Job summary
Would you like to be part of leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care? Why not join Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust for the opportunity to flourish and excel in your career and be part of our dedicated medical team.
This exciting new Specialty Doctor post has been developed to provide consistent, high quality Medical input and clinical leadership to support our established Virtual Hospital (VH) and Urgent Community Response Services (UCR). We are looking for a friendly, enthusiastic, and innovative individual who will work collaboratively with the team to support service demands. We are seeking individuals with a keen interest in acute care and frailty, who would like to develop their skills and expertise with a view to formal training in elderly medicine.
You should be eligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment and hold Section 12 (2) approval under the Mental Health Act 1983. You will also need to provide evidence of achievement of ST1/CT1 competences in psychiatry at time of application and likelihood of achieving CT2 competences in psychiatry by the start date of the post.
Main duties of the job
The Virtual Hospitals purpose is to deliver care to residents within the local population of West Essex in the adult's home through a fully integrated community led Virtual Hospital that is capability driven and consultant led with community and acute wrap around service. The remit of the service is to deliver admission avoidance and early discharge. Introducing holistic support in their own home with remote technology available dependent on need. Providing enhanced clinical intervention and monitoring for higher acuity adults that would otherwise need an acute hospital admission or extended stay within acute bedded care, encouraging the adult to be involved in their own care and support their independence in the community. The Virtual Hospital is interdependent on Urgent Community Response services as a first response team.
The post holder will be expected to assist patients remotely in their own homes with nursing teams and ACPs. He/she is also expected to support any in reach services in various surrounding acute hospitals (Princess Alexandra hospital, Harlow as the main site)
The day to day duties include triaging of referrals from either telephone calls or emails and carrying out CGAs (Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment) with MDTs to devise a holistic management plan.
About us
EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;
- Season Ticket Loans
- 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
- Day One Flexible Employer
The Trust supports and actively encourages flexible working for all employees. We offer many options and you are encouraged to ask the recruiting manager what is possible for this role. If appointed, you will have the opportunity to apply for a flexible working request from the first day of your employment
Join our Staff bank
What is Staff Bank?
Our EPUT NHS staff bank is an entity managed by the trust that hires clinical and non-clinical healthcare professionals to take on shifts at our trust hospitals and community settings. Here at EPUT we maintain our own bank of specialist staff to ensure that we are able offer safe and effective care at all times.
All our permanent staff are automatically enrolled onto the staff bank however this does not mean you have to work any additional shifts, but the option is there for you if you wish.
If you are joining our Trust in a fixed term role, please indicate on your New Starter Paperwork that you wish to join our staff bank
Job description
Job responsibilities
1. Observe the Trusts agreed policies and procedures.
2. Provide, with consultant colleagues, a service in the specialty for the Trust with responsibility for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness, and the proper functioning of the department.
3. Provides support to other junior resident doctors in Continuing Medical Education session in the West Essex Community hospitals and also providing learning sessions to the Clinicians in the Hospital at Home service.
4. Attend various service development programmes including providing presentations about our service to educate the community services including Primary Care Networks throughout West Essex Region and Secondary hospitals every year to encourage the services to identify and utilise our services as part admission avoidance.
5. Provide input into monthly leadership meetings, performs quality improvement projects regularly with Consultant support and support colleagues to participate in QI projects.
3. Honour out-of-hours responsibilities, including rota commitments where contracted.
4. Provide agreed cover for colleagues periods of leave.
5. Participate in audit and continuing medical education.
6. Contribute to the training of junior medical staff and medical students.
7. Be involved in research and teaching where appropriate.
Job description
Job responsibilities
1. Observe the Trusts agreed policies and procedures.
2. Provide, with consultant colleagues, a service in the specialty for the Trust with responsibility for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness, and the proper functioning of the department.
3. Provides support to other junior resident doctors in Continuing Medical Education session in the West Essex Community hospitals and also providing learning sessions to the Clinicians in the Hospital at Home service.
4. Attend various service development programmes including providing presentations about our service to educate the community services including Primary Care Networks throughout West Essex Region and Secondary hospitals every year to encourage the services to identify and utilise our services as part admission avoidance.
5. Provide input into monthly leadership meetings, performs quality improvement projects regularly with Consultant support and support colleagues to participate in QI projects.
3. Honour out-of-hours responsibilities, including rota commitments where contracted.
4. Provide agreed cover for colleagues periods of leave.
5. Participate in audit and continuing medical education.
6. Contribute to the training of junior medical staff and medical students.
7. Be involved in research and teaching where appropriate.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- -Full registration with the GMC with a licence to practice in GIM.
- -MBBS or equivalent experience in Geriatrics in Acute Medicine and working towards MRCP.
Clinical Experience
Essential
- -Ability to offer a specialist clinical opinion on the full range of acute respiratory/cardiology and GIM conditions.
- -Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients, in both in-patient and out-patient settings.
- -Experience in Clinical Audit and Clinical Governance and the benefits of how this improves the quality of care provided to patients and ensuring this is embedded in clinical practice.
Desirable
- -Established track record in clinical research
- Further sub-speciality experience.
Management/Administrative experience
Essential
- -Evidence of working effectively as a part of a multidisciplinary team.
- -Ability to initiate and lead service developments and comply with all mandatory national audit needs for the speciality.
- -Willingness to be involved in departmental management.
- -Evidence of initiating, progressing and completing audit.
- -Direct and extensive working knowledge of the UK National Health Service.
Desirable
- -Completed basic training in management skills.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- -Full registration with the GMC with a licence to practice in GIM.
- -MBBS or equivalent experience in Geriatrics in Acute Medicine and working towards MRCP.
Clinical Experience
Essential
- -Ability to offer a specialist clinical opinion on the full range of acute respiratory/cardiology and GIM conditions.
- -Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients, in both in-patient and out-patient settings.
- -Experience in Clinical Audit and Clinical Governance and the benefits of how this improves the quality of care provided to patients and ensuring this is embedded in clinical practice.
Desirable
- -Established track record in clinical research
- Further sub-speciality experience.
Management/Administrative experience
Essential
- -Evidence of working effectively as a part of a multidisciplinary team.
- -Ability to initiate and lead service developments and comply with all mandatory national audit needs for the speciality.
- -Willingness to be involved in departmental management.
- -Evidence of initiating, progressing and completing audit.
- -Direct and extensive working knowledge of the UK National Health Service.
Desirable
- -Completed basic training in management skills.
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).
