Job summary
- Main area
- Adult Inpatient
- Grade
- Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent: or one year fixed term contract can be considered
- Hours
- Full time - 40 hours per week
- Job ref
- 364-EPUT655
- Employer
- Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Ardleigh ward, the Lakes
- Town
- Colchester
- Salary
- £105,504 - £139,882 PA please see further details
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
- Interview date
- 12/12/2024
Employer heading
Consultant Psychiatrist in Adult Inpatient
Consultant
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 our service directory.
Job overview
**THIS JOB DESCRIPTION IS PENDING ROYAL COLLEGE APPROVAL**
We are offering a generous relocation package up to £8,000 and recruitment and retention premia up to £15,000 is available (T&Cs apply)
Would you like to be part of leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health ,community and inpatient 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.
EPUT is looking to appoint an enthusiastic and passionate Consultant Psychiatrist to join and lead on the Ardleigh ward based at the Lakes Mental Health Unit.
The Lakes Mental Health Unit in Colchester has 2 in-patient units. Ardleigh ward which is an all-female patient unit since August 2015. The other unit is Gosfield ward which is an all-male 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
The post holder will have responsibility for the clinical care of those patients admitted to the in-patient unit on the ward. The post holder will also be expected to work closely with the team and the ward manager to ensure the provision of an effective service.
The trust is actively supportive of newly qualified consultants continuing professional development seeking to deepen and broaden their skills. As well as making a clinical difference, we believe that your development is key so you will be supported to enable you to pursue educational and research interests which go hand in hand to provide a high quality of care and safety to our patients. We have excellent links with the medical school at ARU and other educational establishments where we have shared appointments in teaching and research.
You must have full GMC registration and be on the Specialist Register, with an appropriate CCT or equivalent or be within six months of obtaining your CCT on the date of the AAC.
Working for our organisation
Essex has something for everyone, amazing scenery, great schools, adventurous outdoor activities, fantastic restaurants and a colourful history so why not contact us to discover why so many of our staff love living and working here.
EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;
- Season Ticket Loans
- 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
- Day One Flexible Employer
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
· Work closely with other consultant colleagues to ensure that the patient journey is as smooth as possible.
· Provide clinical leadership and actively liaise with general practitioners, psychiatrists, and other hospital specialists, statutory and non-statutory agencies, whenever relevant to the care and treatment of patients.
· Be committed to a multidisciplinary approach to care.
· Use evidence-based interventions at all times.
· Offer a consistent response to referrers/service users regardless of origin of the referral in a timely fashion.
· Offer an accurate diagnosis and timely interventions so that intensive treatment can be delivered to present chronicity and dependency on psychiatric services, in accordance with the recovery model.
· Attend Mental Health Act assessments as requested for relevant patients.
· Act as the Responsible Clinician for inpatients including attending Tribunals, as necessary.
· Participate in the development and maintenance of care programmes for patients.
· Supervise junior and middle-grade doctors in the team.
· Participate in the teaching programmes of the multidisciplinary team.
· Contribute to the collection of clinical information to ensure further service development and to enable audit.
· Work closely with consultant colleagues to contribute to the provision of appropriate Consultant cross cover for daytime, 9 am to 5 pm, (working days), and for periods of annual/study/special leave.
· Participate in clinical governance and teaching activities.
· Contribute to the day-to-day management and the overall service development agenda through appropriate involvement with managerial and clinical colleagues.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MB BS or equivalent medical qualification
- Registration with the General Medical Council and on the Specialist Register.
- Meets Royal College of Psychiatrists criteria for appointment to the post of Consultant.
- Section 12 Approval and Approved Clinician Status.
Desirable criteria
- Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
- MRCPsych
- On the Specialist Register with qualifications General Adult.
- Postgraduate degree in psychiatry MRC Psych or equivalent.
- Additional clinical qualifications.
Eligibility
Essential criteria
- Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practice at the time of appointment.
- Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months.
- Approved clinician status.
- Approved under Section 12.
Desirable criteria
- In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice.
Clinical skills, knowledge and experience
Essential criteria
- Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty.
- Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others
- Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA.
Desirable criteria
- Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service.
- Utilises a quality improvement approach to think systemically about complex problems, develop potential change ideas and test these in practice using a systematic QI methodology.
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Vyasa Immadisetty
- Job title
- Clinical Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01206 228746
- Additional information
For more information about this opportunity, please contact Dr Vyasa Immadisetty, Clinical director and Consultant Psychiatrist on 01206 228746.
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