Specialty Doctor - Male Acute Psychiatry

Kings Norton Hospital in Birmingham supports adults requiring care and treatment for acute mental health conditions across three wards :

Lakeside Ward A 10 bed Acute Mental Health service for women.

Manor Ward A 10 bed Acute Mental Health service for men.

Hope Ward A 12 bed Acute Mental Health service for men.

The service provides high quality intensive treatment in a clinically safe and caring environment.

Our Acute Wards are for patients who need to step down from a PICU setting or who have complex, severe or prolonged mental health issues but do not require a PICU setting.

Patients are either admitted formally or voluntarily.

What you'll be doing :

• To provide day to day psychiatric and medical management for patients on their respective ward under the supervision of the Consultant Psychiatrist.


• To admit new patients via a full clerking, including full histories, mental state examinations and physical examinations, organising the necessary investigations and following these up to prepare holistic management plans.


• Presentation of cases in MDT ward rounds and following up the treatment plans.


• To liaise with referrers, family and other organisations involved in patient care.


• Participation in clinical and administrative meetings like case discussions and governance meetings is also expected.


• To participate in first medical on-call rota. Extra days attract further remuneration. The on-call rota is non-residential with expectation that the doctor is able to attend the hospital within 1 hours, when required during on call periods.


The hospital also has parallel telephone consultant on-call rota and supervision to support first on call doctors.


• Fully GMC registered & MBBS (or equivalent) qualified


• Recent experience in psychiatry


• Able to work as part of a multidisciplinary team


• Knowledgeable of mental health legislation & the Codes of Practice


• A first-rate communicator who can interview, assess & treat patients & write clear, comprehensive medical notes


• Committed to continued professional development


We also want to ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable facilities to participate in job applications or interviews to perform essential job functions.

To support this, we are a Disability Confident committed employer.

largest independent provider in neuro and mental healthcare. We proudly employ over 4000+ people - no matter what your experience, we have jobs for everyone.


• 25 days plus bank holidays


• Birthday off


• Join the Active Learning Hub and benefit from a wide range of e learning and face to face training and development opportunities


• Active Reward App giving discounts and savings on your weekly shop


• Free 24 hour confidential Employee Assistance Programme Helpline & App to support with legal, health, wellbeing, relationship and consumer advice


• A Nest Personal Pension account


• Access to join a Medicash Health Plan for you and your family to save money on everyday health essentials like going to the dentist or opticians


• We recognise outstanding Active Behaviours via the Active Awards programme


• Enhanced Sick & Maternity Pay benefits


• Refer a Friend Scheme and earn yourself up to £1000 by recommending someone you know


• and, of course, the support and guidance of our qualified clinical and business leadership teams so that you can really develop your career with Active Care Group