Specialty Doctor in General Adult Psychiatry

E P U T; Colchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading health service as a Specialty Doctor in Adult Inpatient at EPUT. Contribute to high-quality psychiatric care in a supportive multidisciplinary environment at the Lakes Mental Health Unit, Colchester, offering comprehensive mental health services and a commitment to staff development.

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 and Cycle to Work

Qualifications

• At least 3 years experience working in Psychiatry.
• Eligible for full registration with the GMC.
• Evidence of achievement of ST1/CT1 competences in psychiatry.

Responsibilities

• Attend Ward reviews every day.
• Admit patients and attend to urgent clinical issues.
• Support Trainee Doctors and work with the multidisciplinary team.

Skills

Clinical judgement

Relevant specialty clinical knowledge

Practical skills

Education

MBBS or equivalent medical qualification

Job description

Employer heading

NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor

About Us

EPUT provides community health, mental health and learning disability services to support more than 3.2 million people living across Bedfordshire, Essex and Suffolk. Also:

We are among the largest employers in the in the East of England region, with more than 10,000 staff working across more than 200 sites.

We run the COVID-19 vaccination programme across mid and south Essex and Suffolk and north east Essex.

EPUT was formed on 1 April 2017 following the merger of North Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (NEP) and South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (SEPT). A new leadership team was established at the Trust in 2020.

Our vision and values

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.

Our services

Mental Health Services

Community Health Services

Learning Disabilities Services

Social Care

Find out more about the services we offer in ourservice directory.

Job overview

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.

EPUT is seeking a skilled and motivated Specialty Doctor in Adult Inpatient to join our Adult Inpatient team in Gosfield ward, based at the Lakes Mental Health unit, Colchester. This is an excellent opportunity to work within a supportive and experienced multidisciplinary team, delivering high-quality psychiatric care to patients admitted to the ward. The Lakes Mental Health Unit has 2 in-patient units. Gosfield Ward which is an all-male patient unit since August 2015. The other unit is Ardleigh which is a female ward. Each ward has 18 in-patient beds. The wards are refurbished with modern interiors, have attached excellent gardens, and are fully equipped. Each has its own LTS and seclusion facilities. There is also a 136-assessment suite working as a designated place of safety on this site.

Main duties of the job

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.

Working for our organisation

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

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

· Attend Ward reviews every day

· Attend MDT meeting every day

· Carry out Ward review when one of 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

At least 3 years experience working in Psychiatry

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

Desirable criteria

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

Eligibility

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

Desirable criteria

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

Please note -

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

Important Professional References

Make sure that as a part of your application you have professional references with business contract information covering your last three year employment history. We are unable to accept personal or character references.

As a newly appointed employee you are responsible for incurring the cost of your initial DBS check relevant to your post, the amount will be deducted from your first salary with the Trust.

Applications for Job Share are positively welcomed.

Equal Opportunities Employer

Our Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We particularly welcome applications from people with experience of using mental health services. We also hold the Disability two tick symbol and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with learning disabilities, we encourage people with a disability to apply. If you require this application form in another format i.e. Braille or audio tape etc, please contact the Recruitment Department on 01375 364513 or email [email protected] and we can arrange for this to be dispatched to you.

The Trust has the right to expire vacancies prior to the closing date if they so wish. The Trust makes every attempt to contact all applicants and we strongly advise that you check the email account which is registered with NHS Jobs regularly, we would advise however due to the high number of applications we receive that if you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expect all staff to undertake this commitment. Applicants will be subject to robust safer recruitment processes.

Covid Vaccination

Although Covid vaccinations are no longer a mandatory requirement within the NHS we continue to encourage and support the vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against Covid19. The safety of our staff and patients is a top priority for us at EPUT.

If you would like to book a Covid vaccination or would like more information please contact us by emailing [email protected] .

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.