Employer: Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Cherrydown Ward, Basildon Mental Health Unit
Town: Basildon
Salary: £105,504 - £139,882 PA please see further details
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 30/09/2024 08:00
Consultant Psychiatrist in Adult Inpatient
Consultant
About Us
EPUT provides community health, mental health and learning disability services to support more than 3.2 million people living across Bedfordshire, Essex and Suffolk.
- We are among the largest employers in the East of England region, with more than 10,000 staff working across more than 200 sites.
- We run the COVID-19 vaccination programme across mid and south Essex and Suffolk and north east Essex.
EPUT was formed on 1 April 2017 following the merger of North Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (NEP) and South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (SEPT).
Our vision and values
Our Vision: “To be the leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care.”
Our Purpose: “We care for people every day. What we do together, matters.”
Our Values
Our strategic objectives
- We will deliver safe, high quality integrated care services.
- We will enable each other to be the best that we can.
- We will work together with our partners to make our services better.
- We will help our communities to thrive.
Job overview
**THIS JOB DESCRIPTION IS PENDING ROYAL COLLEGE APPROVAL**
We are offering a generous relocation package up to £8,000 and recruitment and retention premia up to £15,000 is available (T&Cs apply).
Would you like to be part of leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health for inpatient and community 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 consultant to join our Adult Inpatient team who will work on Cherrydown ward, Basildon Mental Unit, Basildon which is a 16-bed acute psychiatric admission ward for female patients.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will provide clinical leadership for the assessment and management of adult inpatients admitted to the ward.
The trust is actively supportive of newly qualified consultants continuing professional development seeking to deepen and broaden their skills. 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 high quality care and safety to our patients.
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.
Working for our organisation
Essex has something for everyone, amazing scenery, great schools, adventurous outdoor activities, fantastic restaurants and a colourful history so why not contact us to discover why so many of our staff love living and working here.
EPUT is looking for motivated staff who share our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including:
- 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
The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To provide clinical leadership for the assessment and management of female general adult inpatients admitted to Cherrydown ward.
- Take part in the out of hours on-call rota.
Person specification
Qualifications
- MB BS or equivalent medical qualification
- Registration with the General Medical Council and on the Specialist Register.
- Meets Royal College of Psychiatrists criteria for appointment to the post of Consultant.
- Section 12 Approval and Approved Clinician Status.
- Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
- On the Specialist Register with qualifications General Adult.
- Postgraduate degree in psychiatry MRC Psych or equivalent.
- Additional clinical qualifications.
- Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practice at the time of appointment.
- Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months.
- Approved clinician status.
- Approved under Section 12.
- In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice.
Clinical skills, knowledge and experience
- Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty.
- Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others.
- Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA.
- Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service.
- Utilises a quality improvement approach to think systemically about complex problems, develop potential change ideas and test these in practice using a systematic QI methodology.
Important: Professional References
Make sure that as a part of your application you have professional references with business contact information covering your last three year employment history. We are unable to accept personal or character references.
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.
Applications for Job Share are positively welcomed.
Our Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We particularly welcome applications from people with experience of using mental health services.
The 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 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.
Although Covid vaccinations are no longer a mandatory requirement within the NHS, we continue to encourage and support the vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against Covid19.
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.
Name: Dr Gaurish Gaunekar
Job title: Clinical Director
Email address: karen.turner53@nhs.net
Telephone number: 01268 243551
For further information about this vacancy, please contact Dr Gaurish Gaunekar Clinical Director and Consultant Psychiatrist on 01268 243551.
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