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<br />
Dr Giles Richards<br />
Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust<br />
JOB DESCRIPTION: The placement in Old Age Psychiatry would be an excellent training opportunity. Dr<br />
Richards has a great interest in teaching and experience at undergraduate and postgraduate training (Current<br />
Training Programme Director for ST Training in Adult and Old Age Psychiatry). His clinical work is<br />
comprehensive and varied and offers excellent preparation to be a Consultant. Dr Richards is involved in<br />
current research (linked to DeNDRon research org) and audit. Any research undertaken by the SpR can be<br />
supervised by himself or alternatively research-active members of the Mental Health Research Group at the<br />
<strong>Peninsula</strong> Medical School.<br />
Role of the Trainee: To assist in the provision of medical care to the inpatient and community service for<br />
patients with a mental illness who have Complex Care needs or are suffering from dementia in the Caradon<br />
area of Cornwall.<br />
Facilities: There is a 20 bedded dementia assessment unit at Bodmin Hospital for patients from the East of the<br />
county. Our functionally ill patients are admitted to Fletcher Ward, Bodmin Hospital, where we have a limited<br />
number of beds on an adult inpatient ward. We average a total of 2-8 inpatients. The community team based<br />
at Trevillis House comprises of 4.5 Community Psychiatric Nurses, 1 Occupational Therapist and 3 Health Care<br />
Assistants. There is one CMHT meeting per week for review of referrals, allocation and discussion of clinical<br />
issues and any business matters that affect the team. We also provide a Memory Clinic for the patients of<br />
Caradon comprising a Staff Nurse, an Occupational Therapist, Health Care Assistant and psychology input. The<br />
Memory Clinic recently achieved ‘Excellence’ in the MSNAP Accreditation process. The medical team is a<br />
Consultant Psychiatrist and a shared SHO.<br />
Population Served: We cover the population of ten GP practices in Caradon with an elderly population of<br />
15,500. This is a rural farming area with a low income and poor transport facilities. The consultant carries out<br />
the vast majority of assessments and follow up appointments in the patient’s home with the exception of the<br />
weekly review of the Memory Clinic patients.<br />
Number of Consultants for the Service: There is an overall elderly population of just of 120,000 which is<br />
served by 10 Consultant Old Age Psychiatrists that are based throughout the county. We meet monthly as a<br />
group to discuss clinical, education and business matters.<br />
Opportunity for Teaching: Medical students from the <strong>Peninsula</strong> Medical School have clinical placements with<br />
our team and feedback sessions. There are also regular internal team training days, teaching staff in the local<br />
community hospitals and the SpR would be encouraged to be involved in the academic meetings for the junior<br />
doctors, both in house and on the MRCPsych course in Exeter.<br />
Opportunity for Research: Specialist Registrars will have the opportunity to develop their own research<br />
project under supervision from an appropriate supervisor or joining an established research project. There is a<br />
<strong>South</strong> <strong>West</strong> older person’s research group that meets regularly and currently the inpatient team are gaining<br />
great experience in the use of alternative approaches in managing dementia, including aromatherapy, art and<br />
drama.<br />
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