Specialty Doctor Psychiatrist
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Job summary
(LYPFT) is looking for Specialty Doctor Psychiatrists to join our established Acute Care Pathway Team on both ward 1 and ward 4 at the Becklin Centre and PICU at the Newsam Centre. Both are acute wards with 21/20 beds. There is an established and experienced nursing team and the postholder will be supported by 1.0 WTE Core Trainee (or equivalent) and supervised by a fulltime and experienced Consultant Psychiatrist. The postholder will be based at the Becklin Centre or at the nearby Newsam Centre for the PICU post. LYPFT has a successful Crisis Resolution Intensive Support Service (CRISS) with a 6 bedded Crisis Assessment Unit, which ensures effective gatekeeping of the inpatient beds and rapid access to acute community alternatives to inpatient care. There are no on call requirements for this post.
There are opportunities and designated support for the postholder to develop their career in Medical Leadership and management in the Acute Care Pathway alongside access to individualised support from the SAS Tutor, new SAS Advocate and SAS Committee which is active in LYPFT. LYPFT also run an educational rotational scheme for SD over the course of 36 months.
Main duties of the job
The duties are to support the MDT and Consultant in the smooth running of the ward. The day starts at 9am with the daily huddle meeting, then patient reviews and assessment of any new admissions over the previous 24 hours. The SD will attend the reviews and may hold, under supervision, a small caseload of your own. You will help to supervise the junior medics and the MDT. You will be expected and/or supported to undertake MHA work such as tribunal and managers' hearings report writing and attendance. All SDs have 2 designated SPA sessions and will be supported to obtain learning obectivs, including s12 approval and AC approval if desired.
About us
We are a high quality, high performing NHS foundation trust. We are the main provider of specialist mental health and learning disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York as well as some highly specialised services across the country.We employ around 3,000 staff and every year we have contact with over 25,000 service users. Our vision is to provide outstanding mental health and learning disability services as an employer of choice. Our ambition is to support our service users and carers, our staff and the communities we serve to live healthy and fulfilling lives. We need people like you to help us achieve our goals; to live our lives free from stigma and discrimination; and to improve the lives of people with a learning disability and mental ill health. We perform well againstlocal and national targetsand inour most recent CQC inspection, 85% of our services were rated good or outstanding.As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching,research and development.
Details
Date posted
11 April 2022
Pay scheme
Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade
Specialty Doctor
Salary
£50,373 to £78,759 a year pa
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
173-32122-ACUTE
Job locations
Becklin & Newsam Centre
Leeds
LS9 7BE
Employer details
Employer name
Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Becklin & Newsam Centre
Leeds
LS9 7BE
Employer's website
https://www.leedsandyorkpft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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