Specialty Doctor in General Adult Psychiatry – ADAPT West | Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 17 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £59,175 - £95,400 plus London weighting £2,162 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 August 2025 |
| Location: | Charlton, SE7 8JH |
| Company: | Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7285744/277-7285744-TS |
Summary
The ADAPT Pathway provides focused, therapeutic interventions to adults residing within the Borough who require care and treatment for anxiety, depression, affective disorders (without psychosis), personality disorders, trauma,dissociative disorders, eating disorders, autism spectrum disorders (ASD), and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Care is offered to patients at CPA and Non-CPA levels.
The service aims to be flexible and accessible. The pathways of care aim to offer individuals, choice and involvement regarding their treatment, actively encouraging their participation in the planning and implementation of their care.
A personalised care plan will be devised in consultation with the service user and their Carer/family where appropriate.
Clinical Duties of the post holder
· Support to the consultant and the ADAPT team in developing and maintaining the caseloads of all patients ensuring that Core Assessments, Risk Assessments and Care Plans are available in RiO case records.
· Provision of reviews including Mental Health Act where necessary to the ADAPT team.
· Development of comprehensive case-note summaries, comprehensive multi-axial assessment processes and care planning in line with NICE guidelines.
· Attend ADAPT team meetings.
· To ensure the involvement of families and carers, wherever possible, with the patient’s consent in treatment planning.
· To support the consultant in preparing any necessary reports, and attending Mental Health Review Tribunals if applicable
· Providing clinical cover for the consultant, when she/he is away on leave, with supervision by another consultant.
At Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, we offer a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people living in South-East London and to people in prison across England. Our wide array of services includes community health care, such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies.
Oxleas is a great place to work. It has been recognised as one of the Top 10 Best Places to Work 2023 by the Sunday Times amongst very big employers. Our staff survey results show that we are in the Top 5 in England and the highest in London for staff experience amongst similar trusts.
“We are always delighted to welcome new colleagues to the Oxleas family. We care about making Oxleas a great place to work - it’s a big priority in our strategy. Come and join us - it’s a place where our values, teamwork, equity, and wellbeing matter and where you can really help to improve people’s lives.”
Ify Okocha
Chief Executive
Our focus is on ensuring that the huge contribution of SAS Doctors is valued and their personal development prioritised. Here are a few of the ways Oxleas recognises this:
• After joining Oxleas you will be welcomed by our SAS Tutor, with a personal meeting to discuss your development needs and how Oxleas can help.
• You will have access to wide range of training and development days in Oxleas, and across the other South London NHS Trusts, which are specifically for SAS Doctors.
• Anyone considering a CESR application will receive support from Oxleas and we are proud to have had successful applicants with several SAS Doctors who are currently in the process of applying.
• Recently introduced in Oxleas is that all substantive SAS doctors with seven or more years' in the grade will be eligible for two additional days of annual leave per annum.
This advert closes on Monday 14 Jul 2025
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