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CESR Fellowship - Inpatient Psychiatry

Employer
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Location
Lincoln
Salary
Depending on experience
Closing date
22 Jun 2023
We have an exciting opportunity for enthusiastic, committed, talented and experienced International Psychiatrists to gain experience towards specialist registration via the CESR (Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration) route in General Adult Psychiatry in the UK.

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LPFT) is fully committed to education, career development and excellence in the care we provide to our patients and service users. We are well resourced with excellent facilities in various sub-specialities of Psychiatry.

The CESR programme is a route for doctors who do not currently have GMC registration and have not completed an approved UK training programme to work towards gaining entry on to the Specialist Register. It is a competency-based programme that enables you to provide a portfolio of evidence of training, qualifications, and experience. Meeting the requirements of the General Adult Psychiatry CCT curriculum. Successful completion of the CESR process results in entry onto the Specialist Register which is a mandatory requirement to work as a substantial Consultant in the NHS.

Main duties of the job

The appointee will become a valuable member of the Medical workforce and provide support to the Consultants in managing care of patients.

The primary responsibility of the post holder is to assist in managing the care of the inpatients of our teams and be flexible in supporting the service redesign. Opportunities will be available in other sub-specialties in psychiatry, that fit both the candidate and Trust. The CESR Fellow will be expected to provide support to the multidisciplinary team, manage urgent referrals, undertake Mental health Act duties, and provide senior consultations to the team. They will also be expected to take part in the on-call rota during the second year on the post for emergency care experience.

The appointee will already have ample experience of Acute General Adult Psychiatry, will be comfortable with taking responsibility for clinical decisions and will have excellent clinical and team communication skills.The appointee will be expected to augment this vital clinical role and associated teaching and supervision of juniors and medical students with involvement in audit, research and/or management, provided none of these latter additional activities interfere with their primary role. The appointee will also help manage the delegation of clinical work to juniors and supervise their leave / cover arrangements.

About us

Lincolnshire is the fourth largest county in England and runs from the Humber Estuary in the north to the Wash in the south with the counties of Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire in the west and coastline along the east, with a population of approximately 766,000. The County is mainly rural with the capital being the historic city of Lincoln. Lincolnshire boasts several grammar schools and OFSTED highly rated primary schools, as well as universities and colleges. There is easy access to London via rail (approx. 1 hr and 10 mins from Grantham to Kings Cross) and by road with via the A1 which runs through the county.

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.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached job description for the full details of this post - CESR Fellowship - Inpatient Psychiatry

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • M.B.Ch.B./MBBS or equivalent.
  • MRCPsych/equivalent postgraduate qualification


Desirable

  • MRCPsych and other degrees including Ph.D. in relevant speciality


Experience

Essential

  • At least three years' full-time equivalent postgraduate training in a specialty training programme in a relevant psychiatric specialty
  • At least 4 years of experience of working in the speciality with engagement in practice over last 12 months
  • Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team


Desirable

  • Previous experience of working in the NHS.


Employer details

Employer name

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

LPFT - Inpatient wards

Lincoln

LN1 1FS

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