# Specialty Doctor - South West Community Team (Borehamwood)

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** Kingsley Green
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Medical doctor
- **Speciality:** Psychiatry
- **Grade:** Senior
- **Salary:** £63,696 - £102,689 per annum
- **Contract type:** Perm
- **Employment type:** Full time - 10 sessions per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-23T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-15T11:28:05.256Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Hertfordshire/Borehamwood/Hertfordshire_Partnership_NHS_Foundation_Trust/psychiatry/psychiatry-v8369894
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8369894?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.hpft.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Specialty Doctor - South West Community Team (Borehamwood) 10 PAs / Perm

Department - Borehamwood Adult Community mental health services, WD18 0JP

Base - Civic Offices, Borehamwood. WD6 1WA

Accountable to Dr Mosun Fapohunda, Clinical Director

### Main duties of the job

- To undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of patients.
- To record clinical activity accurately and comprehensively, and submit this promptly to the Information Department.
- To participate annually in a job plan review with the line manager, which will include consultation with a relevant manager in order to ensure that the post is developed to take into account changes in service configuration and delivery associated with modernisation. To work with local managers and professional colleagues in ensuring the efficient running of services, and share with consultant colleagues in the medical contribution to management.
- To comply with the Trust’s agreed policies, procedures, standing orders and financial instructions, and to take an active role in the financial management of the service and support the medical director and other managers in preparing plans for services.
- Provision of psychiatric expertise to the wider multi-disciplinary team
- To undertake outpatient clinics, home visits and participate in multidisciplinary case discussions.
- To liaise effectively with primary care and mainstream mental health services.
- To have regular clinical supervision with the consultant psychiatrist. It is the post holder’s responsibility to ensure that this is booked.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

### 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.

## Person Specification

### Eligilbility

**Essential**

- Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.

**Desirable**

- In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice.
- Section 12/Approved clinician approval

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.

**Desirable**

- MRCPsych OR MRCPsych equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

### Academic Skills / Life Long Learning

**Essential**

- Ability to demonstrate clinical problem solving in interdisciplinary areas
- Possession of good organisational skills
- Be able to actively listen and have excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Has actively participated in clinical audit.

### Clinical Skills / Knowledge / Experience

**Essential**

- A minimum of 4 years’ full time post graduate training (or it’s equivalent gained on a part time of flexible basis) at least two years of which to be within a psychiatry training programme or as fixed term Specialty Trainee within psychiatry o; or have equivalent experience and competencies.
- Minimum of 6 months experience within General Adult Psychiatry
- Ability to work well in multidisciplinary teams
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Excellent clinical skills using bio-psychosocial perspective and wide medical knowledge

**Desirable**

- Clinical experience in a range of services within Psychiatry.
- Excellent degree of medical knowledge

## Documents

- [jd - specialty doctor - south west community team (pdf, 480.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10697473)

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