Specialty Doctor, Rehabilitation Services - Wesham

Lancashire Care Foundation Trust; Wesham; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Specialty Doctor – General Adult Psychiatry to work in the Rehabilitation Service, based at the Wesham Rehabilitation Unit. The post is full time (10 PAs) and fixed term for 2 years.

You will provide medical input to the patients, including psychiatric and physical health reviews, with inpatient and community arms. You will join a multidisciplinary team and attend weekly multidisciplinary review meetings, and you must be GMC-registered and Section 12 approved on starting.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years' experience in psychiatry.
• GMC registration with licence to practice. You are required to be Section 12 Approved at the time of commencing employment.

Responsibilities

• Provide medical input to patients including psychiatric and physical health reviews.
• Work across inpatient and community arms in the rehab service and support both settings.
• Collaborate within a multidisciplinary team and attend weekly multidisciplinary review meetings.

Job description

Specialty Doctor, Rehabilitation Services - Wesham

A Vacancy at Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust.

Specialty Doctor – General Adult, Rehab (Preston)

We are looking to appoint a Specialty Doctor in General Adult Psychiatry to work in our Rehabilitation Service, based at the Wesham. Rehabilitation Unit. The post is full time (10 PAs) and fixed term for a period of 2-years initially.

The postholder will be required to provide medical input to the patients including psychiatric and physical health reviews.

There are both inpatient and community arms to the rehab service, and the post holder will be expected to support both settings

Additionally, the postholder will work within the multidisciplinary team, including attendance at weekly multidisciplinary review meetings.

To be eligible to apply for this post, you must possess at least 3 years’ experience in psychiatry and be fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practice.You are required to be Section 12 Approved at the time of commencing employment.

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust are proud of our fantastic SAS Development Programme, which is a great source of development for our Doctors. We have an active SAS Forum which meets on a regular basis to discuss operational and professional issues to support SAS/Specialty Doctors.

For further information about this role, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

This advert closes on Wednesday 18 Nov 2026

Lancashire Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust