Job summary
Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Clinical Fellowship in Psychiatry
Suitable for doctors seeking clinical experience, a high-quality training programme, enhanced qualifications and career progression.
Black Country Healthcare Foundation Trust are inviting applications for our Clinical Fellowship Programme in Psychiatry for a period of two years in the first instance. The Trust provides specialist and community mental healthcare services for the population of the Black Country:
- General Adult Services
- Old Age
- Liaison
- Perinatal
- Eating Disorders
- Learning Disabilities
- Early Intervention Services
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)
The Trust serves numerous localities in Black Country areas and dependent upon clinical speciality successful candidates would be placed at one of the below sites:
- Penn Hospital, Wolverhampton
- Gem Centre, Wolverhampton
- Dorothy Pattinson Hospital, Walsall
- Bushey Fields Hospital, Dudley
- Edward Street Hospital, West Bromwich
- Hallam Street Hospital, Sandwell
- Heath lane Hospital
- MacArthur Centre Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU)
Please refer to our website for further information on our services https://www.blackcountryhealthcare.nhs.uk
Vacancies available at this juncture are within Adult Mental Health and Older Adults services located across Dudley and Sandwell.
Please note, should a candidate meet the criteria but there are no suitable vacancies you may be placed in a "talent pool" and applicants will be contacted when vacancies arise
Main duties of the job
Main duties of the job
The programme is suitable for UK and overseas doctors seeking clinical experience, a high-quality training programme, enhanced qualifications and career progression supported by dedicated Clinical Leads and a wider admin team. Post holders will be encouraged to undertake audit and quality improvement projects. They will also be supported to pursue Membership examinations and opportunities to develop formal teaching or research skills.
The Programme has an established reputation for supporting our Fellows. It is the intent of the service that, at the end of their tenure, the Fellow will be fully prepared and highly marketable for their next career step by virtue of their clinical experience, educational portfolio and higher qualification.
About us
The Clinical Fellowship Programme benefits include:
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GMC Sponsorship (where applicable)
Relocation Package (subject to conditions of the Trust relocation policy)
Full Pastoral Support
Study Leave Allowance
Weekly Postgraduate Psychiatry Training Programme
Monthly Educational Peer Group Meetings
Periodic Academic Psychiatry Meetings
Clinical Fellowship Forums
Access to Portfolio Peer Support Group (for those wishing to pursue portfolio pathway)
Job description
Job responsibilities
Candidates must hold a relevant post graduate qualification in psychiatry and must provide evidence of rotational training for at least three yeas within the speciality.
International candidates who are not registered with the GMC and require sponsorship would need to evidence they meet the requirements:
- Hold a relevant postgraduate qualification in Psychiatry (after at least three years of rotational training, theory and clinical examination, examples include MD, DNB, FCPS, MWACP. FWACP or their equivalents)
- Have a valid OET (band B minimum) or IELTS (7.5 overall/min 7 each domain)
- Have been in clinical practice for a minimum of 3 out of the last 5 years
- In current clinical practice with no gaps during the 12 months immediately preceding the date GMC registration would be applied for/granted
Essential Criteria:
MBBS
Postgraduate qualifications: (MD, DNB, FCPS, MWACP. FWACP or their equivalents)
Eligible for registration with the GMC
Valid IELTS/OET
Person specification
Skills, experience and qualifications
Job description
Job responsibilities
Candidates must hold a relevant post graduate qualification in psychiatry and must provide evidence of rotational training for at least three yeas within the speciality.
International candidates who are not registered with the GMC and require sponsorship would need to evidence they meet the requirements:
- Hold a relevant postgraduate qualification in Psychiatry (after at least three years of rotational training, theory and clinical examination, examples include MD, DNB, FCPS, MWACP. FWACP or their equivalents)
- Have a valid OET (band B minimum) or IELTS (7.5 overall/min 7 each domain)
- Have been in clinical practice for a minimum of 3 out of the last 5 years
- In current clinical practice with no gaps during the 12 months immediately preceding the date GMC registration would be applied for/granted
Essential Criteria:
MBBS
Postgraduate qualifications: (MD, DNB, FCPS, MWACP. FWACP or their equivalents)
Eligible for registration with the GMC
Valid IELTS/OET
Person specification
Skills, experience and qualifications
Person Specification
Skills, experience and qualifications
Essential
- MBBS or equivalent
- Post Graduate Qualification in Psychiatry (MD, DNB, FCPS, MWACP. FWACP or their equivalents)
- Experience of 3 years in Clinical Psychiatry
- OETS or IELTS (where sponsorship required)
Desirable
- MRCPsych
- Audit and Clinical Governance evidence
- Senior residency following PGQ
Person Specification
Skills, experience and qualifications
Essential
- MBBS or equivalent
- Post Graduate Qualification in Psychiatry (MD, DNB, FCPS, MWACP. FWACP or their equivalents)
- Experience of 3 years in Clinical Psychiatry
- OETS or IELTS (where sponsorship required)
Desirable
- MRCPsych
- Audit and Clinical Governance evidence
- Senior residency following PGQ
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
