Associate Specialist

Job Description

Do you want to work in a friendly, committed and established service where your knowledge, experience and skills will be valued Join the Farndon Unit as an Associate Specialist where you will provide care for women with personality disorders and mentalillness in an established and well-run service. You will focus on assessing, managing and supporting individuals both on their new to be established 6 bedded acute ward and our 9 bedded high dependency rehabilitation ward. The rest of the hospital site includesanother 12 bedded acute ward and 20 low secure care beds, spread over 2 wards.You will work alongside 3 Consultant Psychiatrists and a wider multidisciplinary team. You will have the opportunity to deliver person-centred care, treatment and support to some of the most vulnerable people in society.You will be able to join a dynamic peer group with your Consultant colleagues within the region and will work with a Consultant supervisor. You will also be supported to join the SAS doctors peer group and a Psychiatrist Mentorship Scheme to support yourindividual and career development if you wish.There is an out of hours on-call rota. This will be at a maximum frequency of 1:6 pro rata. There are long established Consultant on call arrangements in place to support this.The Farndon Unit is located in Newark and is part of IMPACT Provider Collaborative in the region with close links to NHS services with established care pathways. We are rated good across all domains by the CQC and forge to maintain high standards. The FarndonUnit has excellent transport links and is commutable from Lincoln, Nottingham, Sleaford and Mansfield.Your Responsibilities

• Assessments and admissions of new patients to the service.
• Obtaining collateral histories from other professionals and family.
• Formulating a diagnosis in conjunction with the MDT.
• Completing physical health assessments and working closely with our GP’s and Physical Health Nurse to improve the physical wellbeing of patients
• Completing discharge letters/reports/ SOAD forms.
• Support the adequate working of the Care Programme Approach and Care and treatment plans for service users.
• Work closely with our Pharmacist to ensure safe, effective, evidence based prescribing.
• Liaise with external professionals and work collaboratively with commissioners and external care teams to aid seamless transitions to the community.
• Contributing to the service development by participating in Clinical Governance activities, quality initiatives, audits, research and teaching.
• Under the supervision of the Consultant, provide leadership of the clinical team and preparing First-tier Tribunal and Hospital Managers hearing reports.

As an Associate Specialist, you will have:

• Full GMC Registration
• Experience in working in psychiatry within multi-disciplinary teams
• To be in good standing with the Royal College of Psychiatrists
• To have had an Appraisal/RITA within the last year
• At least 3 years’ experience in Psychiatry
• Experience working as a doctor within a similar environment

What you will get

• Competitive annual salary
• Medical indemnity cover
• The equivalent of 30 days of annual leave – plus your birthday off
• Free meals
• Wellbeing support and activities
• Career development and training
• Pension contribution
• Life Assurance
• Enhanced Maternity Package

There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts and special offers, car leasing without a credit check and much more.About your next employerYou will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities& Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.The safety of our service users and colleagues is our priority and as such we encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility and are committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of service users. Candidateswill be subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure.