Job Overview 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 highly dedicated NHS Locum Consultant Psychiatrist to join and lead on the Chelmer Ward based at the Derwent Centre Mental Health Unit.
Patients are admitted via the Home First team unless they are detained under the mental health act, when admission is directly onto a treatment ward. Chelmer ward is an acute inpatient female ward with 16 beds, which provides care to female patients aged 18-65. It is situated in the Derwent Centre, Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, West Essex and admits females with a various mental health presentations including psychoses, affective disorders, personality disorders and others. The multidisciplinary team includes a clinical psychologist, occupational therapists, a dietician, nurses, an activity coordinator and healthcare assistants. We have strong relations with other teams in the centre, such as home treatment team, liaison psychiatry team, a male inpatient ward which creates a wonderful and dynamic work environment and supports the team in ensuring continuity of care for our patients after discharge.
Responsibilities 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.
Qualifications 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.
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.
COVID-19 vaccination is a requirement for this role as outlined in the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021.
Benefits
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
Equal Opportunities Our Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We particularly welcome applications from people with experience of using mental health services. We also hold the Disability two tick symbol and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with learning disabilities, we encourage people with a disability to apply. If you require this application form in another format i.e. Braille or audio tape etc, please contact the Recruitment Department on 01375 364513 or email epunft.recruitment.adverts@nhs.net and we can arrange for this to be dispatched to you.
Our Trust has the right to expire vacancies prior to the closing date if they so wish. The Trust makes every attempt to contact all applicants and we strongly advise that you check the email account which is registered with NHS Jobs regularly, we would advise however due to the high number of applications we receive that if you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.
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.
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