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Trosolwg o'r swydd

This is an exciting part time (2 PA) opportunity for an enthusiastic and committed Consultant Psychiatrist to work in a specialist HIV Mental Health Team alongside a team of clinical psychologists to support patients who attend the Lawson HIV Unit. This post also has support of a PA, currently working Thursday and Friday and will be on site at the Lawson unit for the clinic day. The current postholder works Fridays but there is flexibility regarding the day.  You will need to demonstrate a holistic approach to HIV and mental health and have experience of working with diverse and sometimes marginalised client groups, and be able to support trauma informed care with the HIV and mental health team.  You will provide mental health assessment and brief treatment for HIV patients, outpatient assessment and short-term support for clients with complex mental health issues related to living with HIV. This will include consulting with HIV healthcare professionals and HIV mental health team members to provide collaborative trauma informed care. Our main referrers are HIV clinic staff, but also mental health community teams and addiction services.  The service has extremely strong links with the rich network of voluntary sector HIV organisations in Brighton and Hove, and we have excellent working relations with the HIV clinical team too. We are proud to provide high quality care to to support partner agencies to provide holistic trauma informed care.

Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd

The post involves the following roles and duties:

•        Psychiatric assessment of patients presenting with complex mental health disorders that are associated with their HIV diagnosis.
•        Psychiatric follow-up appointments working within a brief liaison and treatment model
•        Consultation and advice to the HIV clinical team regarding the mental health management of patients
•        Consultation and advice to external services such as ATS or addiction services regarding the mental health management and care of patients living with HIV
•        Working collaboratively and in consultation with the well-established HIV clinical psychologists to offer joint assessments, and to offer consultation within the HIV mental health team
•        Onward referral of patients who require support from other services
•        Assessing and managing risk and sharing risk concerns with others involved in the care of patients
•        Assessing psychiatric medication needs of HIV patients and advising on medication interactions with ARV's
•      Care planning and treatment formulation for patients seen in outpatient clinic
• Writing high quality assessment and treatment reports

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

Sussex Partnership was formed in April 2006 as an NHS Trust and established as an NHS Foundation Trust with Teaching Trust status in August 2008. Building on the strengths of our Care Delivery Service model, we have recently moved to a four-division operational and clinical structure that includes three place-based divisions, for Brighton &  Hove, East Sussex and West Sussex, and one specialist division for CAMHS, learning disability and neurodevelopmental services and forensic services. The specialist division will work in a co-ordinated way with place-based services in the three geographical areas. The Trust strives to provide consistently high-quality services, working in partnership with each other, the people who use our services and other organisations. This post will sit within the Brighton and Hove division along with a wide range of adult psychiatric and psychology services, and could be combined with another post subject to availability. The post also works into the Lawson HIV unit within University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust, and the post holder will work across organisational borders with HIV consultants and nurses. The HIV mental health service is well established within the Trust and the Lawson unit and is highly valued with excellent relationships with staff and patient outcomes