Psychiatry Associate Specialist
Hours: Full time
Salary: Up to £90, 000 p/annum
Location: Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
This is an excellent opportunity to work in a friendly, committed and brand-new neurological centre. As a Psychiatry Associate Specialist you will provide treatment to men and women who have acquired brain injury or other neurological conditions.
With support of a Consultant Psychiatrist, you will provide psychiatric and external assessments.
You will ensure high quality first-line medical care of the inpatients, liaise effectively with external professionals and carers, provide written and oral evidence for Hospital Managers' and Tribunal hearings, work towards safe discharges including preparing discharge summaries, reports and other necessary documentation.
You will also ensure an adequate handover to colleagues including out of hours, seek collateral history from other professionals and family, and complete discharge letters/reports/s62 forms as required.
Key role and responsibilities for the Psychiatry Associate Specialist role:
- Preparing First-tier Tribunal and Hospital Managers' hearing reports under the supervision of Consultant.
- Provide medical reports and attend CPA meetings to review care of patients with NHS England case managers and community care co-ordinators
- Providing oral evidence at First-tier Tribunal and Hospital Managers' hearings under the supervision of the Consultant (Depending on your experience).
- Contributing to the service development by participating in Clinical Governance activities by conducting audits, research and teaching if required.
- Work effectively with colleagues to ensure that patients are able to access appropriate medical cover at all times, and participate in the on-call rota.
- Participate in learning activities and supervision
- Deliver staff training
- Share responsibility for taking bloods and ECGs as necessary.
- Providing prospective cover to other specialty doctors when they are on leave.
- Liaising with GP and practice nurse regarding physical healthcare of patients.
- Emergency treatment with patients with complex care.
- Undertaking psychiatric and external assessments for clients referred to the unit to determine the appropriate level of care to be provided, under the direction and supervision of the Consultant Psychiatrist, and work with the MDT to ensure delivery of the Care Programme.
- Arranging appropriate clinical tests and investigations and take responsibility for chasing up results and acting on them in a timely manner.
Minimum requirements for the Psychiatry Associate Specialist are:
- Full GMC registration
- Experience working in psychiatry within multi-disciplinary teams
- To be linked in with an appraisal/RITA process within the last year
- Experience in Psychiatry
- Experience working as a doctor within similar environment
- MRCPsych (desirable)
Tier 2 sponsorship available - must have UK experience.
What we offer for the Psychiatry Associate Specialist role:
- Competitive annual salary
- 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays and your birthday off!
- A Group Personal Pension Plan (GPPP) and pension contribution
- Life Assurance for added peace of mind.
- Enhanced Maternity Package so you can truly enjoy this special time.
- Free meals while on duty
- Employee Assistance Services
- Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals.
- Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance.
- Voluntary benefits
- Medical indemnity cover
There are also a range of other benefits including retail discounts and special offers, car leasing without a credit check and much more.
If you are open to explore this opportunity, please apply today!
