Job summary
- Main area
- General Adult Psychiatry (Inpatient)
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 267 SASINPOXF
- Employer
- Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Allen Ward, Warneford Hospital
- Town
- Oxford
- Salary
- £61,542 - £99,216 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Inpatient General Adult Ward SAS Doctor – Allen Ward
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.
We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible.
Job overview
Are you a Specialty and Specialist Doctor seeking a rewarding role in Oxfordshire delivering high quality mental health care in a general adult inpatient service, with no on call commitment?
You will work alongside the appointed full-time consultant and a highly motivated and integrated multi-disciplinary team as a full-time substantive specialty doctor in Allen Ward, based at the Warneford Hospital.
You will have clinical leadership opportunities and medical education and supervision to support your professional development. You will also be part of a rich trust wide specialty doctor network. The Trust is committed to high quality teaching and training for medical students, post graduate trainees in psychiatry, specialty doctors, students and other professionals and we work closely with the Psychiatric Department of the University of Oxford.
We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you, is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care, delivered by outstanding people. We would support any post holder who wishes to pursue specialist registration with the GMC via the portfolio route (previously CESR).
Main duties of the job
The Specialty Doctor will be based at Allen Ward, Warneford Hospital. Inpatient Specialty Doctor posts were created to enhance the development of Adult Inpatient Psychiatric Services in Oxfordshire. As part of the medical team, you will be responsible for supporting your team in ensuring that our service users’ needs are met through the delivery of high-quality care, offering a person-centred approach to their independence and well-being.
Key components of the role include:
- Day-to-day management of the inpatients on the wards. Including contribution to: ward-rounds, care and treatment review of patients, discharge planning meetings, and Mental Health Act managers or tribunal hearings.
- Liaison with other services, e.g. adult mental health teams, Ashurst Ward (PICU), as required.
- Contributing to service development, clinical audit and quality improvement.
Working for our organisation
Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application please read the “candidate guide to making an application” and ensure your supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses any essential criteria.
As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”
Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”
We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
• Excellent opportunities for career progression
• 27 days annual leave per annum/pro-rata increasing to 35 days after seven years
• NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
• Competitive pension scheme
• Lease car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
• Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Under the supervision and direction of the consultant, the post holder will be responsible for:
1. Day-to-day management of the inpatients on the wards. This will include contribution to ward-rounds (including typing contemporaneous clinical notes into the electronic patient records), care and treatment review of patients, discharge planning meetings, and Mental Health Act managers or tribunal hearings. This will be under the clinical supervision of the dedicated inpatient consultants from the team. Clinical supervision will rotate between the consultants as agreed.
2. Liaison with the Adult Community Mental Health Team to ensure co-ordinated clinical care of patients.
3. Support the assessment and management of patients brought to the Health Based Place of Safety
4. Providing timely written correspondence to relevant professionals documenting assessments, ongoing management, progress, and discharge summaries using Trust IT and clinical records system – training will be provided where needed.
5. Work collaboratively with other agencies, liaison with staff from other teams to manage smooth and timely transfer into and out of the unit. The teams most commonly involved with this will be the Adult Community Mental Health Teams, and Ashurst Ward Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit.
6. Active commitment to delivering the Trust’s clinical governance agenda. Wards will lead their own governance agenda including audit, quality, patient experience, learning from incidents, patient safety initiatives and interrogation of data. The senior leadership team comprising of matron, consultant and ward manager will link with division both identifying areas of concern and feeding back actions.
7. Contribution to developing and delivering improved clinical services.
8. The post holders will be expected to contribute to the collection of data as required by the Trust and other relevant agencies. This includes the timely recording of clinical activity data, and participation in clinical audit -with appropriate administrative support.
9. The post holders will normally cross-cover with specialty and resident doctors for Wintle Ward and Vaughan Thomas for annual leave, study leave and brief periods of sickness absence. Occasional cover may be required for Phoenix and Ashurst wards.
10. Post holders will administer ECT on a rota with the other specialty and resident doctors under exceptional circumstances. ECT is supervised by a consultant and training will be given if ad hoc input is required.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Qualified medical practitioner
- Full GMC registration
Desirable criteria
- MRCPsych or equivalent qualification (in accordance with Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Guidelines)
- Eligibility for Section 12 (Mental Health Act 1983) Approval
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to work through a collaborative multi-disciplinary framework
- At least four years of Postgraduate training, two of which in the relevant specialty of this position
- Ability to contribute to effective team working. Capacity to prioritise workload.
- Good skills in communication with patients, relatives, colleagues, and staff of other organisations. Good spoken and written English.
- Work collaboratively and effectively with a range of professionals.
- Interest in and commitment to people with mental health problems, and their families/carers.
- To exercise an intermediate level of clinical responsibility as delegated by the consultant in charge
Desirable criteria
- Teaching medical undergraduates and other MDT members
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Compassionate
- Honesty
- Trustworthy and reliable
- Flexibility to cope with service change and demanding clinical challenges.
Desirable criteria
- Outside interests
Other
Essential criteria
- Good IT skills including typing
Desirable criteria
- Car Driver with Valid Driving licence or otherwise independently mobile.
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 Lisle Scott
- Job title
- Medical Lead: AWA Inpatient & Specialised Services
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07775580122
- Additional information
Dr Smita Pandit, Associate Medical Director
07795 800944
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