GMC Number: 6162047
Dr Alister Gomes-Pinto is a Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry (with Liaison Psychiatry endorsement), and former Medical Lead for Avon and Wiltshire Partnership NHS Trust.
He completed his training in Severn Deanery, is Section 12(2) Approved, and currently works as both a Community Consultant and a Responsible Clinician with Approved Clinician status in inpatient and community settings – which regularly involves Community Treatment Order reviews, tribunal hearings and managers hearings.
Dr Pinto has worked in a variety of settings including memory clinics, outpatient community clinics, general hospital and psychiatric ward settings – and out of hours with police and Approved Mental Health Professionals as part of mental health act (MHA) and mental capacity act (MCA) assessments.
He has also worked with residential/nursing/dementia residential/dementia nursing homes using the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS) framework, including completion of Section 49 Court Reports.
He has received excellent feedback from clients, families and colleagues for his transformational leadership and multidisciplinary style of working. He regularly liaises with clients, families, carers, GPs and specialists to achieve holistic outcomes.
Dr Pinto also has experience of being a Trust Appraiser, a Postgraduate Tutor in Medical Education, DoLS Medical Assessor, and Trainer for pre-and post-Membership Trainees.