Job summary
Make a difference for yourself and your patients!
Part Time flexible working considered
Packages up to £80K depending on experience plus on call payments paid separately
You can achieve more at St Andrews Healthcare
St Andrews is a not for profit Charity- we have no shareholders and any surplus we make is ploughed straight backinto our services. We are part of the Specialist Provider Collaboratives in theEast and West Midlands and are a member of the East Midlands Alliance. Ourservices in Northampton, set in 150 plus acres of woodland greenery are spreadacross 5 Divisions Neuropsychiatry, Medium Secure, Low Secure and SpecialistRehabilitation, Learning Disability and Autism, and CAMHS. We have a number ofunique specialist national services including our Huntingtons Service, SecureBrain Injury Service, Deaf Forensic Service, Older Adults Secure Services,Blended Womens Service (one of 3 National Pilots) and a specialist inpatientDBT service.
Theres nowhere moreinspiring to transform lives.
Our patients and your colleagues will expect you to live the St AndrewsCARE values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Excellence every singleday.
We include patients in planning their care, valuing and embracing each individuals unique qualities.
Main duties of the job
Why St Andrews?
1. Competitive salary
2. Separately remunerated on call duties available
3. A tailored comprehensive induction programme
4. Medical indemnity cover
5. Supportive working environment
6. Huge opportunities for Continuing Professional Development with regular onsite educational & training events
7. Support for appraisal and revalidation
8. Autonomy to make decisions to improve patient outcomes
9. Opportunities for research with our Research and Innovation Team
10. Class leading analytics and data monitoring with extensive integration with our Electronic Records
11. Electronic Prescribing on all our wards
As a charity, our purposeis to embed value based healthcare, allowing us to achieve the best possibleoutcomes and experiences of the people in our care. We have a responsibility toeducate the next generation of professionals and to innovate - researching newtreatments, therapies and environments to achieve better outcomes for ourpatients
Our teams use compassion to be inclusive, motivated, open and honest. We are focused on outcomes and value by driving continuous improvements for our patients and treating everyone with equal respect, trust and dignity.
About us
Low Secure Division
Our aim is to provide high-quality assessment, care and treatment, helping patients to progress to the least restrictive setting by equipping them with the skills required to live as independently as possible, closer to communities of their choosing.
Our teams are multi-disciplinary, with extensive knowledge, skills and experience of working with individuals with:
12. Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder (EUPD) with co-morbid Disordered Eating
13. Mental illness for male/ female adults and older adults
14. PICU treating acute admissions to stabilise and step down to a low secure environment
This is an opportunity for a non-consultant Doctor or General Practitioner to help shape our essential services. Joining an experienced and supportive team, you will demonstrate strong clinical skills within your professional field. MRCPsych or equivalent is preferable and membership of the GMC will be required. Further career progression in terms of Section 12(2) approval, Approved Clinician status, will be encouraged and supported
We welcome conversations and applications from high calibre candidates who can bring relevant skills to the complex and personalised casework that we undertake.
To discuss further, please contact our internal Recruitment Consultant James Farrelly at
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please call the recruitment team if you would like future information about this role.
Development
We are extremely proud to empower the careers of our medical professionals, and our Executive Medical Director and all of our Clinical Directors have grown and developed into their current roles within the Charity.
We also support a number of our Psychiatrists through an Executive MBA programme at some of the most prestigious business schools in the country. There are also opportunities to attend our regular internal CPD events and for you to develop a medico-legal out-patient practice as part of the St Andrews Consultancy Service.
Please see below some of the comments from current doctors within St Andrews healthcare:
The working environment is conducive for anyone wanting to learn and progress in medicine. In particular, you will have plenty of senior support and guidance. (I dont know of any previous post Ive worked in, in which I have had as much access to my Supervising Consultant/GP).
At St Andrews you will definitely feel you are a genuine and appreciated contributor to the Multidisciplinary Team. And, you will certainly feel you are making a positive difference in patients lives.
Rewards
We offer an excellent benefits package including pension, 41 days holiday, life cover, car lease scheme, free parking on all our sites, cycle to work scheme, childcare vouchers and more
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
15. Completion of at least foundation year 2 training and have some experience working in Psychiatry
Qualifications
Essential
16. GMC Registered