NHS Locum Specialty Doctor in MHUCD | Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 24 Medi 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £61,542 - £99,216 per annum |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 25 Hydref 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Basildon, SS16 5NL |
| Cwmni: | Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Cytundeb |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7506003/364-EPUT715 |
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ONE YEAR FIXED TERM CONTRACT
Would you like to be part of leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care? Why not join Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust for theopportunity to flourish and excel in your career and be part of our dedicated medical team.
EPUT is looking to appoint a fixed term NHS LocumSpecialty Doctorwho will provide consistent, high quality Medical Psychiatric support to the Mental Health Urgent care department which caters to adults over the age of 18, who are experiencing a mental health crisis.
You should be eligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment and hold Section 12 (2) approval under the Mental Health Act 1983. You will also need to provide evidence of achievement of ST1/CT1 competences in psychiatry at time of application and likelihood of achieving CT2 competences in psychiatry by the start date of the post.
The department will offer a therapeutic mental health setting to assess urgent mental health presentations which might otherwise have been seen in the A+E department. The service will offer a comprehensive assessment and onward care planning through a diverse and highly skilled mental health workforce incorporating support workers, peer coaches, social worker, nurses and doctors. The service will work closely with existing urgent mental health care pathways and other appropriate services in the local health and social care system, including voluntary care sector organisations, to provide holistic and person centred care.
The service will also be working closely with the Basildon A+E department in being able to offer a limited range of physical health interventions in the department itself and if appropriate for onward referral to relevant specialties in the general hospital.
The post-holder will be expected to work independently and accountably providing clinical leadership to the team, through good multi-professional working and liaising with a range of professional groups including nurses, occupational therapists, psychologists and doctorsin delivering services.
Our Vision
“To be the leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care”.
Our Purpose
“We care for people every day. What we do together, matters”.
Our Values
We Care
We Learn
We Empower
Our strategic objectives
We will deliver safe, high quality integrated care services.
We will enable each other to be the best that we can.
We will work together with our partners to make our services better.
We will help our communities to thrive.
If you share that vision and want to make a difference to the people that use our services, then please contact us to find out more.
EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Open, Compassionate and Empowering. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;
• Season Ticket Loan
• NHS discounts for staff
• Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
• Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
• The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
• Conduct comprehensive and holistic psychiatric assessments and risk assessments independently whilst appropriately seeking advice from the Consultant in complex cases.
• Participate and provide recommendations in MHA assessments for patients presenting to the service when appropriate.
• To record clinical entries contemporaneously in the electronic patient record.
• Offer advice and supervision to other junior clinical members in the team when appropriate.
• To attend handover meetings every day.
• Attend the weekly regular supervision with the Consultant.
• To provide medical leadership to the team when the Consultant in away with support from the covering Consultant when appropriate.
• To attend and actively contribute to weekly MDT meetings.
• Liaising with different specialties and departments to ensure.
• To dictate letters to other services when appropriate to ensure seamless continuation of patient care.
• To be a strong team player and work with the Multidisciplinary team in delivering holistic care.
• To actively participate in the clinical governance of the team.
• To actively participate in the teaching and training of junior clinical members of the team as appropriate
This advert closes on Sunday 12 Oct 2025