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Specialty Doctor, Acute Care Pathway - Central Lancashire

Job details
Posting date: 16 April 2024
Salary: Not specified
Additional salary information: £52,530 - £82,400 per annum
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 16 May 2024
Location: Preston, PR2 9HT
Company: Lancashire Care Foundation Trust
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 6233413/351-MED043CW-24

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Summary

A Vacancy at Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust.


Specialty Doctor – General Adult Psychiatry, Royal Preston Hospital (10PA)

We are seeking to recruit a substantive Specialty Doctor in General Adult Psychiatry to work in the Acute Care Pathway in Central Lancashire. This post is funded to support the continuing development of our response to acute Mental Health presentations in Central Lancashire. The post has become available due to the previous post holder leaving.

The post is full time (10PA) and will be based at Royal Preston Hospital. You will be working with teams involved in the assessment and provision of care for patients presenting acutely to Mental Health Services as part of the ongoing development of our Acute Care Pathway.

There will be some flexibility to the work based on clinical need though it will include undertaking s136 assessments with Approved Mental Health Professionals, working with the Consultant, Team Leader and Clinical Practitioners from the Preston and Chorley Section 136 teams

There may be the opportunity to join the On Call rota, for which additional remuneration is available.

To be eligible to apply for this post, you must possess at least 3 year’s experience in psychiatry and be fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practice. Ideally, you will be Section 12 Approved, or eligible for approval at the time of commencing employment.

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust are proud of our fantastic SAS Development Programme, which is a great source of development for our Doctors. We have an active SAS Forum which meets on a regular basis to discuss operational and professional issues to support SAS/Specialty Doctors.

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details about this post.


This advert closes on Monday 13 May 2024

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