Job summary
- Main area
- Adult Psychiatry
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 364-EPUT595R
- Employer
- Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Grays Hall
- Town
- Grays
- Salary
- £52,530 - £82,400 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Specialty Doctor in Adult Community
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
About Us
EPUT provides community health, mental health and learning disability services to support more than 3.2 million people living across Bedfordshire, Essex and Suffolk. Also:
- We are among the largest employers in the in the East of England region, with more than 10,000 staff working across more than 200 sites.
- We run the COVID-19 vaccination programme across mid and south Essex and Suffolk and north east Essex.
EPUT was formed on 1 April 2017 following the merger of North Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (NEP) and South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (SEPT). A new leadership team was established at the Trust in 2020.
Our vision and values
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.
Our services
- Mental Health Services
- Community Health Services
- Learning Disabilities Services
- Social Care
Find out more about the services we offer in our service directory.
Job overview
EPUT is looking to appoint a compassionate Specialty Doctor who will provide consistent, high quality Medical input support to the Adult Community Mental Health team based in Grays Hall, Grays.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be expected to work independently and provide clinical leadership to the team, through good multi-professional working. The post holder will have shared responsibility for the clinical care of those patients referred to the team and will be expected to work closely with the consultant and team manager to ensure the provision of an effective service to the patients in community. Grays Hall team provides secondary care mental health services for people in Thurrock, which is a borough in Essex and is a unitary local authority. The post will be part of a community team providing secondary care services to working age adult population. There is an established primary care network (PCN) in the area with which the Grays Hall team link in with and provide input.
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.
Working for our organisation
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
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- The post holder will be expected to work with the consultants in the team.
- Community care to the patients under the care of Grays Hall mental health services.
- Participation in MDT meetings.
- Clinical supervision of trainees.
- Medical support for patients under the care of Grays Hall team.
- Conduct MDT meetings and take responsibility as a senior clinician in the absence of the Consultant.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
Desirable criteria
- Eligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment. and Section 12 (2) approval under the Mental Health Act 1983.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Clinical judgement: experience in making clinical decisions and managing risk. Knows when to seek help, able to prioritise clinical need.
- Relevant specialty clinical knowledge: capacity to apply sound clinical knowledge relevant to the job and specialty
- Practical skills: shows aptitude for practical skills, required in the job.
- Proven ability to work effectively in different clinical settings required in the job
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working within Adult Psychiatry
Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of achievement of Foundation competencies by time of appointment in line with GMC standards in Good Medical
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of achievement of Foundation competencies by time of appointment in line with GMC standards in Good Medical Practice
Eligibility
Essential criteria
- Eligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment and Section 12 (2) approval under the Mental Health Act 1983.
- Eligibility to work in the UK.
Transport
Essential criteria
- Holds and will use valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Gaurish Gaunekar
- Job title
- Consultant Psychiatrist and Clinical Director
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01268 243551
- Additional information
For further information about this vacancy, please contact Dr Gaurish Gaunekar, Clinical Director on 01268 243551.
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