International Fellowship in Psychiatry, Blackpool

The posts are fixed term for 3 years and we will be able to provide a Certificate of Sponsorship for those requiring a Skilled Worker Visa to gain Right to Work in the UK. An annual review would take place to assess your progress towards Specialist Registration.
The posts are also eligible for sponsorship for GMC registration subject to meeting minimum criteria set out in the Person Specification. Please check these criteria first prior to submitting an application, if this is the route you are considering, as the essential criteria will need to be met fully to be considered for this route., There are four General Adult inpatient wards at The Harbour and details of each can be found in the Job Description. You would be based on one of these wards and your role would include assessment of new patients admitted to the ward, diagnosis and treatment as well as work to support the discharge of patients. You would be working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, under the supervision of a consultant psychiatrist initially.
You would be supported in working towards Section 12 approval, and once this was achieved, there may be the opportunity to join the Out of Hours On Call rota, for which additional remuneration would be paid.

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The salary for this post would be based on the Specialty Doctor payscale, MC75. Your starting salary would be determined by your service history in the UK or overseas.
The role is full time and you would be working 10 Programmed Activities (PAs) each week (equivalent to 40 hours per week). 8 PAs would be dedicated to clinical commitments and the other 2 PAs would be for activities that would support your professional development. We have an excellent reputation for our work supporting international doctors and there are a range of groups that would connect you with other doctors in the Trust who are working towards Specialist Registration.
Our Medical Recruitment and Relationship team will guide you through the recruitment process and be able to provide support if you are relocating to the UK to commence this post. Please note that the Trust does not have any hospital accommodation, but the Relationship Team will be able to provide advice about other options that are available to you.

We would advise applicants to submit their application as soon as they are able since we may close this vacancy before the specified closing date if a sufficient number of applications are made.
We are intending to hold the interviews for these posts on 9th, 10th or 11th December. Shortlisted candidates will be sent further details in due course. The interviews will take place virtually via MS Teams.
Please note that further communication from Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCft) will normally be to the email address given on the application form. You should also ensure that email addresses and telephone numbers are provided for your referees, to enable LSCft to contact them.
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Please ensure that you read the person specification attached below as your application will be measured against this document. Applications from job share partners are welcome and other forms of flexible working will be considered for all posts.
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You are advised to consider applying for LSCft vacancies as soon as possible as in some instances vacancies are closed as soon as a sufficient number of applications have been received. If you are not invited to interview within three weeks of the closing date then please assume that on this occasion you have been unsuccessful, as it is not possible to contact all unsuccessful candidates.
LSCft is committed to celebrating difference as an asset and we know that recruiting talent from diverse backgrounds helps to create a more flexible, creative and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from people regardless of age, disability (particularly those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion or belief or sexual orientation. Our goal is for the Trust to be truly representative of the communities we serve so we are particularly keen to receive applications from people in under-represented groups. If there is anything you'd like to discuss in relation to your application then please ask.