Employer Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type NHS
Site Trust Headquarters Town Lincoln
Closing 01/05/2025 23:59
Locum Appointment in Service (LAS) Doctor
NHS Medical & Dental: Foundation Year 2
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 Locum Appointment in Service (LAS) Doctor to join our Lincoln services, as part of an FY2 trainee level vacancy. We are looking for 3 doctors who are passionate and committed to the development of psychiatry and who have evidence of achievement commensurate with the completion of FY2 trainee level.
The postholder must have at least 12 months of experience in psychiatry and 6 months of experience in an inpatient psychiatry setting.
The roles are full-time at 40 hours per week, as part of a 3-month fixed term contract. These posts run in line with resident doctor rotations and are planned to cover until 4th August 2025.
The successful candidates are required to hold a right to work in the UK.
Please note that this advert will be closed upon receiving sufficient applications.
Main duties of the job
1. Establishing and maintaining therapeutic relationships with patients and those relatives, friends or carers involved in their care.
2. Undertake clinical assessment of in-patients with acute mental health problems.
3. Gain experience through observing the Consultant interviewing patients and those involved in their care, during ward reviews.
4. Work closely with ward staff, mainly nursing staff, in observing patients in the ward environment and comparing notes.
5. Through weekly clinical supervision with the Consultant, the trainee will learn about developing therapeutic relationships.
6. Learn, through supervised clinical work, how to take comprehensive histories. This will include perusing past psychiatric case notes, the information therein incorporated in the history. The trainee will be expected to present these histories during ward reviews, allowing them to practice these skills on a regular basis.
7. Assessment of risk will be a key aim as part of the history-taking and examination of mental state.
8. Examination of the patient will include not only the mental state but the patient’s physical state as well, including the carrying out of any relevant investigations such as blood tests or scans.
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.
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more information for this role, please see the attached job description and person specification for this role.
Person specification
Qualifications
* MBBS or equivalent medical qualification.
* Have full GMC registration and a current licence to practice.
* Evidence of achievement commensurate of a trainee that has completed FY2.
* Additional clinical qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management.
Knowledge and experience
* Have at least 12 months’ clinical experience working in a psychiatry setting, which must include at least 6 months in an inpatient psychiatry setting.
* Experience of assessment and management of patients.
* 2 years’ experience in a training programme.
We are leading the way with mental health transformation projects. Multi-million-pound schemes to transform patient environments and radically redesign community services are currently underway, as part of our commitment to reshaping the future of mental healthcare.
We believe the key to high quality patient care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in the Care Quality Commission rating us as ‘outstanding’ for well led and ‘good’ overall, and 75% of our staff recommending us as a place to work.
We offer options for flexible working and provide development pathways and opportunities. We have a proud partnership with the University of Lincoln and the Lincoln Medical School, which has expanded our academic offerings to nurture talent across the Trust.
We are committed to ensuring our workforce is diverse at all levels. We are currently under-represented particularly at senior leadership level, so we welcome applications from women, people with disabilities, people from black and minority ethnic backgrounds, and those from the LGBT communities.
We support and celebrate diversity. We have active staff network groups for Black Asian Minority Ethnic (BAME) staff, Lesbian Gay Bi Trans (LGBT+) staff, staff with Mental and Physical Lived Experience (MAPLE) and our dedicated staff groups for men and women.
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.
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