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Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity to recruit a full-time consultant psychiatrist following the retirement of the current postholder. They will be based at the Forston clinic in Dorchester and will join a well-established inpatient team providing acute care to both male and female adults with a functional mental illness from across Dorset.

The team works closely with the community and home treatment team to provide inpatient care to informal and detained patients when required. The aim of admission is to provide treatment and return patients back to their community home in a timely manner.

The team is multidisciplinary in nature and there is a full time ANP, one FY doctor and CT doctor working alongside the consultant.

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Recruitment and Retention: A payment of £20,000 to be paid as two lump sums. The first £10,000 will be paid on appointment in the role and the remaining £10,000 will be made on the anniversary of the start date. Both payments will be subject to deductions at source.

Main duties of the job

This is a post for a full-time General Adult Psychiatrist working in Waterston Ward an 18-bed unit in based at the Forston clinic in Dorchester.

The postholder will work full time within the Acute Inpatient Teams which provides comprehensive inpatient-based services to patients registered with general practitioners within Dorset.

The unit provides patient centered consultant led care. The consultant will be supported by a full time ANP on CT doctor, a FY doctor in addition to the wider multidisciplinary team. Inpatient services for adults with functional illness are also provided at St Ann’s Hospital Poole in the East of the county.

Inpatient beds for older people with organic illness are located at Alderley Hospital in the east of the county and provide the service across the whole county.

The unit liaises closely with the relevant community teams which are located across the county. Community staff continue to input into patient care whilst they are inpatients at Waterston.

Working for our organisation

At Dorset HealthCare we’re on a mission to empower people to make the most of their lives through our outstanding, joined-up healthcare services. We’re a dynamic, forward-looking Trust, running 12 community hospitals, specialist inpatient facilities and a wide range of integrated community and mental health services for a population of almost 800,000 people.

We do things differently here – it’s one of the reasons the CQC rated us ‘outstanding’ in 2019. It’s also why 95% of patients across our services say they have a good or very good experience of our services and 89% of staff feel they can really make a difference. Whether you’re looking to work with us in one of our bustling market towns, vibrant urban locations, thriving seaside spots, or among the rolling hills of Dorset, there are lots of ways you can make a difference in our communities.

Our 7,000-strong workforce is at the heart of what we do and our success is a testament to our brilliant people. We're all about building a workplace for the future, we believe in equal opportunities and we celebrate diversity. We’re an inclusive workplace, where everyone is welcome, everyone can be authentic, and we are all encouraged to be the best version of ourselves.

Working with us you’ll be part of a strong team, challenge yourself, build a career, and teach us what we don’t know. And you’ll be working towards our vision to be better every day through excellence, compassion and expertise in all we do