Specialty Doctor in Psychiatry - South West Kent CMHT

Kent and Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A public health organization in the UK is seeking a qualified psychiatrist to join their team. The successful candidate will provide psychiatric care to patients and ensure effective liaison with various health services. Applicants must have MRCP or equivalent and GMC registration. The role includes responsibilities within the SWK CMHT, with a commitment to work collaboratively in a diverse team focused on delivering excellent patient care.

Responsibilities

• Provide psychiatric care to patients referred to the SWK CMHT.
• Provide medical input to the SWK CMHT Team.
• Ensure effective liaison between mental health services and the acute hospital.
• Perform additional duties in emergencies as required.

Skills

Psychiatric care

Liaison with mental health services

Medical input to team

Education

MRCP or equivalent

Inclusion in Specialist Register

Full GMC registration

Approved Clinician

S12 approval under Mental Health Act

Job description

Job overview

This is a 6PA plus 1 PA and 3% Category A availability supplement for on-call post.

Successful applicants must have MRCP or equivalent and be on, or within six months of inclusion on, the Specialist Register and be fully registered with the GMC, as well as Approved Clinician and S12 approval under the Mental Health Act.

Please note that all interviews will be conducted via video link using Life Size, date to be confirmed.

Please note that you will be required to submit an application form for each post you are interested in applying for.

Main duties of the job

• To provide psychiatric care to patients referred to the SWK CMHT.
• To provide medical input to the SWK CMHT Team.
• To ensure effective liaison occurs between mental health services and the acute hospital, and also with other agencies in the voluntary and statutory sectors as appropriate.
• The post holder undertakes, exceptionally, to perform additional duties in occasional emergencies and unforeseen circumstances.

Working for our organisation

We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability, substance misuse and specialist services across Kent and Medway, with a population of 1.8million.

The Trust (rated Good overall by the Care Quality Commission regulator and Outstanding for care) has approximately 3,400 staff covering an area of 1,450 square miles.

You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues from 52 nations, rich in their diversity, talents and experience, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.

We have a team of empathetic leaders inspiring their staff in an environment where everyone is valued and plays a vital role in providing an exemplary service.

Across our communities and within inpatient settings, our workforce is enhanced and strengthened by dedicated peer support workers, people with lived experience, a wonderful team of volunteers and a brigade of pets as therapy support dogs.