Job overview

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LPFT) is rated as an outstandingly well-led Trust by the CQC and is committed to innovation and transformation. To bolster our efforts and continue to provide high quality, patient focussed services, we are seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist to join the Ward 12 team, as part of our Adult Inpatient & Urgent Care division. We are looking for a doctor who is passionate and committed to the development of psychiatry and who is able to support our Adult Inpatient & Urgent Care division.

The role is full-time at 10PAs per week. 

Main duties of the job

To provide a full range of psychiatric treatments to the inpatients of a 20 bed unit acute psychiatric ward at the Department of Psychiatry, Pilgrim Hospital, Boston.  The ward has approximately 250 admissions per year. To provide clinical leadership to the inpatient facilities.  This will consist of leading the multi-disciplinary input to patients at ward rounds, facilitating individual care plans and treatment. To provide, on an agreed reciprocal basis, consultant cover in the short term absence of consultant colleagues. To participate in the consultant on-call rota (approximately 1 in 15 on-call).  On-call duties cover adults of all ages within inpatients areas for adult, older adult, forensic and learning disability services.  The rota is a low frequency, mainly telephone advisory service, currently categorised as B. Whilst on-call, the post-holder will be expected to offer expertise and support where necessary to the trainees on-call.

Working for our organisation

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the principal provider of NHS mental health services, as well as providing some learning disability, autism, and social care services across the county.  We were one of the first foundation trusts to be established in the country.  The Trust has an annual income of approximately £120m with around 2,800 staff spread across the 40+ locations.  The Trust cares for around 53,000 patients a year and has around 200 inpatient beds across the Trust. 

The Trust has an active and successful research department.  We deliver an impressive portfolio of National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) clinical trials across the county, covering all areas of clinical care.  A team of NIHR funded delivery staff support this work.  The Trust has established a strong track record for delivery of industry trials and was highly praised by CQC for our commitment to dementia research.   We are a partner organisation of NIHR Clinical Research Network East Midlands (CRN EM) and the Lincoln Institute for Health, University of Lincoln. 

As an employee of Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, you can expect to receive an excellent benefits package, giving you access to a range of wellbeing opportunities and discounts on products and services.