Job overview

Appointment of a full-time Specialty Doctor in Adult Inpatient Psychiatry based at Peter Hodgkinson Centre, Lincoln 3 days a week and in the Grantham Crisis Team, based at the Sycamore Centre, Grantham, 2 days a week.

The post holder will be working alongside a skilled multi-disciplinary team who provide general psychiatric care for adults through our inpatient and urgent care pathways. This post will have the support of a supervising Consultant, CESR Fellow and Resident Doctors for the female inpatient unit.  In the crisis team, there will be the support of a supervising consultant

This post is for a Fixed Term 6 Month contract.

Home working could be considered for the SPA time only.   Clinical work must be on site.

(The job description is currently subject to Royal College approval)

Main duties of the job

• To be part of a multi-disciplinary team providing services to the patients of Castle  Ward an 18 bedded female acute ward.

• To be part of a multi-disciplinary team providing services to the patients under the care of the Grantham Crisis Team

• Liaising with other professionals and agencies involved in the patients’ care.

• Attend care planning meetings, ward rounds, risk assessments and referral meetings.

• Seeing patients independently within the crisis team for psychiatric review

• Prepare reports for case summaries, CPAs, Tribunal/Managers’ Hearings and Discharge Summaries.

• The Specialty Doctor will be expected to participate in the postgraduate activities related to psychiatric services and to ensure CPD requirements are met.

• The Specialty Doctor will be expected to participate in departmental studies and the medical/clinical audit process.

• So far as is consistent with the proper discharge of the above duties, the post holder undertakes to deputise from time to time for absent colleagues.

• To work in unison with the Trainees to provide medical and psychiatric cover for the patients within the ward.

• To be mindful of and actively involved in current safeguarding practices.

• To be involved in the assessment and management of urgent and routine referrals.

· To support the crisis team MDT in the management of complex patients through attendance at weekly MDT meetings and liaison with the wider system.

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.