Specialty Doctor in Adult Community

Job overview

Would you like to be part of leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community 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 a dedicated and enthusiastic Specialty Doctor who will provide consistent, high quality Medical input support to the Adult Community Mental Health team based in Grays Hall, Grays.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be expected to work independently and provide clinical leadership to the team, through good multi-professional working. The post holder will have shared responsibility for the clinical care of those patients referred to the team and will be expected to work closely with the consultant and team manager to ensure the provision of an effective service to the patients in community. Grays Hall team provides secondary care mental health services for people in Thurrock, which is a borough in Essex and is a unitary local authority. The post will be part of a community team providing secondary care services to working age adult population. There is an established primary care network (PCN) in the area with which the Grays Hall team link in with and provide input.

You should be eligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment and hold Section 12 (2) approval under the Mental Health Act 1983. You will also need to provide evidence of achievement of ST1/CT1 competences in psychiatry at time of application and likelihood of achieving CT2 competences in psychiatry by the start date of the post.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• The post holder will be expected to work with the consultants in the team.
• Community care to the patients under the care of Thurrock mental health services.
• Participation in MDT meetings
• Clinical supervision of trainees
• Medical support for patients under the care of Thurrock team.
• Conduct MDT meetings and take responsibility as a senior clinician in the absence of the Consultant.