Job requirements
Essential
11 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Team Work
Understand principles of multi-disciplinary team working.
- Team Work
Demonstrate ability to work as a member of a team and to liaise effectively with colleagues within the hospital.
- Experience
A minimum of four years’ full-time postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained on a part-time or flexible basis) at least two of which will be in a specialty training programme in Psychiatry or as a fixed term specialty trainee in Psychiatry and preferably have at least two years of working experience in Community and Inpatient Psychiatry
- Self-Awareness
Have an understanding of own strengths and weaknesses and how these attributes affect professional functioning.
- Clinical Skills
High levels of competence in diagnosis, risk assessment, care planning and prescribing.
- Leadership Skills
Able to provide clinical leadership to a multi-disciplinary team.
- Management Skills
Understand the importance of working with managers in the interest of good patient care.
- Clinical Governance
Understand and actively support the principles of Clinical Governance including audit and outcome measures.
- Organisational Skills
Have good organisational skills and able to organise own work.
- Qualifications/Training
General medical qualification e.g. MBBS, or equivalent and hold a Licence to Practise.
- Working with Patients and Carers
Demonstrate a good understanding of how to work in partnership with patients and carers.
Desirable
4 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Section 12/AC approval is not essential at the time of recruitment but is desired. The post holder will be supported to apply for Section/AC status if they are interested.
- Self-Awareness
Have an understanding of the stresses involved in being a specialty doctor and how to manage these appropriately.
- Leadership Skills
Able to prioritise work to meet competing clinical demands.
- Clinical Governance
Demonstrate a good understanding of continuing professional development needs and revalidation.
Job overview
Are you a Specialty Doctor in Psychiatry looking to join a supportive community mental health team? We have an exciting opportunity for a full-time Specialty Doctor to join our Turbary Park sector of Bournemouth West Community Mental Health Team, providing comprehensive community-based services to patients registered with GP practices across Bournemouth.
You will join an established medical team of four full-time psychiatrists and a GP trainee working within the wider Bournemouth West Community Mental Health Team, which provides comprehensive community mental health services to a locality population of 79,000 patients aged 18 to 65.
The Bournemouth West Community Mental Health Team consists of Turbary Park Centre (TPC) and Hahnemann House (HH) sector teams. Both teams are clinically led by senior Associate Specialist Psychiatrists, each supported by a Specialty Doctor. The teams share duty and emergency rotas for medical and non-medical staff.
We offer a £10,000 Recruitment and Retention Payment, paid monthly during your first year in post, alongside a relocation package of up to £10,000 if you are relocating to Dorset.
Interested in finding out more? We'd love to hear from you. For an informal conversation about the role please contact either:
Alex Molland, Service Manager - [email protected]
Dr Gary Wong, Lead Consultant for Community Adult Mental Health - [email protected]
Main duties of the job
As the Specialty Doctor you will work as part of the clinical team providing assessment, treatment and care planning for patients accepted by the team. The ability to work closely and cooperatively with members of the multidisciplinary team is an essential and integral part of the post. You will be Section 12 approved or eligible for approval within six months.
There is also an opportunity to participate in the voluntary middle grade (first on-call) rota in East Dorset, staffed by SAS doctors and ST4 to ST6 doctors. Participation attracts additional on-call payments of 2% plus 1 PA.
We recognise the importance of supporting your professional development and revalidation. The post includes 1.5 core SPA sessions each week, dedicated to activities such as continuing professional development (CPD) and clinical audit.
You will provide cross-cover for annual leave, study leave and emergency sick leave with the Specialty Doctor based in the Hahnemann House sector team. These cover arrangements will take account of the other medical staff within the locality team.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For the main duties and responsibilities for this role please read the attached job description and person specification. When completing your application please ensure your supporting statement reflects the criteria set out in these documents by showing how your experience and skills apply to this post.
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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This advert is for Specialty Doctor in Community Adult Mental Health with Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust in Poole, England. It is listed as a Senior Medical doctor Psychiatry role. The advertised salary is £63,696 - £102,689 p.a pro rata for part time.. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 29 Nov 2026.
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