Specialist Grade Community Psychiatrist, Lancaster | Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 30 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £83,945 - £95,275 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 30 May 2024 |
| Location: | Lancaster, LA1 4JJ |
| Company: | Lancashire Care Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6271380/351-MED047TB-24 |
Summary
Specialist Grade Psychiatrist – General Adult Psychiatry, Lancaster and Morecambe (10 PAs)
We are seeking to recruit a substantive Specialist Grade General Adult Psychiatrist to work with the Home Based Treatment Team (HBTT) in Lancaster and Morecambe. The post is full time and based at East Barn, Lancaster.
If the successful candidate has AC status, there will be an expectation to join the Consultant On Call rota, for which additional remuneration is payable. Alternatively, for those without AC status, there may be an opportunity to join the 2ndOn Call rota, for which there is also additional remuneration.
Home Based Treatment Teams (HBTTs) are a multi-disciplinary team of mental health professionals providing a 24 hour, 7 day per week service to people experiencing a Mental Health (MH) crisis. HBTTs provide an alternative to hospital admission by providing intensive community based interventions. Where a hospital admission does occur, HBTT can assist in shortening the inpatient stay by facilitating early discharge and support back to the community. The Specialist Grade psychiatrist is expected to carry a compact caseload of the most complex and unstable cases, but will also be available at short notice to provide consultation and advice to other team members, although they are not required to act as care co-ordinator.
Applicants should hold full GMC registration and have a minimum of 6 years’ experience in a relevant specialty in the Specialty Doctor and/or closed SAS grades.
It is a requirement that applicants are Section 12 Approved 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.
The Job Description has been submitted to the Royal College of Psychiatrists for approval.
This advert closes on Wednesday 15 May 2024