Locum Consultant Psychiatrist for Psychiatry of Later Life
Cork Kerry Community Healthcare (CKCH) provides community health services for the people of Cork and Kerry. Mental Health Services in the region cover hospital and community care and initiatives for those who require specific mental health supports, across the 2 counties.
Clinical Responsibilities:
* To practice as a Consultant Psychiatrist in Cork Mental Health Services under the Public Only Consultant Contract 2023.
* To be responsible for the care and treatment of patients in his/her clinical charge and to ensure mechanisms for the co-ordination of the care with the multidisciplinary team and between the team and other health and social care agencies are established and maintained.
* To ensure that the service will be community oriented, with treatment provided in the main range of community facilities available.
* To provide a diagnostic treatment or consultation service as may be appropriate for or in respect of patients for whom the HSE is obliged under any enactment to provide.
Organisational/Operational Responsibilities:
* To work with the Executive Clinical Director/Clinical Director and Supporting structures in all matters appertaining to their general efficiency.
* To participate in structured arrangements for the determination of resource provision and utilisation.
* To reside convenient to Cork Mental Health Services or at such place as may be approved by the Head of Mental Health Services.