Locum Consultant Psychiatrist - Male Acute Inpatients

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Leeds; On-site; GBP 72,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Locum Consultant Psychiatrist for a less than full-time role on a male ward for up to 12 months. This position offers the chance to improve mental health services, work with compassionate staff, and enjoy considerable professional development opportunities including a generous study leave allowance and flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

27 - 33 days annual leave

Flexible working arrangements

NHS Pension Scheme

Coaching and support opportunities

Generous study leave allowance

Financial support for relocation

Qualifications

• Approved Clinician/Responsible Clinician status within 3 months.
• Fully registered with GMC and included on the GMC Specialist Register.
• Approved Doctor under s12.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality patient care on ward 3 Becklin.
• Work with a full time Consultant to improve service delivery.
• Participate in clinical duties including assessments and patient management.

Skills

Excellent knowledge within specialty

Education

MBChB or equivalent medical qualification

Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists

Job description

We are seeking a less than full time Locum Consultant Psychiatrist to work alongside a full time Consultant on the male ward - ward 3 Becklin for up to 12 months.

Main duties of the job

Are you committed to providing high quality patient care? We need you to help us achieve our goals to live our lives free from stigma and discrimination and to improve the lives of people with a learning disability and mental ill health.

Here are Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) we are an organisation committed to providing high quality care to improve health and lives and which seeks to provide outstanding mental health and learning disability services as an employer of choice, and while maintaining the values of simplicity, integrity and care for those in need.

The Trust strategy is built upon three priorities:

Delivering great care that is high quality and improves lives

Providing a rewarding and supportive place to work

Using resources to deliver effective and sustainable services

As a medical workforce, we provide outstanding secondary care mental health services that allow our service users to feel that they are safe and receiving the latest, high quality, evidence-based care, delivered by motivated, engaged and compassionate staff, who feel supported and enabled to grow in the workplace and the systems we provide. Further information can be found here

About us

The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.

There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.

We also have an incredible bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank.

Applicants should be aware that any individual requiring a visa to work in the UK, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles only (this does not include Healthcare Support Workers). This is an essential requirement, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you do not meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.

Job description

Job responsibilities

We offer a wide range of benefits to help support a healthy work-life balance and support your overall health and wellbeing including:

• Excellent relocation package(if applicable)
• Annual leave entitlement as per the terms and conditions of consultant contract
• On-site parking
• Cycle to work & car leasing schemes
• Wide-range of Health & Wellbeing benefits

This is a 10 PA post plus a 1% category B availability for out of hours on-call duties.

As well as financial support for relocation (up to £8,000*), we want to understand what flexibility means to you, do you want to work condensed hours? Do you have caring responsibilities? Is there a certain day which you cannot work for personal reasons? Then talk to us.

*subject to conditions.

What you will get:

• Supportive and friendly colleagues
• Personalised coaching and mentoring
• Weekly academic teaching
• Access to NHS leadership and development opportunities, including opportunity to become an appraiser and educational / training development opportunities
• Annual medical leadership development day
• Generous study leave allowance (averaging 10 days per year and up to 30 days leave over 3 years with a budget of £1000 per annum)

Career and pastoral support from consultant colleagues

Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

• Excellent knowledge within specialty

Qualifications

Essential

• Approved Clinician/Responsible Clinician status OR able to and committed to achieve with 3 months of appointment
• MBChB or equivalent medical qualification.
• Fully registered with GMC and Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months.
• Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, or equivalent qualification (in accordance with Royal College of Psychiatrist's Guidelines)
• Approved Doctor under s12

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