Job overview Appointment of a full-time Specialty Doctor in Adult Inpatient Psychiatry based at Peter Hodgkinson Centre, Lincoln 3 days a week and in the Grantham Crisis Team, based at the Sycamore Centre, Grantham, 2 days a week. The post holder will be working alongside a skilled multi-disciplinary team who provide general psychiatric care for adults through our inpatient and urgent care pathways. This post will have the support of a supervising Consultant, CESR Fellow and Resident Doctors for the female inpatient unit. In the crisis team, there will be the support of a supervising consultant This post is for a Fixed Term 6 Month contract. Home working could be considered for the SPA time only. Clinical work must be on site. (The job description is currently subject to Royal College approval) Advert • To be part of a multi-disciplinary team providing services to the patients of Castle Ward an 18 bedded female acute ward. • To be part of a multi-disciplinary team providing services to the patients under the care of the Grantham Crisis Team • Liaising with other professionals and agencies involved in the patients’ care. • Attend care planning meetings, ward rounds, risk assessments and referral meetings. • Seeing patients independently within the crisis team for psychiatric review • Prepare reports for case summaries, CPAs, Tribunal/Managers’ Hearings and Discharge Summaries. • The Specialty Doctor will be expected to participate in the postgraduate activities related to psychiatric services and to ensure CPD requirements are met. • The Specialty Doctor will be expected to participate in departmental studies and the medical/clinical audit process. • So far as is consistent with the proper discharge of the above duties, the post holder undertakes to deputise from time to time for absent colleagues. • To work in unison with the Trainees to provide medical and psychiatric cover for the patients within the ward. • To be mindful of and actively involved in current safeguarding practices. • To be involved in the assessment and management of urgent and routine referrals. · To support the crisis team MDT in the management of complex patients through attendance at weekly MDT meetings and liaison with the wider system. 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. As an employee of Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, you can expect to receive an excellent benefits package, giving you access to a range of wellbeing opportunities and discounts on products and services. Detailed job description and main responsibilities For more information for this role, please see the attached job description and person specification for this role. What we offer you: · A generous relocation package in line with our Relocation procedure · 10 PA WTE – Job share, flexi-working will be considered. · £2,000 PA study budget with 30 days study leave over 3 years. Additional recruitment and retention PA (pro rata for part time) · The opportunity to develop the role based on your interests and background. · Vibrant research culture with a wealth of opportunities · 90% of our schools are rated good or outstanding by Ofsted – Lincolnshire has an attractive Grammar school system. L Lease car scheme/ cycle to work scheme · Attendance at a bi-annual Medical Development Day · Free on-site car parking and access to electric car charging points We are leading the way with mental health transformation projects. Multi-million-pound schemes to transform patient environments and radically redesign community services are currently underway, as part of our commitment to reshaping the future of mental healthcare. We believe the key to high quality patient care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in the Care Quality Commission rating us as ‘outstanding’ for well led and ‘good’ overall, and 75% of our staff recommending us as a place to work. We offer options for flexible working and provide development pathways and opportunities. We have a proud partnership with the University of Lincoln and the Lincoln Medical School, which has expanded our academic offerings to nurture talent across the Trust. We are committed to ensuring our workforce is diverse at all levels. We are currently under-represented particularly at senior leadership level, so we welcome applications from women, people with disabilities, people from black and minority ethnic backgrounds, and those from the LGBT communities. We support and celebrate diversity. We have active staff network groups for Black Asian Minority Ethnic (BAME) staff, Lesbian Gay Bi Trans (LGBT) staff, staff with Mental and Physical Lived Experience (MAPLE) and our dedicated staff groups for men and women. We are a Silver Standard Employer with ENEI, were in the top 100 organisations in the country within the Stonewall Index (in 2019), and have been a finalist for the Health Service Journal (HSJ) Mental Health Trust of the Year Award two years in a row. We offer 24-hour services within our Inpatient, Crisis and SPA teams, if you are successfully appointed to posts in these areas or others that might have specified, you will be required to work unsociable hours and shift patterns.