Job summary
This job description is for a Locum for Service Core Trainee/Foundation Year 2 (SHO) post in Adult and Older Adult Psychiatry, working with patients suffering from severe and enduring mental illness or organic brain disease such as dementia. The post holder will spend up to six months in a post under the clinical supervision of a Consultant Psychiatrist. There are a variety of available posts depending on gaps in the training placement rota.
The successful candidate will be supported in their development through regular supervision.
Less than full-time and flexible working will be actively considered.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will provide a clinical psychiatric service to the Psychiatric intensive care wards in Tower Hamlets
Duties would include:
- Clerking of new patients to include psychiatric history and physical health examination
- Assessment and management of physical health conditions
- Ordering investigations and liaising with medical and surgical specialities, and following up on recommendations from therapies such as SALT, diabetes nurse, physiotherapy, dietician
- Weekly patient reviews to include mental state examinations and physical health reviews
- Completion of standard assessment forms (e.g. investigation forms, capacity and consent forms)
- Preparing notification of discharge forms
- Ordering short term leave medication
- Attendance and record keeping at ward MDTs and Care Programme Approach (CPA) and discharge meetings
- With supervision from the consultant, liaising with families and providing updates regarding progress
About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to job description and person specification for more details. For further information on the vacancy you can contact Dr Dominic Dougall.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to job description and person specification for more details. For further information on the vacancy you can contact Dr Dominic Dougall.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Fully registered with the General Medical Council
Desirable
- A higher degree such as MRCPsych
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge relevant to old age psychiatry, specifically related to dementia
- Awareness of the Mental Health Act
- Appreciation and understanding of ethnic minority issues and a commitment to developing culturally sensitive practices
- Understanding of social factors relevant to psychiatry
Desirable
- Experience of clinical work in old age psychiatry or liaison psychiatry at FT or CT level
- Experience of clinical work in care of the elderly, acute medicine, primary care or palliative care
- Experience of Quality Improvement projects
Organisational
Essential
- Ability to work as a part of multidisciplinary, multi-model team
- Ability to manage demanding workloads and support others to do that
- Commitment to working in multidisciplinary setting
- Commitment to working with service users on service development
Clinical skills
Essential
- Ability to work in multi-disciplinary team and provide leadership for the team
- Self-motivating and innovative
- Clear, effective communication style
- Proficient in use of electronic medical records
- Proficient in clinical skills including phlebotomy, performing electrocadiograms
- Commitment to clinical governance and QI
- Flexibility and ability to work under stressful conditions that might arise unexpectedly
- Ability and commitment to work with carers and families
- Ability to adjust therapeutic approaches according to service users' cultural needs
Teaching
Essential
- Good teaching and communication skills
- Experience of teaching
Research
Essential
Desirable
- Experience of research work, or service evaluation
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Fully registered with the General Medical Council
Desirable
- A higher degree such as MRCPsych
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge relevant to old age psychiatry, specifically related to dementia
- Awareness of the Mental Health Act
- Appreciation and understanding of ethnic minority issues and a commitment to developing culturally sensitive practices
- Understanding of social factors relevant to psychiatry
Desirable
- Experience of clinical work in old age psychiatry or liaison psychiatry at FT or CT level
- Experience of clinical work in care of the elderly, acute medicine, primary care or palliative care
- Experience of Quality Improvement projects
Organisational
Essential
- Ability to work as a part of multidisciplinary, multi-model team
- Ability to manage demanding workloads and support others to do that
- Commitment to working in multidisciplinary setting
- Commitment to working with service users on service development
Clinical skills
Essential
- Ability to work in multi-disciplinary team and provide leadership for the team
- Self-motivating and innovative
- Clear, effective communication style
- Proficient in use of electronic medical records
- Proficient in clinical skills including phlebotomy, performing electrocadiograms
- Commitment to clinical governance and QI
- Flexibility and ability to work under stressful conditions that might arise unexpectedly
- Ability and commitment to work with carers and families
- Ability to adjust therapeutic approaches according to service users' cultural needs
Teaching
Essential
- Good teaching and communication skills
- Experience of teaching
Research
Essential
Desirable
- Experience of research work, or service evaluation
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.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
