Member Royal College of Psychiatrists

Being a member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, U.K. remains in good standing with the professional development guidelines of the college.

Qualifications

• Post-Graduate Certificate in Medical Education (PGCert) Edgehill University, United Kingdom 2013                          

• Medical Leadership in Practice (MLiP) Manchester Business School, United Kingdom 2012  

• MSc Clinical Psychiatry University of Leeds, United Kingdom 2012

• Member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (MRCPsych) London, United Kingdom 2010                                  

• MBBS, Allama Iqbal Medical College University of Punjab, Pakistan 2001                                                                                                               

Consultant Psychiatrist Roles

• Consultant Psychiatrist, Liaison Mental Health Services.

HOSPITAL BASE: Salford Royal University Hospital, Stott Lane, Salford, UK 

• Consultant Psychiatrist, Liaison Mental Health Services.

HOSPITAL BASE:  Aintree University Hospital, Lower Lane, Fazakerley, Liverpool, UK 

• Consultant Psychiatrist, Liaison Mental Health Services.

HOSPITAL BASE:  North Manchester General Hospital Crumpsall Manchester, UK 

• Consultant Psychiatrist, Liaison Mental Health Services.

HOSPITAL BASE:  Stepping Hill Hospital, Stockport, UK 

• Consultant Psychiatrist, Liaison Mental Health Services.

HOSPITAL BASE:  University Hospital of South Manchester, Wythenshawe, Manchester, UK  

• Consultant Psychiatrist, Millbrook Unit Cheshire & Wirral Partnership Trust

HOSPITAL BASE:  Millbrook Unit, Macclesfield District General Hospital, Macclesfield, UK 

• Consultant Psychiatrist, Community Mental Health Team East

HOSPITAL BASE:  Cherrywood Clinic, Royal Oldham Teaching Hospital, Rochdale Road, Oldham, UK 

• Consultant Psychiatrist

HOSPITAL BASE:  Park House, North Manchester Hospital, Crumpsall, Manchester, UK

Specialist Registrar (SpR) training

SpR Perinatal Psychiatry

Laureate House, Wythenshawe Hospital, Southmoor Road, Manchester, UK

TIME PERIOD: August 2012 – August 2013

SpR Central Manchester West Sector CMHT/Manchester Central Crisis Team

HOSPITAL BASE: The Rawnsley Building, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, Manchester, UK

TIME PERIOD: August 2010 to August 2012

Core Training Scheme in Psychiatry

 YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE DEANERY

• Feb 2010 – Aug 2010 ST3, Learning Disabilities with Dr. Upadhyay, Fieldhead Hospital. Community/inpatient services with on-call and ECT rota.

•  Aug 2009 – Feb 2010 ST3, Adult Psychiatry, Dr Cruikshank, Fieldhead Hospital. CMHT job with liaison experience and on-call and ECT rota.

•  Feb 2009 – Aug 2009 ST2, Rehab & Recovery, Dr R Balmer, St Mary’s.  Covering 4 rehab units in Leeds with a special emphasis on collaborative partnership and social inclusion

•   Aug 2008 – Feb 2009 ST2 Regional medium secure forensic services at Newton Lodge Dr. Roney, Fieldhead Hospital, Wakefield, UK. Job included looking after consultants caseload and input to learning disabilities and forensic and female-only units only.

•  Feb 2008 – Aug 2008 ST1 Old age Psychiatry, Prof. S Curran Fieldhead Hospital, Community and inpatient services.

•  Aug 2007 – Feb 2008 ST1, Adult Psychiatry, Dr E Millar, Fieldhead Hospital, Busy CMHT job.

•  November 2005 - August 2007 Trust Grade, Old Age Psychiatry, with Dr. Marriott and Dr. Kumar, in Fieldhead Hospital two consultants

Psychotherapy Experience

•  Completed CBT training in Leeds, UK

• Experience of Balint therapy

Teaching and Training

• Completed postgraduate certificate in workplace-based Post-Graduate Medical Education.

• Involved in both formal and informal teaching of Manchester 4th-year medical students.

• Examiner for OSCEs for 4th   and 5th year medical students.

• On the interview panel for Manchester Medical School.

• Attendance of CPD meetings.

•  Attendance of courses to maintain Educational Supervisor Status.

•  Attendance of regional RCPSYCH conferences.

• Annual refresher course for mandatory CPR and Breakaway training.

•  Attendance of courses to maintain AC/Section 12(2) status.

Audits

•  Audit on ECG monitoring for patients on anti-psychotics.

•  Audit on Use of Multiple Antipsychotics in CMHT patients under care coordination.

•  Admission audit for Perinatal Unit

• Completion of risk tools on admission and discharge of patients admitted to the Central Crisis Team.

• Completion of Consent to Treatment Forms for inpatients.

• Evaluation of monitoring of metabolic syndrome at Newton Lodge.

• Case note[HJ1]  audit of assessment tests in dementia.

• Audit on use of Incident Forms.

•  Audit on outpatient services in old age psychiatry.

•  Audit on use of hypnotics in the elderly inpatients.

Management Experience

•  Participation in Local Transformation Working Group for Liaison Services – South Manchester & Trafford.

• Participation in Communication Meetings.

• Medical Panel member in Serious Untoward Incident meetings.

• Completed ‘Medical Leadership in Practice’ with distinction from Manchester Business School.

• Lead SpR for two years, during higher specialist training for organizing teaching activities for 4th-year medical students during their placement in psychiatry.

•  Attendance of Workforce meetings.

•  Attendance of Medicine Management Committee meetings.

•  On-call representative for SHOs at Fieldhead Hospital.

•  SHO representative for Medical Education and Training Activation Group.

Research and Publications

• Completed MedSc in Clinical Psychiatry in September 2011 with merit from the University of Leeds.

• Karim, Prof Wattis, Prof Curran & Ford 2009 ‘Pharmacological Management of Behavioural Disturbance in Patients with Dementia’ Geriatric Medicine 2 Volume 39, Page 22

• Karim and Prof.Curran, 2007 ’Medication Adherence - talking to patients about their medications’ Human Psychopharmacology – clinical and experimental Volume 22, Page 329.[