SOUTH WESTERN DEANERY - South West Peninsula Deanery

POST:
TRAINER:
EMPLOYING TRUST:
TRAINING BASE:
Liaison Psychiatry
Dr Adrian Flynn
Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Department of Liaison Psychiatry, Well-Being Centre, Royal Cornwall Hospital
Trust, Treliske Hospital, Truro, TR1 2LJ
JOB DESCRIPTION: The trainee will be based at Treliske Hospital, which is a 750 bedded hospital, within the
Liaison Psychiatry Department and will also have access to office space at the Carrick Community Mental
Health Team base where Dr Flynn’s medical secretary works. This is at 57 Pydar Street, Truro, TR1 2SS.
The trainee will be part of a medical and nursing team providing psychiatric services to the Royal Cornwall
Hospital, Treliske. The team comprises a full-time Consultant Psychiatric time, there is an ST2 trainee and an F1
doctor. There is a Team Manager, two Psychiatric Liaison Nurses, and Alcohol Liaison Nurse and a half time
Team Administrator.
The team accepts referrals for the full range of psychiatric presentations in the general hospital. The majority
of referrals are for self-harm and alcohol and substance misuse. The trainee will have an opportunity to see
these patients, particularly more complex presentations and to supervise more junior medical staff in their
assessments. They will be expected to provide advice and support to the senior nursing staff within the team
and joint assessments are encouraged where possible. The assessment of more complex referrals is where the
trainee will have their predominant role. These referrals include neuropsychiatric presentations, perinatal
psychiatric presentations, complex somatoform disorders and co morbid common mental health disorders that
are influencing the presentation of long term medical conditions. An outpatient clinic is available for the follow
up of these patients. The trainee will be directly supervised by the Consultant for one hour each week. The
Liaison Service is establishing links with many other hospital departments. There will be an opportunity to
establish a special interest in one of these areas and an excellent opportunity for service development and
research.
The timetable is flexible and can be adjusted according to commitments. It provides an opportunity to
supervise the F1 doctor.
TIMETABLE:
A.M.
P.M.
Monday Liaison Ward work Administration / F1 supervision
Tuesday Liaison Ward Work Liaison MDT
Supervision (1 hour)
Wednesday Teaching/CPD Research or Special Interest
Thursday Research or Special Interest Liaison OPD clinic
Friday Liaison ward work Liaison ward work
On-Call 1: 15 approx with Consultant Cover
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