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Consultant Psychiatrist – General Adult Psychiatry, Lancaster CMHT

Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Snatchems, MorecambeView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Salary

£113,565 to £150,569

Contract

Not specified

Hours

Full time

Closing date

Not specified

Job description

As an integrated Mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Trust, Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including:

Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, forensic services including low and medium secure care.
Specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
Community physical health and well-being services for children and adults.

The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,000 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health and general nurses, allied health professionals, Psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust supports flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, home/remote working, flexi-time and career breaks.

For more information on Medical posts at LSCFT and to see some of our videos of Consultants currently working at LSCFT, please visit our medical recruitment pages via Lancashire & South Cumbria Medical Recruitment.

Consultant Psychiatrist – General Adult Psychiatry, Lancaster CMHT (10PA)

We are seeking to recruit 2 substantive Consultant Psychiatrists in General Adult Psychiatry to work as part of the Lancaster & Morecambe Community Mental Health Teams (CMHT). This is a full time (10PA) post. The post holder would be expected to participate on the Consultant On Call rota, for which additional remuneration would be payable.

The Morecambe Bay area is a fantastic place to live and work. We have the Lake District, the Yorkshire Dales and the Ribble Valley on our doorstep. The Lake District National Park has World Heritage status and the Forest of Bowland is designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. There are opportunities for living in beautiful places and accessing a wide range of outdoor and cultural pursuits.

Lancaster is a Heritage City and the locality has a wide range of theatres and arts facilities.

We have strong links with Lancaster University, one of the leading universities in the UK and the University of Cumbria, the only UK university with a base in a national park offering opportunities to develop academic interests or formal academic posts

You will be working as part of an MDT and would carry a compact caseload, as well as supporting and advising other team members. There would be 3 community based consultants working together.

Applicants should hold full GMC registration and be included on the Specialist register of the GMC or they should be eligible for entry to the Specialist Register within 6 months of the interview date.

It is a requirement that applicants are Section 12 Approved at the time of commencing employment and have or are eligible to have Approved Clinician Status. Remuneration will be as set out in the terms of the New Consultant Contract according to previous experience.

Working for our organisation

At least 2.5 SPAs as standard for a full time post (we would be flexible in looking at enhancements to support other activities that support the wider ambitions of the Trust).
Excellent peer support group
Study leave budget of £3000 over 3 years or up to £5000 over 3 years for newly qualified Consultants
Opportunities to be a clinical supervisor
Relocation package available.

At our Trust, we're really keen to develop our Consultant workforce and nurture their areas of interest in a flexible way where possible. Come and have a chat with us about what your special interest or development area and build a suitable job plan with us. We also have an extremely active Medical Education department and support our Consultants in becoming Clinical & Educational Supervisors and nurturing their interests in this area. There are also opportunities to have a role in Digital Leadership if this is a passion for any of our Consultants.

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details about this post.

You are advised to consider applying for LSCFT vacancies as soon as possible as in some instances vacancies are closed as soon as a sufficient number of applications have been received. If you are not invited to interview within four weeks of the closing date then please assume that on this occasion you have been unsuccessful, as it is not possible to contact all unsuccessful candidates.

Please note that further communication from LSCFT will normally be to the email address given on the application form. You should also ensure that email addresses and telephone numbers are provided for your referees, to enable LSCFT to contact them.

Please ensure that you read the person specification as your application will be measured against this document.

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