Royal Edinburgh Hospital - General Psychiatry and Rehabilitation (2024)
Individual placement description |
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| Placement: |
General Adult Psychiatry: Rehabilitation |
| Year: |
F2 |
| Region: |
South East |
| Hospital(s): |
Royal Edinburgh Hospital |
| Main duties of placement: | Care of adult in-patients aged 18-64 who require psychiatric rehabilitation. Clerking in, extensive case note reviews, gathering information from relatives and others, formulation and treatment strategies, ward rounds, discharge letters, care of physical health problems. |
| Typical work pattern: | Monday-Friday 9am-5pm plus long days (to 9pm) and blocks of night and weekend duties. All on call work is within psychiatric service. |
| Learning opportunities: | Regular opportunities for ward-based teaching and to attend team learning sessions. Option to attend weekly psychiatry wide case conferences, special lectures every two weeks. Weekly Supervision. |
| Teaching: | Regular opportunities for ward-based teaching and to attend team learning sessions. Option to attend weekly psychiatry wide case conferences, special lectures every two weeks. Weekly Supervision. |
| Unique selling points: | One-to-one working with a consultant in a busy service. Opportunity to work in rehabilitation psychiatry. |
| It is important to note that this description is a typical example of your placement and may be subject to change. | |
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Post Descriptors for F2
South-East region post descriptors for F2.