Specialist Grade Psychiatrist, Older Adult Psychiatry - Preston

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Specialist Psychiatrist - Older Adult Community Psychiatry, Preston (10PA)

*Golden Hello payment Payable*

This post is eligible for a 5% payment of basic salary payable over 2 years

We are seeking to recruit a substantive Specialist Psychiatrist (Specialist Grade) to work with the Older Adult Single Rapid Intervention and Treatment Team (RITT) and Community Mental Health Team (CMHT), based at Charnley Fold, Bamber Bridge, Preston. This post is full time (10 PA).

It is expected that the postholder will contribute to the On Call rota, for which additional remuneration will be paid.

Main duties of the job

This is a new post that has been designed in line with the new guidelines introduced in April 2021.

The Rapid Intervention and Treatment Team sees patients with acute mental health needs at home or in care homes with the aim of preventing admission to hospital or care home and facilitating early discharge from the in-patient wards. It provides input to patients referred who have higher needs or risks which require more intensive input than can be provided by the CMHT. It is a multidisciplinary team including Occupational Therapists, a Psychologist, Doctors, Nurses and Support Workers. The post carries no responsibility for inpatients.

Both the Preston and the Chorley and South Ribble CMHTs are based at Charnley Fold. The Ormskirk CMHT is at Brookside in Ormskirk. Each provides community services by a multi-disciplinary Community Mental Health Team. The Consultants in the team provide clinical supervision in line with new ways of working. All patients are referred to a single point of access and allocated to the appropriate team.

Applicants should hold full GMC registration and have a minimum of 6 years' experience in a relevant specialty in the Specialty Doctor and/or closed SAS grades.

It is a requirement that applicants are Section 12 Approved at the time of commencing employment

About us

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust are proud of our fantastic SAS Development Programme, which is a great source of development for our Doctors. We have an active SAS Forum which meets on a regular basis to discuss operational and professional issues to support SAS/Specialty Doctors.

Check out our twitter accounts for examples of some exciting things we are working on via @LSCFTMedics and @LSCFTMedEd

Date posted

09 September 2022

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£80,693 to £91,584 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

351-MED052CW-22

Job locations

Charnley Fold

Cottage Lane

Bamber Bridge, Preston

PR5 6YA

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details about this post.

The Job Description has been submitted for approval to the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details about this post.

The Job Description has been submitted for approval to the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

MBBS or equivalent
Full GMC registration and Licence to Practise
Section 12 approval

Experience

Essential

Knowledge, skills and experience required for this post

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

MBBS or equivalent
Full GMC registration and Licence to Practise
Section 12 approval

Experience

Essential

Knowledge, skills and experience required for this post

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).