Job summary
- Main area
- Addictions, substance misuse
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 364-EPUT690
- Employer
- Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- the Lakes Mental Health Unit
- Town
- Colchester
- Salary
- £59,175 - £95,400 PA
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 08/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Specialty Doctor in Addiction Psychiatry
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
About Us
EPUT provides community health, mental health and learning disability services to support more than 3.2 million people living across Bedfordshire, Essex and Suffolk. Also:
- We are among the largest employers in the in the East of England region, with more than 10,000 staff working across more than 200 sites.
- We run the COVID-19 vaccination programme across mid and south Essex and Suffolk and north east Essex.
EPUT was formed on 1 April 2017 following the merger of North Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (NEP) and South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (SEPT). A new leadership team was established at the Trust in 2020.
Our vision and values
Our Vision
“To be the leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care”.
Our Purpose
“We care for people every day. What we do together, matters”.
Our Values
- We Care
- We Learn
- We Empower
Our strategic objectives
- We will deliver safe, high quality integrated care services.
- We will enable each other to be the best that we can.
- We will work together with our partners to make our services better.
- We will help our communities to thrive.
Our services
- Mental Health Services
- Community Health Services
- Learning Disabilities Services
- Social Care
Find out more about the services we offer in our service directory.
Job overview
Would you like to be part of leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care? Why not join Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust for the opportunity to flourish and excel in your career and be part of our dedicated medical team.
EPUT is seeking to appoint a compassionate and committed Specialty Doctor in Addiction to join the Essex Specialist Treatment and Recover Services (STaRS). The post holder will provide consistent, high quality Medical care for individuals with substance use disorders. This is an excellent opportunity for a doctor with an interest in addiction psychiatry to work in a dynamic and supportive environment.
Main duties of the job
Essex STARS are commissioned by the Public Health England via the Essex County to provide a drug treatment system that is integrated and configured to address the locally identified needs of the population it serves. We work alongside other commissioned non-statutory providers of psychosocial interventions encompassing community and criminal justice settings.
Working as part of a drug treatment partnership, we work together to initiate recovery-focused activities early and give service users access to a range of recovery support interventions and services such as opiate replacement treatment, community alcohol detoxification, funding for inpatient alcohol detoxification and rehabilitation as family and parenting support and addressing employment and housing difficulties.
We provide assessment and therapeutic intervention to the local population with dependence use of heroin and other opioids. We also provide specialist support to primary and secondary care practitioners.
You should be eligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment and hold Section 12 (2) approval under the Mental Health Act 1983. You will also need to provide evidence of achievement of ST1/CT1 competences in psychiatry at time of application and likelihood of achieving CT2 competences in psychiatry by the start date of the post.
Working for our organisation
Our Vision
“To be the leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care”.
Our Purpose
“We care for people every day. What we do together, matters”.
Our Values
We Care
We Learn
We Empower
Our strategic objectives
We will deliver safe, high quality integrated care services.
We will enable each other to be the best that we can.
We will work together with our partners to make our services better.
We will help our communities to thrive.
If you share that vision and want to make a difference to the people that use our services, then please contact us to find out more.
EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Open, Compassionate and Empowering. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;
- Season Ticket Loan
- NHS discounts for staff
- Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
- Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
- The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
- Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. Engaging with people who have substance misuse problems and providing them with general healthcare and general mental health assessments and contribute to the development of individual care plans.
2. Working alongside the team consultant, you will manage co-morbid severe and enduring mental illness in the community in liaison with community mental health teams care coordinators and local GPs.
3. You will provide specialist prescribing assessments to opiate and alcohol dependent clients. Initiate appropriate prescribing regimes to clients in line with national, and local guidance.
4. You will support the non-medical prescribers and nursing team to safely titrate controlled drugs treatment regime to patients with Trust and NICE clinical guidelines.
5. Working closely with other relevant professionals and organizations including other non-statutory addiction services, adult psychiatric services, general practitioners, medical colleagues, Social Services and Prison Services
6. While primarily responsible for delivering a quality clinical service, the SAS psychiatrist is also expected to be actively involved in the MDT working of the team, being involved with the team manager in helping to steer the service in line with the strategic direction of the organisation.
Person specification
Skills
Essential criteria
- Clinical judgement: experience in making clinical decisions and managing risk. Knows when to seek help, able to prioritise clinical need.
- Relevant specialty clinical knowledge: capacity to apply sound clinical knowledge relevant to the job and specialty
- Practical skills: shows aptitude for practical skills, required in the job.
- Proven ability to work effectively in different clinical settings required in the job
- Experience in Addictions/substance misuse.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working within Adult Psychiatry
Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of achievement of Foundation competencies by time of appointment in line with GMC standards in Good Medical
- Must have experience in addictions
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of achievement of Foundation competencies by time of appointment in line with GMC standards in Good Medical Practice
Eligibility
Essential criteria
- Eligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment and Section 12 (2) approval under the Mental Health Act 1983.
- Eligibility to work in the UK.
Transport
Desirable criteria
- Holds and will use valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Vyasa Immadisetty
- Job title
- Consultant Psychiatrist and Clinical Director
- Email address
- s.roberts18@nhs.net
- Telephone number
- 01206 228771
- Additional information
For further information about this vacancy, please contact Dr Vyasa Immadisetty via secretary 01206 228771 ext 5871 or email s.roberts18@nhs.net
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