Specialty Doctor in Adult Inpatient

NHS; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health and wellbeing service provider is seeking a Specialty Doctor in Adult Inpatient at the Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit in Chelmsford. The ideal candidate will have an MBBS or equivalent, full GMC registration, and experience in Adult Psychiatry. Responsibilities include patient care, attending reviews, and supporting trainee doctors. This role offers the chance to make a tangible impact on mental health services in Essex.

Benefits

Season Ticket Loan

NHS discounts for staff

Excellent Training facilities and opportunities

Buying and Selling annual leave scheme

Work bank shifts to expand knowledge

Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work

Qualifications

• Eligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment.
• Holder of Section 12 (2) approval under the Mental Health Act 1983.
• Evidence of achievement of ST1/CT1 competences in psychiatry at time of application.
• Eligibility to work in the UK.

Responsibilities

• Attend Ward reviews as per schedule.
• Attend MDT meeting as per schedule.
• Carry out Ward review when the Consultant is away.
• Admitting patients during working hours.
• Attending to urgent clinical issues for patients.
• Dictate and check discharge summaries for patients.
• Administrative work related to these activities.
• Support Trainee Doctors.
• Work with Multidisciplinary team.
• Attend the weekly regular supervision with the consultant.

Skills

Clinical judgement

Relevant specialty clinical knowledge

Practical skills

Proven ability to work effectively in different clinical settings

Experience of working within Adult Psychiatry

Education

MBBS or equivalent medical qualification

Job description

Go back Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Specialty Doctor in Adult Inpatient

The closing date is 14 December 2025

Would you like to be part of leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care? Why not join Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust for the opportunity to flourish and excel in your career and be part of our dedicated medical team.

The Trust is seeking an enthusiastic Specialty doctor to join the Christopher unit Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) in The Linden Centre. This vacancy has arisen as a result of the incumbent moving to ST training within the trust.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will primarily be based on the PICU Christopher unit, which is a modern 10 bedded male PICU at the Linden Centre for Mental Health. This Unit provides expert, supportive, short term, individualised, intensive care for service users aged 18 to 65, resident in Essex, who are in an acutely disturbed phase of a serious mental disorder, resulting in increased risks that require them to be treated in a controlled environment for a brief period of time.

The post holder will support the care and management of all patients who are admitted to Christopher unit until their transfer to locality ward, or (more rarely) discharge. Effective communication with GPs, CMHTs, fellow consultants, the pharmacy team, the Mental Health Act Administrators, the inpatient wards and the HTT is essential.

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.

About us

Our Vision

"To be the leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care".

Our Purpose

"We care for people every day. What we do together, matters".

Our Values

We Care

We Empower

Our strategic objectives

We will deliver safe, high quality integrated care services.

We will enable each other to be the best that we can.

We will work together with our partners to make our services better.

We will help our communities to thrive.

If you share that vision and want to make a difference to the people that use our services, then please contact us to find out more.

EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Open, Compassionate and Empowering. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;

• Season Ticket Loan
• NHS discounts for staff
• Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
• Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
• The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work

Job responsibilities

• Attend Ward reviews as per schedule
• Attend MDT meeting as per schedule
• Carry out Ward review when the Consultants is away
• Admitting patients during working hours
• Attending to urgent clinical issues for patients on the ward
• Dictate and check Discharge summaries for patients
• Administrative work related to these activities
• Support Trainee Doctors
• Work with Multidisciplinary team
• Attend the weekly regular supervision with the consultant

Person Specification

Qualifications

• MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
• Eligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment. and Section 12 (2) approval under the Mental Health Act 1983.

Skills

• Clinical judgement: experience in making clinical decisions and managing risk. Knows when to seek help, able to prioritise clinical need.
• Relevant specialty clinical knowledge: capacity to apply sound clinical knowledge relevant to the job and specialty
• Practical skills: shows aptitude for practical skills, required in the job.
• Proven ability to work effectively in different clinical settings required in the job
• Experience of working within Adult Psychiatry

Experience

• Evidence of achievement of Foundation competencies by time of appointment in line with GMC standards in Good Medical
• Evidence of achievement of Foundation competencies by time of appointment in line with GMC standards in Good Medical Practice
• Eligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment and Section 12 (2) approval under the Mental Health Act 1983.
• Eligibility to work in the UK.

Transport

• Holds and will use valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust