Specialist Grade Doctor - Luton CMHT

East London NHS Foundation Trust; Luton; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 70,000; Part time

Job summary

Join a leading organization to make a significant impact in mental health care as a Specialist Grade Doctor. You will work with a dedicated team to provide evidence-based care for older adults with complex mental health conditions in a vibrant community setting. This role offers the opportunity to engage in clinical leadership, teaching, and quality improvement initiatives, all while supporting your professional growth.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Relocation support up to £10,000

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• At least six years’ experience of psychiatry clinical practice post medical qualification.
• Fully registered with the General Medical Council.
• Experience in clinical care of severe mental health conditions.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical support for assessment and management of mental health problems.
• Engage in CPA meetings and home visits as required.
• Liaise with other mental health teams and provide crisis management.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Risk Assessment

Cultural Sensitivity

Clinical Expertise

Education

MB BS or equivalent medical qualification

Higher degree (desirable)

Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists (desirable)

Job description

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ELFT has long been recognised as a centre of excellence for mental and health care, innovation and improvement. So it is a very exciting time for you to come and work for us. Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

Job Overview

Working with a well established, vibrant and friendly multidisciplinary community

mental health team covering Bedford specialising in providing high quality and

evidence based care for older adults. The team specialises in assessment and

treatment of patients with complex, severe and enduring mental health conditions

and patients with behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia.

Main duties of the job

Detailed duties in attached JD.

• 10 PAs
• The speciality doctor will work closely with the consultant psychiatrist and Multi
  
  

Disciplinary team, and will provide clinical support for the assessment and

management of mental health problems on a routine and emergency basis.

• On average 9 Programmed Activities per week will be devoted to Direct
  
  

Clinical Care. Care of patients in the community in North Mid Beds-Biggleswade

area, in the Functional Model.

• Assess new referrals and review existing patients. 6 to 7 out-patient clinics per
  
  

week either at Spring House (Biggleswade CMHT) or designated GP Surgery.

• Additional clinics to see patients in emergency &/ provide telephone contact
  
  

with patients and their carers to manage urgent queries

Working for our organisation

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

Detailed duties in attached JD.

• CPA meetings, Professional meetings, Case Conferences and home visits as
  
  

necessary.

• Liaise with team members and provide telephone and face to face contact to
  
  

members of the team and see patients urgently.

• Triage referrals regularly with Team Manager or Duty Worker to provide a safe,
  
  

prompt and appropriate service to the person who was referred.

• Provide face to face and telephone liaison service to other secondary mental
  
  

health teams, General Practitioners and Primary care workers

• Mental Health Act day time rota every 4-6 weeks (If Section 12/2 approved)
• Provide cover for clinical care for patients during the absence of the
  
  

Supervising Consultant's annual and study leave

• Engage in CPD activities
• Take an active part in the PGME or local teaching
• Provide informal teaching to medical and non-medical students (Mental Health
  
  

Nurses, Social Workers, Psychologists and Occupational Health) in training

Person specification

QUALIFICATIONS

Essential criteria

• MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
• Fully registered with the General Medical Council
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Higher degree
• Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists or equivalent qualification (in accordance with Royal College of Psychiatrists guidelines)
• Approval under Section 12(2) of Mental Health Act 1983, or plan to gain approval within 6 months of appointment.
  
  

Essential Criteria

Professional Values and Behaviours, Skills and Knowledge

• At least six years’ experience of psychiatry clinical practice post medical qualification
• Appreciation and understanding of social and cultural factors relevant to psychiatric practice
• Experience of and commitment to clinical care of individuals with severe and enduring mental health conditions
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Experience of clinical work in Acute Adult Psychiatry
• Experience of Quality Improvement projects & Clinical Audit
• Good working knowledge and experience of the application of the Mental Health Act
  
  

ORGANISATIONAL SKILLS/ ABILITIES

Essential criteria

• Ability to work as a part of multidisciplinary Team.
• Ability to manage complex workloads and support team members to do that.
• Consultation skills to services, teams and individuals
• Commitment to working in a multidisciplinary setting.
• Commitment to working with service users on service development
  
  

CLINICAL SKILLS

Essential criteria

• Ability to work multi-disciplinary team and provide leadership for the team.
• Self-motivating and innovative approach
• Clear, effective communication style
• Expertise in risk assessment
• A balanced approach to risk management and safety plans.
• Confident in therapeutic positive risk taking when appropriate.
• Commitment to clinical governance and QI
• Flexibility and ability to work under pressure.
• Ability and commitment to work with carers and families
• Ability to adjust therapeutic approaches according to service users’ cultural needs
  
  

TEACHING AND SUPERVISION

Essential Criteria

• Good teaching and communication skills
• Experience of teaching
  
  

RESEARCH AND AUDIT

Essential Criteria

• Audit experience
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Experience of research work, or service evaluation, especially in psychosis and cultural psychiatry
  
  

Making Things Better

Quality Improvement is a key part of our work to improve our services and refine how we do things. We have a global reputation for our quality improvement work and we don’t stand still! So we offer a fantastic opportunity for our staff to learn, lead and contribute towards improving our services.

We launched our Five Year Strategy in April 2018, which identified four main strategic outcomes to improve: population health outcomes, experience of care, staff experience and improve value. This complements the NHS Long Term Strategy and sets out our direction of travel.

Our Community

We provide a wide range of community health and mental health inpatient services to children, young people, adults of working age, and older adults in The City of London, Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets, Bedfordshire and Luton. We also provide psychological therapy services to the London Borough of Richmond, and provide Forensic services to the whole of North East London. We provide services in urban and rural settings, sometimes in our inpatient units, but mostly in the community close to where people live. Integrated care is key in making the best use of resources and providing effective care.

Aiming High

We were rated ‘Outstanding’ by the CQC in 2016, were proud to be rated ‘Outstanding’ again in 2018 and continue to be rate 'Outstanding' in 2021.. We were named in the HSJ’s Top 10 best places to work in healthcare and were voted Provider Trust of the Year in 2018.

Staff and Service Users United

We strive to ensure that staff feel valued by the Trust and as they are truly pivotal in delivering better outcomes for our patients and service users. Our aspiration is to help to make ELFT the best place to work. This Trust is clinician-led and provides the highest possible level of clinical expertise throughout its services. We pride ourselves on our service user involvement. A service user will be on your assessment centre and interview panel if you are invited to meet us.

We especially welcome people with lived experience of health difficulties, with insight and understanding of different backgrounds, cultures and lifestyles in our population as we believe that this will equip staff to deliver a high standard of care to our service users and patients.

Diversity

ELFT Is committed to being a diverse organisation and our workforce is reflective of the population and communities we serve. We believe that having colleagues with a range of backgrounds and life experiences enriches and adds value to the outcomes we have set out to achieve. Having partnered and endorsed by organisations who are representative and experts in various areas of equality and diversity, we can ensure we are meeting the pre-set standards all the way from recruitment stage throughout the career journey of our employees by being accessible, having fair inclusive practices and a host of staff networks to support, nurture and celebrate our valued staff in the workplace.

Other Reasons To Apply

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern.

As part of the relocation scheme we presently have, the Trust could support you with offering up to £10,000 for removal and associated expenses. This is subject to change and terms and conditions apply.

What Next?

If you like the sound of ELFT, don’t waste a moment. We sometimes close adverts early if there is a high response, so apply now!

As part of our recruitment process we may be required to share information you provide on the application form with NHS Counter Fraud Authority (NHSCFA) and/or other organisations for the purpose of the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of fraud or any other unlawful activity affecting the NHS. We also use third party providers to check and verify your qualifications who may be contacting you on our behalf to verify the same..

If you do not hear from us within four weeks of the closing date, please consider that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. You must provide professional email addresses for all referees as we will contact them as soon as an offer has been made. Please note we do not request references prior to interviews. All applications made through NHS Jobs account will be processed by TRAC System. Please note that some emails may go to your spam/junk mailbox so make sure you check this regularly.

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