OA Psychiatry Specialty Doctor

PENNINE CARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; Greater Manchester; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a Specialty Doctor to join the Older Age Psychiatry Department. The successful candidate will provide high-quality mental health care for older individuals and work closely with community teams to ensure effective patient management. Ideal candidates will have previous experience in Psychiatry and a passion for community service. Opportunities for professional development and a supportive working environment await.

Benefits

Generous annual leave

Flexible working opportunities

Access to Continued Professional Development

Health and Wellbeing activities

Staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel

Qualifications

• Previous Psychiatry experience, preferably in Old Age.
• Ability to work within community teams.
• Professional registration and/or qualifications needed.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality mental health care for older people.
• Work closely with community teams and consultants.
• Support assessment and management of patients.

Skills

Psychiatry experience

Multi-disciplinary working

Assessment and management of patients

Job description

Overview

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Specialty Doctor to work in the Older Age Psychiatry Department in Oldham. The post is suitable for anyone who has previous Psychiatry experience in Old Age either as part of the RCPsych training programme or alternative Old Age posts. The post is based at Royal Oldham Hospital and is a community post. This is an exciting time to join the Trust with transformation work happening across both community and in-patient settings. The trust has an established Specialty doctor network, which the post holder would be expected to participate in.

Responsibilities

• To provide high quality Mental Health Care for Older People with severe and enduring mental illness within the community. This would include working with people with functional and organic illnesses.
• To work closely with community teams and consultants within The Meadows to ensure multi-disciplinary working and continuity of care.
• To work within a consultant led team, supporting the assessment, formulation, treatment and management of patients, building your own caseload.

Pre-employment checks

• Identity verification
• Right to work check
• Disclosure and barring service (DBS)/Criminal record check (dependent on role)
• Professional registration and/or qualification check
• Occupational health assessment
• Employment history and reference validation

All applicants external to the NHS will be required to provide their HMRC employment history to cover the most recent three years employment. This information will be used to validate employment history and references as part of pre-employment checks.

What happens when pre-employment checks are complete?

Recruitment will liaise with you and the hiring manager to arrange a start date for your new position. You will then be booked on to a Trust Welcome Session and be sent your Pennine Care NHS Terms and Conditions.

Other important information

• We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) and recognise the importance of ensuring our diverse service user population is reflected within our workforce. We welcome applications from people from diverse communities to help us grow, learn, be better and consider the brilliant innovation diverse people bring.
• If you would like to be considered under the disability confident scheme, you will be guaranteed an interview if you meet the essential criteria on the person specification for the post.
• If you require reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process please phone us on 0161 716 3181 at the earliest opportunity. We will support you to complete your application.
• We have a strict policy on unsolicited contact from recruitment agencies. Please do not contact our hiring managers directly.
• We reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date if a sufficient number of applications have been received. To ensure your application is considered, please submit at the earliest opportunity.

Vision and culture

If you are Kind, Fair, Ingenious and Determined then we want you to come and join our #PennineCarePeople. Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We are proud of our #PennineCarePeople and strive to be a great place to work.

Equal opportunity

All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.

Benefits

• Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
• Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance
• Access to Continued Professional Development
• Involvement in improvement and research activities
• Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service
• Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel