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Consultant In General Adult Psychiatry – Lancashire, Lancashire col-narrow-left
Client: National Locums
Location: Lancashire, United Kingdom
Job Category: Other
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EU work permit required: Yes
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Job Reference: 176483130318
Job Views: 4
Posted: 29.06.2025
Expiry Date: 13.08.2025
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Job Description: Consultant role for General Adult Inpatient Unit at the Harbour covering Female Acute Ward. This is a 18 bedded ward and the locum will supervise a middle grade doctor. 2 Foundation doctors and a Physician Associate.
Qualifications/Licenses/Certifications
• Full GMC licence to practice
• Experience in psychiatry in the UK
In addition to your qualifications, as a locum Consultant in General Adult Psychiatry, you will have:
• Quick thinking abilities
• Patience and the ability to teach, coach and mentor
• Excellent attention to detail
• A systematic approach to tasks and delegation
• Excellent timekeeping
• A flexible attitude
• A dedication to improving and developing knowledge and skills
Main Duties:
• Recognise, review, and report a patient’s condition and any changes to the patient and the multidisciplinary team.
• Carry out new referral assessments, deliver therapy or refer to psychology colleagues for relevant interventions, or to follow up patients for medication reviews.
• Formulate care and treatment plans, prescribe various types of treatment, and provide guidance on evidence-based treatment and effectiveness.
• Actively support patients and their families, communicating clinical information to explain a diagnosis and treatment options using various methods to ensure practical understanding.
• Work in and where appropriate, lead a multidisciplinary team.
• Assess and prioritise patient/client requirements, delegating effectively to others.
• Performing basic administrative and clerical tasks, such as keeping records of test results, writing prescriptions, providing information to patients, and monitoring treatment plans.
Benefits of joining National Locums:
• Hundreds of new jobs daily
• Approved supplier of all UK NHS & Private clients
• Quick & hassle free registration
• Competitive pay rates
• Flexibility on jobs/shifts; long term jobs and short ad hoc shifts available
• Locum or permanent positions
• Lucrative referral scheme
• Revalidation & Appraisal support
• Subsidised online training
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