Consultant Psychiatrist - Ward 12
Job overview
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LPFT) is rated as an outstandingly well-led Trust by the CQC and is committed to innovation and transformation. To bolster our efforts and continue to provide high quality, patient focussed services, we are seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist to join the Ward 12 team, as part of our Adult Inpatient & Urgent Care division.We are looking for a doctor who is passionate and committed to the development of psychiatry and who is able to support our Adult Inpatient & Urgent Care division.
The role is full-time at 10PAs per week.
Main duties of the job
To provide a full range of psychiatric treatments to the inpatients of a 20 bed unit acute psychiatric ward at the Department of Psychiatry, Pilgrim Hospital, Boston. The ward has approximately 250 admissions per year. To provide clinical leadership to the inpatient facilities.This will consist of leading the multi-disciplinary input to patients at ward rounds, facilitating individual care plans and treatment. To provide, on an agreed reciprocal basis, consultant cover in the short term absence of consultant colleagues.
To participate in the consultant on-call rota (approximately 1 in 15 on-call). On-call duties cover adults of all ages within inpatients areas for adult, older adult, forensic and learning disability services. The rota is a low frequency, mainly telephone advisory service, currently categorised as B.
Whilst on-call, the post-holder will be expected to offer expertise and support where necessary to the trainees on-call.
Working for our organisation
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the principal provider of NHS mental health services, as well as providing some learning disability, autism, and social care services across the county. We were one of the first foundation trusts to be established in the country.The Trust has an annual income of approximately £120m with around 2,800 staff spread across the 40+ locations. The Trust cares for around 53,000 patients a year and has around 200 inpatient beds across the Trust.
The Trust has an active and successful research department. We deliver an impressive portfolio of National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) clinical trials across the county, covering all areas of clinical care. A team of NIHR funded delivery staff support this work.The Trust has established a strong track record for delivery of industry trials and was highly praised by CQC for our commitment to dementia research. We are a partner organisation of NIHR Clinical Research Network East Midlands (CRN EM) and the Lincoln Institute for Health, University of Lincoln.
As an employee of Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, you can expect to receive an excellent benefits package, giving you access to a range of wellbeing opportunities and discounts on products and services.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more information for this role, please see the attached job description and person specification for this role.
What we offer:
- A generous relocation package in line with our Relocation procedure.
- 10 PA WTE.
- £2,000 PA study budget with 30 days study leave over 3 years.
- Additional recruitment and retention PA (pro rata for part time).
- The service is supported by a multi-disciplinary team.
- The opportunity to develop the role based on your interests and background.
- Vibrant research culture with a wealth of opportunities.
- 90% of our schools are rated good or outstanding by Ofsted – Lincolnshire has an attractive Grammar school system.
- Lease car scheme/cycle to work scheme.
- Attendance at a bi-annual Medical Development Day.
- Free on-site car parking and electric car charging points.
Person specification
Qualifications and Eligibility
Essential criteria- MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
- Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practice
- Included on the GMC Specialist register, or within 6 months of completing
- Approved Clinician status, or able to achieve within 3 months of completing
- Approved under Section 12(2) or able to achieve within 3 months of completing
- MRCPsych or MRCPsych equivalent approved by the Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management
- Additional clinical qualifications
We are leading the way with mental health transformation projects. Multi-million-pound schemes to transform patient environments and radically redesign community services are currently underway, as part of our commitment to reshaping the future of mental healthcare.
We believe the key to high quality patient care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in the Care Quality Commission rating us as ‘outstanding’ for well led and ‘good’ overall, and 75% of our staff recommending us as a place to work.
We offer options for flexible working and provide development pathways and opportunities. We have a proud partnership with the University of Lincoln and the Lincoln Medical School, which has expanded our academic offerings to nurture talent across the Trust.
We are committed to ensuring our workforce is diverse at all levels. We are currently under-represented particularly at senior leadership level, so we welcome applications from women, people with disabilities, people from black and minority ethnic backgrounds, and those from the LGBT communities.
We support and celebrate diversity. We have active staff network groups for Black Asian Minority Ethnic (BAME) staff, Lesbian Gay Bi Trans (LGBT+) staff, staff with Mental and Physical Lived Experience (MAPLE) and our dedicated staff groups for men and women.We are a Silver Standard Employer with ENEI, were in the top 100 organisations in the country within the Stonewall Index (in 2019), and have been a finalist for the Health Service Journal (HSJ) Mental Health Trust of the Year Award two years in a row.
We offer 24-hour services within our Inpatient, Crisis and SPA teams, if you are successfully appointed to posts in these areas or others that might have specified, you will be required to work unsociable hours and shift patterns.