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This Clinical Fellow post provides

• ‘Out of training scheme’ medical input to the Interventional Psychiatry Service (IPS) at the Warneford Hospital in Oxford and
• Clinical teaching related to interventional psychiatry to core trainees, nurses and other

The name ‘Interventional Psychiatry Service’ reflects the new modalities of treatment for resistant affective disorders which are provided through what was formally the ECT service. These currently include ketamine, related rapidly acting antidepressants administered by a variety of routes, repetitive transcranial magnetic simulation (rTMS), transcranial direct current stimulation as well as electroconvulsive therapy.
1. Providing medical support for patients receiving ketamine, related antidepressants or rTMS.
2. Participation in a joint Trust – University TRD clinic
3. Providing a one-stop shop for patients who are referred for ECT to the IPS.
4. Assisting in the development of psychotherapeutic services as adjunctive treatment to that offered by the IPS
5. Working as a sub-investigator on industry- or publicly sponsored clinical studies of new antidepressants.
6. Contributing to future development plans
7. With other members of the IPS team, the post holder will provide daytime medical cover to the ketamine and rTMS services to the level of Immediate Life Support (training provided)
8. This post does not carry on-call responsibilities. Locum weekend or evening cover for other psychiatric services is sometimes available
9. Teaching and training of core trainees and medical students: ECT, TMS, ketamine. Supporting MSc students

OXFORD HEALTH FOUNDATION TRUST AND RESEARCH

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust (OHFT)http://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk/ is a research-active Trusthttp://www.oxfordhealth.nhs.uk/researchundertaking studies ranging from small educational projects through to very complex and intensive Clinical Trials of Investigational Medicinal Products (CTIMPS) across a variety of disciplines from dementia, mental health, community health, children and young people services.

OHFT is one of only two Trusts in the country to host a National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre (BRC)https://oxfordhealthbrc.nihr.ac.uk/. In partnership with Department of Psychiatryhttps://www.psych.ox.ac.uk/, this supports infrastructure for experimental medicine, as does the the NIHR funding for the Clinical Research Facility at the Warneford. There are also research 3T MRI and MEG facilities on the Warneford site. The Department of Psychiatry has an international reputation for research with major funding streams including the Medical Research Council (MRC) and Wellcome Trust.

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