
11-1pm Liaison and supervision<br />
with team<br />
1-5pm Supporting activities –<br />
educational meeting monthly,<br />
audit bimonthly, management<br />
meetings monthly. CPD,<br />
educational supervision<br />
Wednesday Special Interest Session Special Interest Session<br />
Thursday<br />
Friday<br />
On-Call 1: 10 with Consultant Cover<br />
9-11pm ECT clinic (Torbay Gen<br />
Hospital)<br />
11-1pm Community visits<br />
[EDI clinic day]<br />
9-1pm Outpatients or community<br />
visits/work<br />
[EDI clinic day]<br />
1-5pm Flexible time for CPD,<br />
management, training<br />
1-5pm admin/community work<br />
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