Job summary
Employer heading
Specialty Doctor - Cavendish House
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
Welcome from our Chief Executive
Our organisation is expanding and we're looking for people with the right values, skills and/or potential to join us. We need people with energy, expertise, enthusiasm to help us provide the very best possible specialist NHS mental health and learning disability care. This involves helping us achieve our strategy to improve the quality of life for the communities we serve through People, Prevention and Partnerships.
So what can we offer you in return?
We're an organisation which puts people first. We'll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. We'll help you learn, acquire new skills and gain further experience to support your career development. And we'll provide the opportunity for you to bring your fresh ideas to work about how we can do things differently and continue improving.
You will also be joining a health and care system committed to working together to do the best we can for the communities we serve. Above all, at Sussex Partnership you'll have the chance to make a difference to the lives of the patients, carers and families across our communities.
As a Trust we are committed in making a difference. Your development is important to us, so don't forget to ask us during interview what opportunities we can offer. We can offer fully funded lifelong learning opportunities such as an apprenticeship from GCSE to Masters level.
If you like the sound of that, then come and join our team.
Job overview
We are seeking to recruit a highly motivated substantive Specialty Doctor to work with Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust with the Assessment & Treatment Service in Hastings & Rother, East Sussex. The post holder will work closely with Senior Managers and other consultants to contribute towards local service development.
Main duties of the job
The role of the post holder will be expected to see new assessments, providing detailed assessments, formulation and risk assessments, to develop management plans and review these if the patient remains on the case load.
Working for our organisation
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation University Trust provides Mental Health, Learning Disability and Substance Misuse Services across East & West Sussex and Brighton & Hove. The Trust aims to realise the potential of everyone who uses its services and to enable staff to do a great job. Sussex Partnership has teaching status with close links to Brighton & Sussex Medical School and is developing into one of the country’s leading Mental Health Trusts. Working with us offers continued professional development, variety and a rewarding challenge.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will be expected to review patients already known to the ATS as required. The post holder will direct these patients treatment. The post holder will liaise with local primary care services and provide advice and guidance. They will provide supervision of junior medical staff and provide advice to other members of the team. They will provide senior clinical leadership to the ATS, with fellow doctors
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
- 4 years at full-time postgraduate training or higher or equivalent experience with at least 2 years in a specialty training programme in a relevant specialty
Eligibility
Essential criteria
- Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
CLINICAL SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
- Excellent knowledge in specialty
- Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
- Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty
- Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA
- Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Becky Marshall
- Job title
- Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 304 0244
- Additional information
Applicants wishing to discuss any aspect of this post informally or to arrange a visit should Rebecca Marshall, Service Manager 0300 304 0244 or Christine Henham, Clinical Operational Nurse Manager on 07887 982764.
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