North Central Thames Foundation School
Individual Placement Description - University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Placement
The
Department
F1 Rehabilitation Psychiatry
154 Camden Road a ‘Ward in the Community’ Rehabilitation Project. All patients are informal.
There is a strong focus on self-care and relapse prevention. The Consultant is Dr Matthew
Allin and there is a multidisciplinary team consisting of a core trainee (who also covers Tile
house), nurses, OT and support workers. Tile House is a community unit providing supported
accommodation for 15 residents with severe and enduring mental illness. In Tile House the
staffing group are partly employed by One Housing Group consisting of psychology graduates
and support workers, and there is also input from a consultant psychiatrist Dr Shah, core
trainee, clinical psychologist and community psychiatric nurse
The type of
The F1 will be involved in the assessment of patients admitted to 154 Camden Road CRSOP.
work to
The F1 will review patients’ mental states and present new cases to the consultant and attend
expect and
the weekly ward round.
learning
The overall educational objectives of the placement are to enable the F1 to
opportunities  Take a history and mental state examination
 Perform a risk assessment
 Produce a psychiatric formulation
 Keep accurate and relevant medical records
 Manage time and clinical priorities effectively
 Communicate effectively with patients, relatives and colleagues
 Use evidence, guidelines and audit to benefit patient care
 Act in a professional manner at all times
 Cope with the legal and ethical issues that arise when treating psychiatric patients
 Become lifelong learners and teachers
Location
154 Camden Road, NW1 and Tile House, 1 Beaconsfield Street London N1C 4AD
Supervisor(s) Dr Nisha Shah
Main duties
The F1 will assess new admissions to 154 Camden Road and to Tile House. This will involve
of the
reviewing past records. They will work closely with the CT and MDT. At Tile House they will
placement
liaise with GPs about physical health conditions. They will be involved in arranging and
interpreting the results of various investigations. They will be involved in discharge planning.
Under the supervision of a clinical supervisor they will prescribe pharmacological and
psychosocial treatments for the patients that they are working with. They will refer them
promptly to other professionals as directed by their clinical supervisors.
Typical
Mon-Fri 0900 – 1700
working
Fri 1200 – 1400 local academic programme
pattern in
One day a week in the acute trust
this
No on call
placement
Employer
The employer will be UCLH NHS Trust but the post will be based in Camden & Islington NHS
information
Foundation Trust which was established on 1st April 2008. Previously (since 1st April 2002) it
had been one of the first Mental Health and Social Care Trusts in the country. The Trust is
responsible for the provision of in-patient and community mental health services within the
London Boroughs of Camden and Islington. This includes general adult mental health
services (including rehabilitation, EIS, crisis and AOT services), services for ageing and
mental health, an inpatient service for people with learning disabilities and substance misuse
services.
It is important to note that this description is a typical example of your placement and may be subject to
change.