Specialty Doctor City & Hackney Crisis Pathway

Specialty Doctor City & Hackney Crisis Pathway

We are seeking to recruit an ambitious and motivated specialty doctor in psychiatry to join our Crisis pathway in Adult Mental Health in City & Hackney.

Successful applicants will have at least 3 years of experience working in psychiatry, and will be Section 12 approved.

ELFT is a teaching Trust, rated Outstanding by the CQC which provide Mental health and Community Service across East London and Bedfordshire.

We are proud of our field-leading Quality Improvement and Leadership Development programmes, which you would be encouraged to pursue. We work closely with the Institute of Healthcare Improvement, and partners across the North East London ICS to drive innovation in healthcare. Our staff are actively encouraged to engage in and lead transformation work.

Main duties of the job

The Specialty Doctor doctor will work closely with the consultant psychiatrists of the team and will be responsible for the assessment and management of patient presenting in the crisis pathway: patient brough on section 136 by police, and patient attending the crisis assessment team who, after nursing review, require a medical opinion.

Full duties can be found in the Job Description

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

For further information relating to this vacancy please see attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification QUALIFICATIONS

• Fully registered with the General Medical Council
• Approval under Section 12(2) of Mental Health Act
• Membership or Fellowship of the Royal College of Psychiatrists or equivalent qualification (in accordance with Royal College of Psychiatrists guidelines)

KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE

• Experience of clinical work in Adult Psychiatry at CT or SAS level within the last 3 years
• Appreciation and understanding of ethnic minority issues and a commitment to developing culturally sensitive practices
• Understanding of social factors relevant to psychiatry
• Robust experience of working with severe and enduring mental illness and risk assessment, management
• Experience of working in crisis/acute psychiatric services
• Experience of Quality Improvement projects

ORGANISATIONAL SKILLS/ ABILITIES

• Ability to work as a part of multidisciplinary team

CLINICAL SKILLS

• Expertise in risk assessment
• 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

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.