NHS Locum Specialty Doctor in MHUCD

ESSEX PARTNERSHIP UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; Basildon; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A NHS healthcare provider in the United Kingdom is seeking a fixed term NHS Locum Specialty Doctor to deliver high-quality psychiatric support to the Mental Health Urgent Care department. Applicants should have GMC registration in good standing and relevant psychiatric competences. The role involves comprehensive assessments, medical leadership, and collaboration with various healthcare professionals. This position offers opportunities for impactful work within mental health services.

Benefits

Season Ticket Loan

NHS discounts

Training opportunities

Buying and Selling annual leave

Qualifications

• Eligible for full GMC registration at time of appointment.
• Held Section 12 (2) approval under the Mental Health Act 1983.
• Evidence of ST1/CT1 competences in psychiatry at application.

Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive psychiatric assessments independently.
• Provide medical leadership to the team during the Consultant's absence.
• Participate in multidisciplinary team meetings.

Skills

GMC registration

Section 12 (2) approval

Psychiatric assessment

Clinical leadership

Teamwork

Education

ST1/CT1 competences in psychiatry

Likelihood of achieving CT2 competences

Job description

Overview

EPUT is looking to appoint a fixed term NHS Locum Specialty Doctor who will provide consistent, high quality Medical Psychiatric support to the Mental Health Urgent care department which caters to adults over the age of 18, who are experiencing a mental health crisis.

You should be eligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment and hold Section 12 (2) approval under the Mental Health Act 1983. You will also need to provide evidence of achievement of ST1/CT1 competences in psychiatry at time of application and likelihood of achieving CT2 competences in psychiatry by the start date of the post.

The department will offer a therapeutic mental health setting to assess urgent mental health presentations which might otherwise have been seen in the A+E department. The service will offer a comprehensive assessment and onward care planning through a diverse and highly skilled mental health workforce incorporating support workers, peer coaches, social worker, nurses and doctors. The service will work closely with existing urgent mental health care pathways and other appropriate services in the local health and social care system, including voluntary care sector organisations, to provide holistic and person centred care.

The service will also be working closely with the Basildon A+E department in being able to offer a limited range of physical health interventions in the department itself and if appropriate for onward referral to relevant specialties in the general hospital.

The post-holder will be expected to work independently and accountably providing clinical leadership to the team, through good multi-professional working and liaising with a range of professional groups including nurses, occupational therapists, psychologists and doctors in delivering services.

Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive and holistic psychiatric assessments and risk assessments independently whilst appropriately seeking advice from the Consultant in complex cases.
• Participate and provide recommendations in MHA assessments for patients presenting to the service when appropriate.
• Record clinical entries contemporaneously in the electronic patient record.
• Offer advice and supervision to other junior clinical members in the team when appropriate.
• Attend handover meetings every day.
• Attend the weekly regular supervision with the Consultant.
• Provide medical leadership to the team when the Consultant is away with support from the covering Consultant when appropriate.
• Attend and actively contribute to weekly MDT meetings.
• Liaise with different specialties and departments to ensure seamless continuation of patient care.
• Dictate letters to other services when appropriate to ensure seamless continuation of patient care.
• Be a strong team player and work with the Multidisciplinary team in delivering holistic care.
• Actively participate in the clinical governance of the team.
• Actively participate in the teaching and training of junior clinical members of the team as appropriate.

Qualifications and requirements

• GMC registration in good standing at time of appointment.
• Section 12(2) approval under the Mental Health Act 1983.
• Evidence of achievement of ST1/CT1 competences in psychiatry at application and likelihood of achieving CT2 competences by start date.

Other information

• Important note: please ensure that as part of your application, you include professional references with business contact information covering your last three years of employment history. We are unable to accept personal or character references.
• As a newly appointed employee, you are responsible for incurring the cost of your initial DBS check relevant to your post; the amount will be deducted from your first salary with the Trust.
• Our Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We particularly welcome applications from people with experience of using mental health services. We also hold the Disability two tick symbol and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with learning disabilities, we encourage people with a disability to apply. If you require this application form in another format i.e. Braille or audio tape etc, please contact the Recruitment Department on 01375 364513 or email [email protected] and we can arrange for this to be dispatched to you.
• The Trust has the right to expire vacancies prior to the closing date if they so wish. The Trust makes every attempt to contact all applicants and we strongly advise that you check the email account which is registered with NHS Jobs regularly, we would advise however due to the high number of applications we receive that if you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.
• We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expect all staff to undertake this commitment. Applicants will be subject to robust safer recruitment processes.
• Important Notice: Health and Social Care Act 2008 Regulations requiring COVID vaccination for certain roles; this forms part of pre-employment checks unless exempt.
• Please note - staff who are formally at risk within the organisation will be given priority in securing alternative employment.

Trust information and benefits

• Our Trust cares for more than 100,000 patients at any one time across our community health, mental health and learning disability services across Essex and parts of Bedfordshire and Suffolk.
• We are recognised as an Equal Opportunities Employer and hold various accreditations including Veteran Aware, Disability Confident Leader, and Gold accreditation from the Ministry of Defence Employment Recognition Scheme.
• We offer benefits including Season Ticket Loan, NHS discounts for staff, excellent training facilities and opportunities, Buying and Selling annual leave, opportunities to work bank shifts, and Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work.

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