Job responsibilities
What you'll be doing:
Clinical
- Supporting the multidisciplinary team that undertakes screening assessments for admissions to the service.
- Supporting the multidisciplinary team in the care and treatment of our patients, including weekly ward round review, risks assessment and ongoing treatment plans
- Lead on the physical health assessment of newly admitted patients and liaise with primary and secondary care services as required.
- Attend family meetings, case review meetings and discharge planning meetings as required
- Ensure clinical documentation is robust and up to date, including the completion of timely discharge and transfer summaries.
- Practise evidence-based care through national standards and guidelines
- Engage in supervision with designated Consultant colleagues
- Prepare for and participate in external reviews (CQC and Quality Network reviews)
- Participation in on-call rota (1 in 3)
Management
- Attendance and contribution to the hospital wide Clinical Governance Group (monthly)
- Attendance, and contribution to, the group wide Mental Health Clinical Governance Group (quarterly).
- Participate in service development, through research, innovation and local audit.
- Continue strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, particularly our partners in the NHS (as all beds are ICB funded)
- Engagement in National Networks
- Ongoing personal development through CPD and annual appraisal (and adhering to the GMC’s “Good Medical Practice”
- Regular review of prescribing practices in conjunction with Ashton’s E-Prescribing reports and engagement with Ashton’s site based pharmacist.
What you'll have:
- MRCPsych (Desirable, but not required)
- Section 12 Approved (Desirable but not required)
- Working within an inpatient CAMHS setting (Required) with eating disorders (Desirable)
- Evidenced based practice
- Confidence in engaging internal and external stakeholders
- Patient centred, outcomes-based care
Working Environment:
- Requirement for 37.5 hours per week (full time)
- Consultant support and MDT support
- Site based clinical governance and Medical Advisory Committee Meeting
- Opportunity to develop leadership skills through the existing Group wide committee meetings (e.g. Research and Development and Drugs and Therapeutics Committee)
- Participation in first tier on-call rota
We also want to ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable facilities to participate in job applications or interviews to perform essential job functions. To support this, we are a Disability Confident committed employer.
What to look forward to:
- 25 days plus bank holidays
- Birthday off
- Join the Active Learning Hub and benefit from a wide range of e learning and face to face training and development opportunities
- Active Reward App giving discounts and savings on your weekly shop
- Free 24 hour confidential Employee Assistance Programme Helpline & App to support with legal, health, wellbeing, relationship and consumer advice
- A Nest Personal Pension account
- Access to join a Medicash Health Plan for you and your family to save money on everyday health essentials – like going to the dentist or opticians
- We recognise outstanding Active Behaviours via the Active Awards programme
- Enhanced Sick & Maternity Pay benefits
- Refer a Friend Scheme and earn yourself up to £1000 by recommending someone you know
- ……and, of course, the support and guidance of our qualified clinical and business leadership teams so that you can really develop your career with Active Care Group
