Specialty Doctor - Early Intervention Psychosis Service (EIS) - Luton

Specialty Doctor - Early Intervention Psychosis Service (EIS) - Luton

An exciting opportunity has risen for a Specialty Doctor to join the East London NHS Foundation Trust and to work with the Luton CMHT team.

The post holder will support the community case load for Luton Referrals come through the referrals pathway. The candidate will have experience of working in this environment and will be tenacious in providing the best care over prolonged periods of time to achieve optimum outcomes for these patients using all treatment modalities.

Main duties of the job

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of the main duties.

About us

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for comprehensive details of the main responsibilities.

Person Specification Qualifications

• Medical graduation
• Fully registered with the General Medical Council
• Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists or equivalent qualification (in accordance with Royal College of Psychiatrists guidelines)
• Approval under Section 12(2) of Mental Health Act 1983, or plan to gain approval within 6 months of appointment.

Knowledge and Experience

• At least two years experience of psychiatry clinical practice post medical qualification
• Appreciation and social and cultural factors of relevant to psychiatric practice
• Experience of and commitment to clinical care of individuals with severe and enduring mental health conditions
• Good working knowledge and experience of the application of the Mental Health Act
• Experience of clinical work in Acute Adult Psychiatry
• Experience of working in Early Intervention In Psychosis Services
• Experience of Quality Improvement projects & Clinical Audit

Organisational Skills/Abilities

• Ability to work as a part of multidisciplinary, multi-model team
• Ability to manage complex workloads and support others to do that
• Consultation skills to services, teams and individuals
• Commitment to working in multidisciplinary setting
• Commitment to working with service users on service development

Clinical Skills

• Ability to work in multi-disciplinary team and provide leadership for the team
• Self-motivating and innovative
• Clear, effective communication style
• Working with people with serious and enduring mental illness
• Physical health management of service users
• Expertise in risk assessment
• A balanced approach to risk management, based on warm therapeutic interactions with service users
• Confident in therapeutic risk taking
• Commitment to clinical governance and QI
• Flexibility and ability to work under pressure.
• Ability and commitment to work with carers and families
• Ability to adjust therapeutic approaches according to service users' cultural needs

Teaching and Supervision

• Good teaching and communication skills
• Experience of teaching

Research and Audit

• Experience of research work, or service evaluation, especially in psychosis and cultural psychiatry

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.