Would you like to be part of the 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 highly dedicated Consultant Psychiatrist to join and lead on the Chelmer Ward based at the Derwent Centre Mental Health Unit. Chelmer Ward is an acute inpatient female ward with 16 beds, providing care to female patients aged 18‑65 with a range of mental health presentations including psychoses, affective disorders, personality disorders and others.
Key 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, 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, or 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.
Qualifications & Requirements
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 Application Acceptance Criteria.
Applicants are required to provide professional references with business contact information covering the last three years of employment history; personal or character references will not be accepted.
As a newly appointed employee, you are responsible for incurring the cost of your initial DBS check relevant to your post; the amount will be deducted from your first salary with the Trust.
Legal and Safety Considerations
Our Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We particularly welcome applications from people with experience of using mental health services. We hold the Disability icon and have made a pledge to employ more people with learning disabilities; we encourage people with a disability to apply.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expect all staff to undertake this commitment. Applicants will be subject to robust safer recruitment processes.
All staff who are directly employed and required to work in a CQC‑registered care home (or who are deployed to a CQC‑registered care home as part of their role) must be fully vaccinated against COVID‑19 unless exempt. This is a requirement of the role and will form part of pre‑employment checks.
Benefits and Development
* Season Ticket Loans
* NHS discounts for staff
* Excellent training facilities and opportunities
* Buying and selling annual leave scheme
* 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
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