
I am a highly motivated doctor with consistently positive feedback working across multidisciplinary teams. I continue to develop my clinical decision making skills being an ardent believer in the possibility of improvement no matter how well one is already doing.
I am passionate about working to alleviate the sufferings of patients with mental health difficulties where possible having had first hand experience being a loved one to someone with similar challenges.
I offer great communication and provide a supportive atmosphere to effectively meet team needs.
- Undertook initial assessments of young patients
- Developed collaborative management plan(using biopsychosocial model) to deliver patient centered care to young patients , also involving their families.
- I Performed medication reviews for young patient with various types of mental health difficulties ; Neurodevelopmental conditions, Low mood, anxiety
- I performed physical health check for young patients and referred to appropriate quarters when concerns were found .
- I gave health promotion information to young patients .
- I have given psychological therapy in the form of partnership sessions and cognitive behavioural cognitive behavioural therapy type intervention to young people under supervision.
- I performed risk assesment of young patients in distress and raised safeguarding concern when identified
- Assess patients with mental health needs in an inpatient secure ward
- Work with other professionals including pharmacists, occupational health personnel, nurses, to manage patients health utilizing the biopsychosocial model of care.
-Provide primary physical health care to patients by taking history and examination and appropriately ordering investigations .
-Liaising with other professionals and referring patients(in a prompt manner) to other services when necessary .
- Up to date record keeping.
- Participating in multidisciplinary team meetings and multi-agency meetings involving patients with forensic history who have mental health conditions.
- Participating in care and treatment planning of inpatients on psychiatry intensive care unit and low secure forensic unit.
-Teaching medical students on rotation and having case based discussions.
- Assessing mentally unwell patients in general hospital setting under supervision
- Safe prescription of psychotropic medication for acutely distressed patients with multiple comorbidities and mental health presentation.
-Writing upto date notes
- Assessing older adult patients on inpatient ward by conducting physical health checks and mental health checks including mental state examination .
- Assessing whether older adult patients who had been transferred to general hospital can return to psychiatric ward.
- Conduction of antidementia medication review clinics
- Conduction of outpatient clinic for older adult patient and treating them with the principles of fairness, respect, equity, dignity and upholding their autonomy safely .
- Including family members in the care of older adult patients
- Home visitation to assess mental health of older adult patient including risk assessment and discussion of management plan in multidisciplinary meetings.
- conducting outpatient clinic for patient with mental health difficulties in the community
- Appropriate ordering of investigation and interpretation .
- Referral of concerning investigation findings to appropriate professionals
- Participating in clozapine monitoring clinic
- Involvement in multidisciplinary team meetings.
- Participating in safety planning with the collaboration of nursing staff and patient .
- I saw to primary health care to older adult patients on a mental health ward.
- I examined and ordered relevant investigation to aid proper diagnosis and treatment of physical health conditions in admitted older adults .
- I performed risk assessment in collaboration with ward staff regarding patients physical, mental and social well being.
Advance life support -2022