Speciality Doctor in Rehabilitation Psychiatry and Neuropsychiatry
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Job summary
The post holder will be responsible for supporting a consultant psychiatrist within the Rehabilitation Psychiatry and another consultant psychiatrist within the Neuropsychiatry of Huntingtons Disease inpatient units. It is expected that the post holder will undertake day-to-day management of psychiatric health problems within both inpatient settings under supervisions of two consultant psychiatrists.
The core responsibilities will be therefore to assist the consultants and other medical and MDT members in the assessment and treatment of patients on both wards. Regular weekly supervision slots will be provided from the two corresponding consultants who also cross cover each other during annual leaves.
There is additional cross cover arrangement by another consultant colleague, Dr Ashish Arora, who can also provide supervision if and when required i.e. when Dr Singh and Dr Kiani are both on leave.
Main duties of the job
A formal job plan will be agreed between the appointee and the supervising consultants within three months after the commencement date of the post holder.
The job plan will then be reviewed annually, following an appraisal meeting or more frequently when there are changes in regard to the pre-agreed workload. The job plan will be a prospective agreement that sets out a Specialty Doctors duties, responsibilities and objectives for the forthcoming year.
The provisional details of the Programmed Activities (PAs) in the job plan would be as follows:
Direct Clinical Care including clinical admin
8 PAs
Supporting Professional Activities including CPDs, audit and research
2 PAs
Total
10 PAs
About us
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serves over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
Here at LPT, our values are Compassion, Respect, Integrity and Trust, which we keep at the heart of everything we do.
We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.
Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information are contained in the attached document titled Information for Applicants.
We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.
For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).
All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.
For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.
Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.
Details
Date posted
23 June 2023
Pay scheme
Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade
Specialty Doctor
Salary
£50,373 to £78,759 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number
C9313-MS9567-2
Job locations
Stewart House
The Rise
Leicester
LE19 4SL
Employer details
Employer name
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
Address
Stewart House
The Rise
Leicester
LE19 4SL
Employer's website
https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)
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