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Job overview
We’re looking for 3 Specialty Doctors to join our team of life savers and life changers who share our values to help us provide high quality care for the patients, carers, families and communities we serve. We specialise in NHS mental health and learning disability services and we’re proud to be the difference improving lives every day.
This is an exciting opportunity to join our acute inpatient and crisis mental health teams. Successful applicants will be given the opportunity to preference and negotiate bespoke job plans across the below services:
- Our Endcliffe Ward (PICU)
- Our brand new Dovedale 2 Ward
- Our Urgent and Crisis Service
We actively promote flexible working and understand how important work life balance is, especially in healthcare. Whether it’s part time hours, hybrid working or flexible start and finish times, we’ll explore what works for you and the role.
Main duties of the job
- Attendance at ward team meetings and chair these meetings when required.
- Medical leadership to the multidisciplinary ward team.
- Medical/psychiatric assessments for care planning and risk assessment.
- Formulation and delivery of appropriate pharmacological and psychological interventions to aid recovery.
- Undertake Seclusion reviews as necessary.
- Attendance at Tribunal hearings for people detained under Mental Health Act.
- Completion of administrative tasks necessary for clinical responsibilities.
- Writing of Mental Health Review Tribunal Reports or reports to other agencies.
- Liaison with members of other teams to transfer patients into and out of inpatient service.
- Attendance at CPA reviews and pre-discharge planning meetings.
- Clinical supervision of junior medical staff
- Teaching of undergraduate medical students.
- Attendance at weekly CPD sessions.
- Attendance at Monthly Governance meetings and Leadership meeting.
- Will be supported through monthly clinical supervision.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job Description and Personal Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click ‘Apply Now’ to view in Trac.
A total of 30 sessions is available across the below services to be mutually agreed with successful applicants through a preferencing process:
- Endcliffe Ward (10 sessions)
- Dovedale 2 Ward (10 sessions)
- Urgent and Crisis Service (10 sessions)
Applying for this NHS job
This advert is for Specialty Doctor in Psychiatry with Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust in Sheffield, North East and Yorkshire, England. It is listed as a Senior Medical doctor Psychiatry role. The advertised salary is £63,696 - £102,689 £63,696 - £102,689 pa. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 10 Jun 2026.
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