# Specialty Doctor in Psychiatry > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialty-doctor-in-psychiatry/97e1f28d-9522-4d18-b3c2-3fd85066b18a - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/specialty-doctor-in-psychiatry/97e1f28d-9522-4d18-b3c2-3fd85066b18a.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Sheffield - **Region:** North East and Yorkshire - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Psychiatry - **Grade:** Senior - **Salary:** £63,696 - £102,689 £63,696 - £102,689 pa - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Closing date:** 2026-06-10T08:00:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-27T11:22:26.146Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/South_Yorkshire/Sheffield/Sheffield_Health_Partnership_University_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Medical/Medical-v8032428 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8032428?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.shsc.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### 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) ## Job Details 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. ## Job Description 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. ## 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) ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - 2 years Foundation experience or equivalent. - 2 years Core Psychiatry experience or equivalent. - Experience of leading a multi-disciplinary team. - Experience in teaching undergraduates and postgraduates. - Experience in medical audit & understanding of clinical governance principles **Desirable** - Teaching/presentation experience (e.g. conference presentation, EBM, research experience). - Experience of adult acute and crisis and/or psychiatric inpatient care - A detailed knowledge of the Mental Health Act, the functions of the Mental Health Review Tribunals and Hospital Managers' Hearings - Experience of writing reports of and attending Managers’ Hearings and MHA Tribunals. - Experience networking and building collaborative working relationships across a range of stakeholders to improve patient care pathways and experience. ### Knowledge & Skills **Essential** - Effective leadership skills - Ability to deliver care in collaboration with service users and their families/carers. - Ability to supervise junior staff - Awareness of the funding arrangements in the NHS and recent NHS developments - Ability to interpret published research and to apply research findings to clinical practice. **Desirable** - Experience of involvement in service development and/or reconfiguration - Practical experience of research - Sympathetic to the Trust’s mission ### Training & Qualifications **Essential** - MBBS or equivalent medical qualification - Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practice - Section 12 (2) MHA 1983 approved OR eligibility for S12 approval. **Desirable** - MRCPsych or equivalent - Training in evidence-based interventions - Approved Clinician (AC) status/eligibility to be on the AC register. ## Documents - [jd (pdf, 673.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10327213) - [ps (pdf, 527.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10320045) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.