Job summary
Would you like to be part of a team that provides the best care for young people aged 13 to 18 and play an instrumental part in their recovery?
EPUT is looking to appoint a LAS Trust Grade doctor who will provide consistent, high quality Medical Psychiatric support to the CAMHS service based at St Aubyn Centre, Colchester. The team provides Tier 4 CAMHS Services only. The unit comprises two distinct services. Longview is a 15 bedded generic adolescent unit commissioned to accept young people (both male and female) from the age of 13 up to 18 years. Larkwood is a 10 bedded Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) for the same age group. Both wards are commissioned by NHS England to provide a resource for young people needing admission to hospital. The usual catchment area is the county of Essex, but does admit young people from within the Eastern Region and further afield.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will have shared responsibility for the clinical care of those patients referred to the team and will be expected to work closely and collaboratively with the consultant, team manager, clinicians and other practitioners within the multi-disciplinary team to ensure the provision of an effective service in providing a 7 day a week, 24 hours a day service for 365 days a year.
If you join our Trust we will ensure that you are supported and encouraged to pursue professional development interests and we have excellent links with the medical school at ARU and other educational establishments where we have shared appointments in teaching and research.
You must hold full GMC registration.
About us
Our Vision
"To be the leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care".
Our Purpose
"We care for people every day. What we do together, matters".
Our Values
We Care
We Learn
We Empower
Our strategic objectives
We will deliver safe, high quality integrated care services.
We will enable each other to be the best that we can.
We will work together with our partners to make our services better.
We will help our communities to thrive.
If you share that vision and want to make a difference to the people that use our services, then please contact us to find out more.
EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Open, Compassionate and Empowering. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;
- Season Ticket Loan
- NHS discounts for staff
- Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
- Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
- The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
- Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Observe the Trusts agreed policies and procedures.
- Provide, with consultant colleagues, a service in the specialty for the Trust with responsibility for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness, and the proper functioning of the department.
- Provide agreed cover for colleagues periods of leave.
- Participate in audit and continuing medical education.
- Be involved in research and teaching where appropriate.
- Attend to urgent clinical issues for patients.
- Administrative work related to these activities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Observe the Trusts agreed policies and procedures.
- Provide, with consultant colleagues, a service in the specialty for the Trust with responsibility for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness, and the proper functioning of the department.
- Provide agreed cover for colleagues periods of leave.
- Participate in audit and continuing medical education.
- Be involved in research and teaching where appropriate.
- Attend to urgent clinical issues for patients.
- Administrative work related to these activities.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
Eligibility
Essential
- Eligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment.
- Eligibility to work in the UK.
Skills/Experience
Essential
- Evidence of achievement of Foundation competencies by time of appointment in line with GMC standards in Good Medical Practice
- Clinical judgement: experience in making clinical decisions and managing risk.
- Knows when to seek help, able to prioritise clinical need.
- Practical skills: shows aptitude for practical skills, required in the job.
- Commitment to clinical governance / improving quality of patient care.
- Clinical governance: Capacity to be alert to dangers or problems. Demonstrates awareness of good decision making. Aware of own limitations. Track record of engaging in clinical governance: reporting errors, learning from errors.
- Teaching: evidence of interest and experience in teaching where required in the job.
Desirable
- Relevant specialty clinical knowledge: capacity to apply sound clinical knowledge relevant to the job and specialty
- Knowledge and experience of conducting cognitive assessments is desirable.
- Audit: evidence of active participation in audit.
Communication skills
Essential
- Effective communication skills: demonstrates clarity in written/spoken communication and capacity to adapt language as appropriate to the situation.
- Empathy and sensitivity: capacity to listen and take in others' perspectives.
- Works in partnership with patients: always considers patients preferences when discussing treatment options.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
Eligibility
Essential
- Eligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment.
- Eligibility to work in the UK.
Skills/Experience
Essential
- Evidence of achievement of Foundation competencies by time of appointment in line with GMC standards in Good Medical Practice
- Clinical judgement: experience in making clinical decisions and managing risk.
- Knows when to seek help, able to prioritise clinical need.
- Practical skills: shows aptitude for practical skills, required in the job.
- Commitment to clinical governance / improving quality of patient care.
- Clinical governance: Capacity to be alert to dangers or problems. Demonstrates awareness of good decision making. Aware of own limitations. Track record of engaging in clinical governance: reporting errors, learning from errors.
- Teaching: evidence of interest and experience in teaching where required in the job.
Desirable
- Relevant specialty clinical knowledge: capacity to apply sound clinical knowledge relevant to the job and specialty
- Knowledge and experience of conducting cognitive assessments is desirable.
- Audit: evidence of active participation in audit.
Communication skills
Essential
- Effective communication skills: demonstrates clarity in written/spoken communication and capacity to adapt language as appropriate to the situation.
- Empathy and sensitivity: capacity to listen and take in others' perspectives.
- Works in partnership with patients: always considers patients preferences when discussing treatment options.
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).
