Speciality Doctor - Fixed Term

This is a 6-month fixed-term post covering a period of maternity leave at Wellesley Hospital, a purpose-built 101-bed hospital in the Southwest for men and women with mental health needs. The successful candidate will be part of a friendly multidisciplinary team and have great learning opportunities in this established service that looks to continually innovate, improve, and deliver excellent care for its service users.

Main duties of the job

As an Associate Specialist, the key responsibilities include reviewing the mental state of patients, ensuring adequate handover to colleagues, managing physical health concerns, seeking collateral history, completing discharge letters and reports, providing oral evidence at hearings, and contributing to service development through clinical governance activities.

About us

Elysium Healthcare is an established, stable, and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. They have a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, providing opportunities for growth and mobility. Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care, a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.

Job responsibilities

If you’re a Speciality Doctor looking for a new opportunity to join a friendly multidisciplinary team in an established secure service setting, then come and work at Wellesley Hospital, a purpose built 101 bed hospital in the Southwest for men and women with mental health needs.

This a 6-month post covering a period of maternity leave.

There will be great learning opportunities as you work with the multi-disciplinary team, which is comprised of consultant psychiatrist, clinical psychologist, nursing, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists, social workers, forensic psychotherapist, positive behaviour support practitioner, physical health team, visiting GP every week, and practice nurse.

This established service looks to continually innovate, improve and deliver excellent care for its service users, has an active programme of education and research and provides significant developmental opportunities for its staff.

As an Associate Specialist, you will be :

• Reviewing the mental state of patients as per the hospital procedure.
• Ensuring an adequate handover to colleagues including out of hours.
• Ensuring that each patient has a full physical health screen upon admission including physical examination, ECG and bloods (the hospital has some phlebotomists).
• Taking a lead with managing any physical health concerns that emerge during inpatient stay.
• Seeking collateral history from other professionals and family.
• Completing discharge letters and reports as required in a timely manner.
• Depending on your experience, providing oral evidence at First-tier Tribunal and Hospital Managers' hearings under the supervision of Consultant.
• Contributing to the service development by participating in Clinical Governance activities by conducting audits, research and teaching.
• Work effectively with colleagues to ensure that patients have access to appropriate medical cover at all times.
• Providing prospective cover to other specialty doctors when they are on leave.

To be successful in this role, you'll need :

What You’ll Get :

At Elysium Healthcare, we believe in taking care of the people who care for others, you’ll enjoy a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your wellbeing, growth, and future :

There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts, special offers and much more.

About your next employer :

You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.

Person Specification

Qualifications

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.

Depending on experienceSalary expectations will be discussed at interview stage.

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