Specialty Doctor in Adult Inpatient | Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

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 passionate and enthusiastic Specialty Doctor who will provide consistent, high quality Medical input support to the urgent and Inpatient directorate on Topaz ward, Crystal Centre, Chelmsford. The service provides 14 beds mixed ward for service users of adult working age offering inpatient psychiatric assessments, treatment and care to help reduce risk of harm to self and others. On the site, there is a female acute ward (Galleywood), a male acute ward (Finchingfield), a 10-bed psychiatric intensive care unit (Christopher Unit).

The post holder willwork along with the consultant in the ward and be responsible for delivering a quality clinical service. Additionally the post holder will be required to work closely with other colleagues within the directorate and to ensure safe handover to community colleagues.

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.

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


· Attend Ward reviews

· Attend MDT meetings

· Carry out Ward review when the Consultants is away

· Admitting patients during working hours

· Attending to urgent clinical issues for patients on the ward

· Supervise the completion of discharge summaries for patients

· Administrative work related to these activities

· Support Trainee Doctors

· Work with Multidisciplinary team

· Attend the weekly regular supervision with the consultant