Cockburn Community Outpatient Team Registrar
• Assessment and management of a broad range of adult psychiatric presentations in the community setting, under the supervision of our team consultant psychiatrist.
• Cases include Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders, Bipolar and Related Disorders, Depressive Disorders, Anxiety Disorders, Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders, Somatic Symptom and Related Disorders, Feeding and Eating Disorders, Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders, Neurocognitive Disorders and Personality Disorders.
• Leadership and support to the multidisciplinary team.
• Engagement with a broad range of stakeholder clinicians,
including clinical psychologists, social workers, occupational therapists, dieticians, exercise physiologists, dual diagnosis specialists and nursing staff.
• Case management of patients, including formulation of management plans and risk assessments.
• Chairing of the multidisciplinary meeting on a rotating basis.
• Regular liaison with general practitioners and other medical
and surgical specialists regarding the management of medical and surgical comorbidities.
District Medical Officer Role
• Out-of-hours, on-site psychiatry speciality registrar cover with responsibility for the entire mental health hospital including the locked, open and older adult wards.
• Independent assessment and management of a broad range of acute, sub-acute and chronic psychiatric presentations at triage.
• Consultant liaison cover to the general hospital.
• Initial management of medical co-morbidities of admitted
patients including MET calls.
ECT Team member
• Registrar member of the ECT team and under the supervision of the team consultant provide assessment, management, and administration of ECT.