ANGELA AMBROSE

• Dorset Health Care
• I am currently working alongside another Consultant Psychiatrist in an Acute Adult Admissions Psychiatric Ward with 16 beds and a Hospital Based Place of Safety. I started working here in October 2025 after working for 8 months in a liaison setting in Poole General Hospital.
• This is a highly skilled liaison team with psychiatric trainees and F1 doctors doing rotations with us rotating with us.
• I work with over 18 year olds including Older Adults.
• I also supervise GP trainees, F1 and F2 doctors and Trainees in Psychiatry.
• I work across all the specialities within the general hospital and in the Emergency Department.
• Developed effective therapeutic relationships, leading to improved patient trust and communication.
• Advised families on coping strategies, providing much needed emotional support during challenging times.
• Secured positive recovery rates with comprehensive care strategies.
• Achieved reduced relapse rates through careful medication management.
• Consulted with other healthcare professionals to ensure comprehensive patient care.
• I am trained in using RIO and other digital platforms that are utilised in NHS trusts.
• I have experience in diagnosing and treating a wide range of complex medical conditions in an acute general hospital setting.

• Supervised management of 14-bedded mixed older adult functional ward and 14-bedded mixed older adult organic ward.
• Supported resolution of complex problems by identifying root causes and implementing effective solutions.
• Assisted in facilitating workshops and training sessions to enhance skills of team members and improve service delivery.
• Focused on preventive psychiatry methods, reducing incidence of severe episodes in vulnerable individuals.
• Initiated crisis intervention measures in high-risk situations for immediate resolution.
• Coordinated multidisciplinary teams for holistic patient management.
• Evaluated patients' psychological states, contributing to accurate diagnoses.
• Advised families on coping strategies, providing much needed emotional support during challenging times.
• Enhanced patient well-being by implementing tailored treatment plans.
• Conducted mental health assessments to determine suitable treatments.

Provided support services based at Bolitho House in Penzance.

• My duties include providing clinical leadership to the community mental health service in Southwest Cornwall including running the memory service.
• Achieved reduced relapse rates through careful medication management.
• Initiated crisis intervention measures in high-risk situations for immediate resolution.
• Identified symptoms of severe mental illnesses, enabling timely intervention and treatment.
• Secured positive recovery rates with comprehensive care strategies.
• Focused on preventive psychiatry methods, reducing incidence of severe episodes in vulnerable individuals.
• Managed clinical caseload of [Number] [Type] clients.

• Assisted in managing conflict resolution within team.
• Supported a positive and encouraging work environment.
• Helped conduct performance evaluations for nursing staff and provided constructive feedback.
• Assisted with patient admissions at the hospital to ensure timely processing.
• Collaborated with physicians and nursing staff to reduce medication errors and enhance patient experience.
• Participated in ward meetings to help develop policies and procedures.
• Maintained accurate patient records to document care provided and changes in condition.
• Facilitated smooth patient admissions and discharges for patients and families.

• Ageless Liaison Psychiatry service based at Derriford Hospital, Plymouth.
• Diagnosed and treated a wide range of complex medical conditions in an acute and busy general hospital during Covid.
• Developed effective therapeutic relationships, leading to improved patient trust and communication.
• Maintained detailed case notes after each session, ensuring accurate record keeping and progress tracking.
• Promoted better understanding of psychiatric conditions by conducting educational sessions.
• Consulted with other healthcare professionals to ensure comprehensive patient care.

• Older People’s Mental Health Community Service.
• I worked in the community mental health services for older people in Plymouth.
• I also covered the inpatient wards from time and to time.
• I was on the on-call rota for the Adult and Older People’s Mental Health Service.
• My duties included outpatient clinics, home visits, care home visits, Section 12 work and providing clinical leadership for the OPMH service.
• I also supervised medical students and junior doctors on a regular basis.

• Serving within a community placement across South Devon and specialising in Older People’s Mental Health Services, I was involved in service improvement and the optimisation of resources.
• Whilst providing clinical leadership to Psychiatric Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Social Work teams, junior trainee doctors and advanced practitioners in the team, I was also involved in the SYMBAD study researching medication options for Alzheimer’s Dementia and BPSD.
• I worked alongside another Consultant Psychiatrist in OPMH and a Specialist doctor.
• I worked with both the Functional Team and the Memory Team.
• I was the Consultant in charge of a team of Senior Mental Health practitioners to over the 100+ Care Home remit addressing behavioural and psychological symptoms of Dementia called the CHEST Team. This was started in April 2017.
• I was involved in developing new standards in non pharmacological management partnering with community organisations, GP’s and Social Care teams.
• I also serve as an Expert Witness where older people’s mental health has an impact on their competency, capacity to make decisions about their finances, health and welfare, their fitness to plead and stand trial for both civil and criminal psychiatric cases.

• My role was to support the Exeter Liaison Psychiatry team.
• I specialised in older people’s mental health services providing holistic assessment, treating and continuing care for a range of disorders including Dementia, Depression and Schizophrenia, Eating Disorders and Affective Disorders within a general hospital setting.
• I was also supervising junior doctors and medical students.
• I worked alongside other medical specialities, patients and their families to deliver a person-centred approach to individualised care utilising non pharmacological and pharmacological management practices.

• Inpatient Consultant Psychiatrist for the over-60s inpatient 14-bed unit.
• Specialised in complex cases of severe functional mental health issues.
• Collaborated cross-agency to identify and collate core occupational and social data.
• Delivered interventions developing care packages for post in-patient services.
• I use a holistic, integrated approach with an understanding of the needs of an aging population.

• Consulted within the Adult Community Mental Health Services in Exeter.
• Provided Expert Witness assessment, testimony and reports for court hearings.
• Worked with patients with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, personality disorders, post-traumatic stress disorders, anxiety and depressive disorders.

• Older People’s Mental Health Services.
• Clinical Supervisor for 2 associate specialists in psychiatry and a Team of Senior & Junior Mental Health Practitioners.
• Clinical lead in clinical audit, supervisions and coaching.
• Managed a 10-bed inpatient unit specialising in dementias.
• Managed a 13-bed inpatient functional OPMH patients.
• Supported a 26-bed continuing care way and 16-bed step down ward.
• Partnered with Lakeside RH and residential homes to support patients with mental health problems.

HISTORIC EXPERIENCE

• October 2013 – MAY 2014 Locum Consultant Psychiatrist Devon Partnership Trust
• Consultant Psychiatrist JERSEY HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES APR 2012 – SEPT 2013
• Locum Consultant Psychiatrist Devon Partnership Trust General Adult Psychiatry 10/2011-03/2012
• Locum Consultant Psychiatrist The Priory Women’s Personality Disorders unit 02/2011 – 9/2011
• Locum Consultant General Adult Psychiatrist Bowmore ward Cheshire and Wirral NHS Trust 11/2010 – 2/201
• Service Development Consultant Older People’s Mental Health University Hospital Singapore 02/2010 – 10/2010
• Locum Consultant Psychiatrist Ellesmere Port & Neston 03/2004 – 09/2005
• Locum SPR Child & Adult Young Persons Centre 12/2003 – 02/2004
• Specialist General Adult Cherry bank Centre 10/2002 – 10/2003
• Locum SHO Old Age Hollins Park Hospital 02/2002 – 8/2002
• SHO Forensic Psychiatry Ashworth Hospital 08/2001 – 02/2002
• SHO General Psychiatrist Brooker Centre, Runcorn 02/2001 – 8/2001
• SHO General Adult Psychiatrist Whiston Hospital 08/2000 – 02/2001
• SHO Old Age Psychiatrist Mossley Hill Hospital 02/2000 – 08/2000
• SHO General Adult Psychiatrist Broad oak Hospital 08/1999 – 02/2000
• SHO General Adult Psychiatrist Aintree Hospital 02/1999 – 08/1999
• SHO Old Age Psychiatrist Hollins Park Hospital 02/1998 – 08/1999
• Senior House Officer Sultanah Aminah Hospital 03/1994 – 04/1995
• Junior House Officer Sultanah Aminah Hospital 03/1994 – 04/1995 Junior House Officer Mahe Medical Hospital 12/1992 – 12/1993