Employer: Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Horizon Centre
Town: Lincoln
Salary: £59,175 - £95,400 (dependent on experience)
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 21/02/2025 23:59
Speciality Doctor in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry CCETT/MHLS North
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
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-focused services, we are seeking a Specialty Doctor to join the CCETT North team, as part of our Specialist services division. We are looking for a doctor who is passionate and committed to the development of Child and Adolescent psychiatry and who is able to work alongside CCETT’s multi-disciplinary team, as well as the Mental Health Liaison Service (MHLS).
The role is full-time at 10 PAs per week; we are, however, interested in hearing from anyone who is interested in a flexible working pattern. Due to the nature of the role, there is limited scope for remote working; however, this may be discussed with the Clinical Director for Specialist Services.
As the role will entail travel across the county, it is integral that the postholder is able to travel via car, due to limited public transport.
Main duties of the job
1. To be involved in the assessment and management of urgent and routine referrals.
2. To work alongside medical peers and other MDT colleagues within Urgent care to support young people in a mental health crisis accessing crisis and mental health liaison in the south of the county.
3. To provide clinical leadership to other members of the MDT.
4. To work as part of an MDT to formulate and agree a management plan including risk review, risk management, care plan, diagnosis, and prescribing if needed, seeking supervision and senior support as needed.
5. To work with young people and their families to reduce symptoms of acute mental illness and the risk of admission to hospital.
6. To be responsive to the team and urgent cases needing medical oversight.
7. To be mindful of and actively involved in current safeguarding practices.
8. To work clinically with children, young people and their families/carers and other allied professionals.
9. To liaise closely with other relevant agencies.
10. To keep accurate records as required.
11. To contribute to service meetings for the services and contribute to the development of service strategy.
12. To contribute to in-house training programmes within the services.
13. To contribute to the development of knowledge and skills within the Service.
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
* A generous relocation package in line with our Relocation procedure.
* 10 PA WTE – Job share and part-time will be considered.
* £2,000 PA study budget with 30 days study leave over 3 years.
* Joining a collaborative service which is supported by a multi-disciplinary team.
* 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.
* Lease car scheme/cycle to work scheme.
* Attendance at a bi-annual Medical Development Day.
* Free on-site car parking and electric car charging points.
Person specification
Qualifications
* MBBS or equivalent medical qualification.
* At least 4 years’ full-time postgraduate training, or its equivalent gained on a part-time or flexible basis.
* At least two full-time years in a specialty training programme in relevant specialty, or as a fixed term specialty trainee in a relevant specialty, or equivalent experience and competencies.
* Full GMC registration.
* MRCPsych or MRCPsych equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
* Approved under Section 12(2) or working towards approval.
* Additional clinical qualifications.
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.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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