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Job overview

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LPFT) is rated as an outstandingly well-led Trust by the CQC and is committed to innovation and transformation. To bolster our efforts and continue to provide high quality, patient focussed services, we are seeking a Locum Appointment in Service (LAS). We are looking for a doctor who is passionate and committed to the development of psychiatry and who is able to support our services.

The role is full-time at 10PAs per week. We are interested in hearing from anyone who is interested in a flexible working pattern, which would include job share and part time. 

Main duties of the job

·       Undertake clinical assessment of in-patients with acute mental health problems 

·       Work closely with ward staff, mainly nursing staff, in observing patients in the ward environment and comparing notes.

·       Examination of the patient will include not only the mental state but the patient’s physical state as well, including the carrying out of any relevant investigations such as blood tests or scans.

·       Inpatient ward reviews is fundamentally a team effort and the trainee will be an integral part of that team. The trainee will be expected to demonstrate the ability and skills to work productively with the various team members and, as part of this, to be able to collate the information available to various team members regarding individual patients. This will be assessed through bi-annual Mini-PAT assessments.

·       The post holder will be expected to lead during the weekly ward rounds, having collected and collated the relevant information, and to present the case in a manner that is understandable by all team members. The trainee will be expected to include other team members in the subsequent discussions. All this will be done under the supervision of the Consultant. 

Working for our organisation

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the principal provider of NHS mental health services, as well as providing some learning disability, autism, and social care services across the county.  We were one of the first foundation trusts to be established in the country.  The Trust has an annual income of approximately £120m with around 2,800 staff spread across the 40+ locations.  The Trust cares for around 53,000 patients a year and has around 200 inpatient beds across the Trust. 

The Trust has an active and successful research department.  We deliver an impressive portfolio of National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) clinical trials across the county, covering all areas of clinical care.  A team of NIHR funded delivery staff support this work.  The Trust has established a strong track record for delivery of industry trials and was highly praised by CQC for our commitment to dementia research.   We are a partner organisation of NIHR Clinical Research Network East Midlands (CRN EM) and the Lincoln Institute for Health, University of Lincoln.