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.

EPUT is looking to appoint an enthusiastic and dedicated consultant to join our Adult Inpatients team who will work on Grangewater ward/Mental Health Assessment Unit, Basildon Mental Unit, Basildon which is a 15 beds on an acute psychiatric admission ward for mixed gender patients. The successful candidate will provide clinical leadership for the assessment and management of adult inpatients admitted to the ward.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will have responsibility for the clinical care of those patients admitted to the in-patient unit on the ward. The post holder will also be expected to work closely with the team and the ward manager to ensure the provision of an effective service.

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

• To provide clinical leadership for the assessment and management of general adult inpatients admitted to Grangewater Ward/MHAU.
• Take part in the out of hours on-call rota.