West Sussex is situated in the south east England between the sea and the South Downs with a populationof around 800,000. The county offers good access to London and is in close proximity toGatwick Airport. West Sussex is one of the 20% least deprived counties/unitary authorities in England, however about 11% (15,500) of children live in low income families. Life expectancy for both men and women is higher than the England average. The health of people in West Sussex is generally better than the England average.

The Trust is seeking 2 specialty doctors to join a dementia inpatient unit based at Forget Me Not Unit, Worthing. The Trust has redesigned Dementia inpatient services modernising and developing the functioning of the teams.

Main duties of the job

The post holders would be working with patients on the 3 wards as part of the multi-disciplinary team.

The role of the post holders in the ward team will be to see new admissions, provide assessments, formulation and risk assessments, to support the consultant to develop initial management plans and review these.

Post holders will have 9 PA's of direct clinical contact and 1 PA of SPA time.

About us

The ward teams work within the Trusts 2020 vision and in line with the current clinical strategy. The clinical strategy is focused on developing teams, implementing new roles, working towards providing a single point of access for people in crisis, working more effectively with communities, and more integration between community, crisis and acute services with the aim of providing high quality mental health care. The post holder will be expected to work towards these Trust goals

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder is required to:

• The post holders will work closely with the consultant on the wards.

• The post holders will provide specialist psychiatric assessment, treatment and aftercare services to people aged 18 and above admitted to the ward.

• The Post holders will participate in the daily MDT huddle.

• The Post holders work will involve assessing new admissions, considering their mental and physical health, diagnosing and formulating management plans and risk assessments of newly admitted patients and on-going review of established in-patients.

• The Post holders will be expected to attend professionals meetings of complex patients on the ward, as necessary.

• The post holders will provide clinical leadership to junior medical staff.

• The post holders will participate in planning and developing local Mental Health Services in line with the CDS aims and to contribute constructively to improving the standards of mental health care offered by Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
• The Post holders will be expected to liaise with other agencies in a professional capacity. The Post holder will be expected to form good working relationships with local GP surgeries.

• The Post holder will be also expected to obtain s12(2) approval and maintain this.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• MB BS or equivalent medical qualification.
• 4 years at full-time postgraduate training or higher or equivalent experience with at least 2 years in a specialty training programme in a relevant specialty

Desirable

• Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
• MRCPsych
• Additional clinical qualifications.

ELIGIBILITY

Essential

• Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.
• Approved under S12 OR able to achieve with 3 months of appointment

Desirable

• In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice

CLINICAL SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE

Essential

• Excellent knowledge in specialty
• Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English

Desirable

• Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service

Employer details

Employer name

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The Forget Me Not Unit

Arundel Road

Worthing

BN13 3EP

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