Milton Keynes Mental Health Service Specialty Doctor in Psychiatry - Inpatients (Willow Ward) (10 PAs) Permanent

This an exciting opportunity to immerse yourself in a dynamic environment where your skills and passion for high-quality patient care will flourish. We seek individuals who are highly motivated, energetic, and enthusiastic about making a difference in the acute phase of serious mental illnesses.

Milton Keynes Mental Health is a place that thrives on innovation and out-of-the-box thinking. If you're someone with fresh ideas and a passion for pioneering approaches, this is the place for you. We actively encourage the development of leadership skills, not just clinically, but also through service development. Your ideas matter here, and we are committed to providing every opportunity for you to bring them to life.

Closing Date : 24/06/2024

Main duties of the job

• Collaborate with a supportive medical team, including a Consultant Psychiatrist and up to two Trainee Doctors.
• Utilize your three years of experiece in general adult psychiatry to contribute to the care of female inpatients on a busy acute psychiatric ward.
• Play a pivotal role in supporting the development of Trainee Doctors and provide cover during the absence of the Consultant Psychiatrist.
• Showcase your excellent team-working, organizational, and initiative-taking skills.
• Demonstrate effective communication and empathic skills.

About us

The Campbell Centre is a 34-bed acute inpatient mental health unit focused on compassionate care. Our facility includes two dedicated wards, Hazel Ward and Willow Ward, committed to providing exceptional care to working-age adults in need of mental health support. Our diverse and talented team, comprising doctors, nurses, occupational therapists, psychologists, peer support workers, pharmacy staff, and domestic staff, works collaboratively around the clock to ensure the well-being of our patients.

We can offer full access to a wide range of staff Benefits Discounts and Offers you can enjoy some listed but not limited to and some are open to your family too.

• Salary sacrifice schemes
• Sponsorship for International candidates
• Relocation allowance up to �8000 subject to policy requirement
• Study discounts for staff
• Flexible working
• Interest free loans season tickets and car parking
• Competitive Bank Rates
• Fitness and Wellbeing

Job description

Job responsibilities

The duties of the post include the physical and psychiatric assessment and review of patients suffering from various psychiatric disorders who are admitted to the ward. Willow Ward has a high rate of admission and discharge and the post-holder is required to review new patients within 72 hours of admission.

The post-holder will work with a medical team consisting of a Consultant Psychiatrist, ward junior doctor and foundation trainee. They will contribute to the supervision of the trainees and medical students on rotation, and is expected to contribute and support in other clinical duties (senior reviews of newly admitted patients, report writing, prescribing, etc) and writing discharge summaries. Regular clinical supervision will be provided by the Consultant.

The post-holder may be required to work in other localities in line with the needs of the service.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

• Primary Medical Degree
• Full GMC Registration
• GMC Licence to Practise

Desirable

• MRCPsych (or equivalent)
• Section 12 MHA Approved
• An additional post graduate qualification of relevance to (own specialty)

Experience, Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Experience as a fixed term trainee or as a Specialty Doctor on a part time or flexible basis in the field of general adult psychiatry.

Personal Skills & Qualities

Essential

• Excellent communication and empathic skills
• Timely and effective verbal and written communication skills with patients, carers, colleagues and multidisciplinary team
• Demonstrable leadership skills
• Experience of team working
• Sound organisational skills
• Ability to work on own initiative

Employer details

Employer name

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Campbell Centre (Willow Ward)

Milton Keynes University Hospital

Milton Keynes

MK6 5BN

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