INPATIENT ADULT PSYCHIATRY SPECIALTY DOCTOR (GOODMAYES HOSPITAL) | NELFT NHS Foundation Trust

NELFT is an award-winning community and mental health Trust, providing healthcare for over 4.9 million people, ensuring our patients, family and friends feel confident that their health needs are met. We are committed to delivering the best care to the communities we serve across North East London, Essex and Kent.

With an excellent reputation for research and development, our skilled healthcare professionals are at the cutting edge of evidence-based innovation, opening up the possibilities for better ways of working and delivery of care. Joining us will provide you with unparalleled access to training opportunities, continuous CPD, peer support groups, and a robust supervision and appraisal system., We are currently recruiting for an Adult Psychiatry Specialty Doctor to our Inpatient services based Goodmayes Hospital, Barley Lane, Ilford IG3 8XJ. This is a new post, due to additional demand on service delivery. We are keen to recruit to this position as soon as possible.

You will jointwo full-time Consultant Psychiatrists, a 0.6wte Associate Specialist, and 3wte Core Trainees in the service, and will have the opportunity to influence future direction, treatment, and models of design in the area in which you work.

You will be expected to:

· Work as part of multidisciplinary teams providing care to adult male patients with mental health needs, within the inpatient setting.

· Provide senior medical support to the team, and direct input on clinical cases

· Provide guidance and supervision to the team

· Work directly with adults and their families and liaise as appropriate with community adult consultant psychiatrists and specialty doctors in mental health

· Support the Ward Team in managing bed occupancy

· Work alongside two full-time Consultant Psychiatrists, a 0.6wte Associate Specialist, and 3wte Core Trainees in the service.

· Develop links already established with the local acute trusts' A&E departments and adult services

· Full GMC Registration with a license to practice

· Section 12 certification, or a commitment to work towards this.

· Mastery in the management of a broad range of mental disorders in adults

· At least 4 years of full-time postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained on a part-time basis) of which at least 2 years will be in a specialty training programme in a relevant specialty or as a fixed term specialty trainee or shall have equivalent experience and competencies

To be successful in your application, you will need:

· To demonstrate that your values are in line with that of NELFT's values,

· To be innovative, motivated, and passionate about adult mental health care,

· Essential understanding of current developments in mental health care,

· To be a team player