Specialty Doctor

SPECIALTY DOCTOR

General Adult Psychiatry

Substantive

Medical & Dental

Full Time (40 hrs / week Monday to Friday)

The Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is looking to recruit a Specialty Doctor within Older Adult Psychiatry across the West Midlands.

Main duties of the job

We are completely committed to improving mental health. We want to manage the NHS National Service Framework for Mental Health and we are focused on quality hospital/community based services. This is why we have established a framework where you can realise your full potential and that of the patients.

We wish to recruit a Specialty Doctor within General Adult Psychiatry. The post-holder will provide services within Dudley. You will work with the friendliest, most supportive multi-disciplinary teams you could wish for comprising of Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Community Psychiatric Nurses and Support Workers in the acute inpatients and community settings.

About us

At Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, we're building a high-calibre, diverse and inclusive mental health workforce. One that will give talented professionals like you the opportunity to shape an outstanding service that will transform community mental healthcare and deliver happier and healthier lives all across our communities.

The Trust is rated 'Good' from CQC (Care Quality Commission) and will become the lead provider for mental health services across The Black Country . We have recently invested in newly created clinical divisions and are currently developing new models of integrated primary and secondary care for adults and older adults, as well launching a far-reaching inpatient strategy, working to eradicate dormitories and building new facilities.

This ambitious model is multi-agency and multi-disciplinary, opening the door for you to work in a collaborative and flexible way with partners, service users, carers and their families

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will play a major role in shaping the growth of the services and will work closely with other professionals. On a day-to-day you will assess and handle a wide range of psychiatric disorders, as you develop and offer specialist therapeutic skills and services. What's more, you will gain experience of specialists within the services, with ample training and development.

You will have full GMC registration and ideally be Section 12 approved.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• GMC approval
  
• At least 4 years of experience in psychiatry
  
  Desirable
  • S12 approval
    
    MH