Job summary
The EPUT Advanced Fellowship in Psychiatry scheme offers opportunity for experienced psychiatrists qualified abroad, who have already achieved higher postgraduate qualifications in psychiatry to be employed by EPUT and advance their career while employed within the NHS.
Subject to GMC criteria EPUT will sponsor eligible candidates for GMC registration and successful candidate will be employed on a health and care visa.
Depending on your experience, interest and commitment, EPUT will agree a personalised plan to support you to meet your training and development needs. This may be through supporting you to gain further qualifications like MRCPsych, entering UK higher training programme or pursuing CESR route to gain specialist registration etc
You will have opportunities to develop your academic, teaching and research interests.
Successful candidate will and identified mentor/supervisor will go through a comprehensive induction programme to help you settle into your role.
Main duties of the job
You will be working at Specialty Doctor level and there are various opportunities across the Trust in specialties such as Adult and older adult inpatient and community psychiatry in various locations across Essex.
As well as making a clinical difference, we believe that your development is key. If you join our Trust we will ensure that you are supported and encouraged to pursue professional development interests and we have excellent links with the medical school at ARU and other educational establishments where we have shared appointments in teaching and research.
Please note that there are several posts across the Trust but the attached job description is an example of what a Specialty Doctor role is.
About us
Our Vision
"To be the leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care".
Our Purpose
"We care for people every day. What we do together, matters".
Our Values
We Care
We Learn
We Empower
Our strategic objectives
We will deliver safe, high quality integrated care services.
We will enable each other to be the best that we can.
We will work together with our partners to make our services better.
We will help our communities to thrive.
If you share that vision and want to make a difference to the people that use our services, then please contact us to find out more.
EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Open, Compassionate and Empowering. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;
- Season Ticket Loan
- NHS discounts for staff
- Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
- Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
- The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
- Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Conduct comprehensive and holistic psychiatric assessments and risk assessments independently whilst appropriately seeking advice from the Consultant in complex cases.
- Participate and provide recommendations in MHA assessments for patients presenting to the service when appropriate.
- To record clinical entries contemporaneously in the electronic patient record.
- Offer advice and supervision to other junior clinical members in the team when appropriate.
- To attend handover meetings every day.
- Attend the weekly regular supervision with the Consultant.
- To provide medical leadership to the team when the Consultant in away with support from the covering Consultant when appropriate.
- To attend and actively contribute to weekly MDT meetings.
- Liaising with different specialties and departments to ensure.
- To dictate letters to other services when appropriate to ensure seamless continuation of patient care.
- To be a strong team player and work with the Multidisciplinary team in delivering holistic care.
- To actively participate in the clinical governance of the team.
- To actively participate in the teaching and training of junior clinical members of the team as appropriate.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Conduct comprehensive and holistic psychiatric assessments and risk assessments independently whilst appropriately seeking advice from the Consultant in complex cases.
- Participate and provide recommendations in MHA assessments for patients presenting to the service when appropriate.
- To record clinical entries contemporaneously in the electronic patient record.
- Offer advice and supervision to other junior clinical members in the team when appropriate.
- To attend handover meetings every day.
- Attend the weekly regular supervision with the Consultant.
- To provide medical leadership to the team when the Consultant in away with support from the covering Consultant when appropriate.
- To attend and actively contribute to weekly MDT meetings.
- Liaising with different specialties and departments to ensure.
- To dictate letters to other services when appropriate to ensure seamless continuation of patient care.
- To be a strong team player and work with the Multidisciplinary team in delivering holistic care.
- To actively participate in the clinical governance of the team.
- To actively participate in the teaching and training of junior clinical members of the team as appropriate.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- hold a primary medical qualification (PMQ) recognised by the UK General Medical Council (GMC).
- acknowledge that, if I am successful in my application to join the EPUT Advanced Fellowship in Psychiatry scheme, I will need to seek verification of this primary medical qualification by the Education Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) before the Trust can sponsor my registration to join the GMC medical register.
- Following undergraduate training, I completed an acceptable programme of practical training/internship (or equivalent) in Medicine of no less than 12 months.
- have achieved a minimum overall score of 7.5 in the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) academic test within the last 18 months, and at least 7.0 in each category. I have included the certificate OR I have achieved a B in every category of the medical version of the Occupational English Test (OET) within the last 18 months. I have enclosed the relevant certificate.
- have obtained a postgraduate qualification (PGQ) in psychiatry, and evidence is included with my application.
Experience
Essential
- Can confirm the examination leading to the PGQ included an assessment of clinical skills. Details of the postgraduate training programme leading to the qualification is included with my application
Skills
Essential
- good clinical care
- maintaining good medical practice
- good relationships and communication with patients
- good working relationships with colleagues
- good teaching and training oprofessional behaviour and probity
- delivery of good acute clinical care
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- hold a primary medical qualification (PMQ) recognised by the UK General Medical Council (GMC).
- acknowledge that, if I am successful in my application to join the EPUT Advanced Fellowship in Psychiatry scheme, I will need to seek verification of this primary medical qualification by the Education Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) before the Trust can sponsor my registration to join the GMC medical register.
- Following undergraduate training, I completed an acceptable programme of practical training/internship (or equivalent) in Medicine of no less than 12 months.
- have achieved a minimum overall score of 7.5 in the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) academic test within the last 18 months, and at least 7.0 in each category. I have included the certificate OR I have achieved a B in every category of the medical version of the Occupational English Test (OET) within the last 18 months. I have enclosed the relevant certificate.
- have obtained a postgraduate qualification (PGQ) in psychiatry, and evidence is included with my application.
Experience
Essential
- Can confirm the examination leading to the PGQ included an assessment of clinical skills. Details of the postgraduate training programme leading to the qualification is included with my application
Skills
Essential
- good clinical care
- maintaining good medical practice
- good relationships and communication with patients
- good working relationships with colleagues
- good teaching and training oprofessional behaviour and probity
- delivery of good acute clinical care
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).
