Question

how can we improve and modify the involvement of the psychiatrist, that is limited in hours and rather supervisory?

Problem description

Each client in our caseload has his own psychiatrist.  This psychiatrist could or could not be connected to the hospital.  The psychiatrist, detached to the team, is present during client discussions.  Most of the time, the supervising psychiatrist is not the “treating” psychiatrist.  Also, the availability of the supervising psychiatrist for the home care teams, is limited in hours: only during briefings and client discussions.  His role is supportive and supervisory, without having a role in treatment.  The psychiatrists doesn’t really know the clients as persons, but as names put on paper

Impact - effect

The treating psychiatrist is far away from the home situation.  Work is done, next to each other, and there is little consultation and communication.  A lot of communication gets lost.  Extra time needs to be invested in order to inform the treating psychiatrist

To do

To do : this is a mainly problem that must be solved above our heads. It’s about limitation in time and resources.   New clients could be referred to the team psychiatrist.  We have already suggested that each new client, as a manner of introduction, should see our team psychiatrist

Theme

Role of psychiatrists

Topic

Number of hours/week available for the team, number of WTE psychiatrist (full-time, part-time..)

Reference -  contact

Geert Jacques, Sofie Pringels, Annelies Remaut

Mobile team

2B

Project

Zuid West-Vlaanderen

Intership abroad - place

Noord-Holland-Noord

Date

November 2013