Specialty Doctor, Older Adult Psychiatry - Ormskirk

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Specialty Doctor, Older Adult Psychiatry - Ormskirk (10PA)

*Golden Hello payment Payable*

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

We are looking to recruit a Specialty Doctor to join the Older Adult Psychiatry team working in Ormskirk. The post is based at Brookside and you would provide support to the Memory Assessment Service (MAS) as well as the Integrated Community Mental Health Team. This is a full time (10PA) and permanent post.

Main duties of the job

The clinical component of the post is focussed on the care of the patients referred to the Memory Assessment Services and Integrated Community Mental Health Team with work base at Brookside in Ormskirk.

Clinical input to the Memory Assessment Service will include memory assessments (3 new patients per session) as well as providing clinical supervision to the team. The role will involve assessment and diagnosis of patients referred for cognitive impairment. The follow-up assessments are being done in titration and monitoring clinics run by Nurse Practitioners/support staff.

For the Community Mental Health Team the post holder shall provide clinical input and support to the Consultants within the team, including providing supervision to the team and doing domiciliary visits including care home visits. The post holder will collaborate with community team members to ensure an emergency response is available as necessary during normal working hours to services for the locality

There may be an opportunity to join the 2nd On Call rota, which would be remunerated with an additional payment.

About us

Potential applicants must possess at least 3 years' experience in psychiatry and be fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practice. Ideally, you will be Section 12 Approved, or eligible for approval at the time of commencing employment.

Remuneration will be as set out in the terms of the New Specialty Doctor Contract according to previous experience, based on Ten Programmed Activities (PAs) per week.

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

Date posted

08 July 2022

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Specialty Doctor

Salary

£50,373 to £78,759 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

351-MED044CW-22

Job locations

Brookside Retirement Village

Aughton Street

Ormskirk

L39 3BS

Job description

Job responsibilities

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

Job description

Job responsibilities

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

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

MBBS or equivalent
Full GMC registration and Licence to Practise
Section 12 approval or within 3 months

Experience

Essential

Knowledge, skills and experience relevant to this post

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

MBBS or equivalent
Full GMC registration and Licence to Practise
Section 12 approval or within 3 months

Experience

Essential

Knowledge, skills and experience relevant to 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).