Specialty Doctor in Adult Inpatient | Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health and wellbeing service in Chelmsford seeks a Specialty Doctor for the PICU. This role involves managing patient care and supporting trainee doctors in a team-oriented environment. Candidates must be registered with the GMC and have the necessary psychiatry competences. Benefits include training opportunities and staff discounts.

Benefits

Season Ticket Loan

NHS discounts for staff

Excellent Training facilities and opportunities

Buying and Selling annual leave scheme

Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars

Qualifications

• Must hold full registration with GMC at time of appointment.
• Must have Section 12 (2) approval under the Mental Health Act.
• Evidence of achievement of ST1/CT1 competences in psychiatry needed.

Responsibilities

• Attend Ward reviews as per schedule.
• Dictate and check Discharge summaries for patients.
• Work with Multidisciplinary team.

Skills

Effective communication

Ability to work in a team

Clinical assessment skills

Education

Full registration with the GMC

Section 12 (2) approval under the Mental Health Act 1983

ST1/CT1 competences in psychiatry

Job description

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 theopportunity to flourish and excel in your career and be part of our dedicated medical team.

The Trust is seeking an enthusiasticSpecialty doctorto 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.

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.

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 Learn

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

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

This advert closes on Sunday 14 Dec 2025