Specialty Doctor - Early Intervention Psychosis Service (EIS) - Luton

East London NHS Foundation Trust; Luton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Luton is seeking a Specialty Doctor to support the community case load for referrals. The ideal candidate will have experience in providing high-quality care and a commitment to improving patient outcomes. This position offers flexible working arrangements, aligning with the organization's values of care, respect, and inclusion.

Qualifications

• Experience of working with community case loads and referrals.
• Tenacity in providing prolonged patient care for optimum outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Support the community case load for Luton Referrals.

Job description

Overview

An exciting opportunity has risen for a Specialty Doctor to join the East London NHS Foundation Trust and to work with the Luton CMHT team. Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of the main duties.

Responsibilities

The post holder will support the community case load for Luton Referrals that come through the referrals pathway. The candidate will have experience of working in this environment and will be tenacious in providing the best care over prolonged periods of time to achieve optimum outcomes for these patients using all treatment modalities.

Mission and Values

ELFT has long been recognised as a centre of excellence for mental and health care, innovation and improvement. 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, and We are Inclusive—we look 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.

Quality Improvement

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! The opportunity allows staff to learn, lead and contribute towards improving our services.

Strategy and Ratings

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

Community Services

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 forensic services to the whole of North East London. Services are delivered in urban and rural settings, mostly in the community close to where people live. Integrated care is key in making the best use of resources and providing effective care.

Diversity and Inclusion

ELFT is committed to being a diverse organisation. We welcome people with lived experience of health difficulties, with insight and understanding of different backgrounds, cultures and lifestyles. This equips staff to deliver a high standard of care to our service users and patients.

Flexible Working

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure 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 accommodate a flexible working arrangement such as job share, part time or other patterns.