Specialty Doctor – All age Liaison Psychiatry, Royal Preston Hospital

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Specialty Doctor - All age Liaison Psychiatry, Royal Preston Hospital (10PA)

We are seeking to recruit a substantive Specialty Doctor in All Age Liaison Psychiatry to work at Royal Preston Hospital. The post is full time (10 PAs).

Main duties of the job

The Mental Health Liaison Service is available to inpatients of all ages who are presenting with Mental Health issues. The service aims to provide a service for inpatients with a physical illness and co-existent psychiatric disorder, physical symptoms of psychological origin, psychiatric crisis and emergencies and episodes of self-harm. This is based at Royal Preston Hospital site. The team aims to see referrals for assessment on the day of the referral and gate keeping clients within 1 hour of the request. The main clinical duties are arranged around conducting assessments and clinics for new patients and follow up reviews.

There may be the opportunity to join the On Call rota, for which additional remuneration is available.

About us

To be eligible to apply for this post, you must possess at least 3 year's 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.

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.

Date posted

28 April 2023

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Specialty Doctor

Salary

£51,000 to £80,000 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

351-MED032CW-23

Job locations

Royal Preston Hospital

Sharoe Green Lane

Preston

PR2 9HT

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 approved or within 3 months

Experience

Essential

Knowledge, skills and experience relevant to this role

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

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

Experience

Essential

Knowledge, skills and experience relevant to this role

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).