Consultant Psychiatrist in Adult Inpatient

Job overview

Would you like to be part of leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health ,community and inpatient care?  Why not join Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust for the opportunity to flourish and excel in your career and be part of our dedicated medical team.

Join a team where compassion meets clinical excellence-EPUT is looking to appoint an enthusiastic consultant to join our adult inpatient team who work on Galleywood which is an 16-bedded acute ward for female service users of adult working age. The ward provides inpatient psychiatric assessments, treatment and care to help reduce risk of harm to self and others. On the site, there is a male acute ward (Finchingfield ward) and an 18-bed psychiatric intensive care unit. The Rainbow unit (Mother &Baby ) has 6 beds and Edward House low secure unit has 20 specialist beds. Galleywood ward is paired with Finchingfield ward for consultant cross-cover of SPA and other absences. The successful candidate will be expected to provide clinical leadership whilst working closely with the ward manager.

Main duties of the job

As well as making a clinical difference, we believe that your development is key so you will be supported to enable you to pursue educational and research interests which go hand in hand to provide a high quality of care and safety to our patients.

The trust is actively supportive of newly qualified consultants continuing professional development seeking to deepen and broaden their skills. As well as making a clinical difference, we believe that your development is key so you will be supported to enable you to pursue educational and research interests which go hand in hand to provide a high quality of care and safety to our patients. We have excellent links with the medical school at ARU and other educational establishments where we have shared appointments in teaching and research.

You must have full GMC registration and be on the Specialist Register, with an appropriate CCT or equivalent or be within six months of obtaining your CCT on the date of the AAC.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Provide consultant input and Responsible clinician duties for inpatients on Galleywood ward.
• Ensure excellence in the provision of mental health assessments and evidence based treatments to all referred patients to the service in line with Trust policies.
• Establish a reliable and accessible work schedule with the team and be readily available during work hours.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues in community and inpatient settings concerning the timely care and transfer of patients as necessary.
• Ensure appropriate administration and documentation in relation to duties of the post, including recording clinical activities in the Trust electronic patient record system.
• Liaise with primary care services as appropriate about patients’ physical health, mental health and social care needs.
• Help co-ordinate further support and/or management between different services as service users’ needs may dictate.