Job Description
Job summary
The post is a replacement 10 PA post. Sedgefield treatment
and intervention team is based in Spennymoor. The Team provides secondary
mental health service input for all mental health conditions for working age
adult population. The team receives referrals mostly from GP surgeries via
central Access team and other sources such as Crisis team/ Liaison Psychiatry/
wards. The team provides specialist support to patients with significant mental
health difficulties such as mood disorders/ schizophrenia/ bipolar disorder/
personality disorder and adult neurodevelopmental conditions such as ADHD/
Autism. The Team is able to obtain expert advice from Trust-wide specialist
services which include an ADHD service, the Autism Spectrum Assessment Team and
the eating disorder service. Crisis Team manages access to inpatient services.
The post-holder will develop effective working relationships with members of
the Crisis Team and ...