Specialty Doctor - Older Adult Community CMHT/MAS, Rawtenstall

Specialty Doctor - Older Adult Community CMHT/MAS, Rawtenstall Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Specialty Doctor, CMHT/MAS Older Adults - Rawtenstall (10 PA)

We are excited to advertise this full time (10 PA) Specialty Doctor post in Older Adult Psychiatry to work with the CMHT/MAS team, based at Balladen House, Rawtenstall. This is a permanent post.

Main duties of the job

The main duties of this post are to provide medical input to the Older Adult CMHT predominantly and some clinical input into the MAS Team. The requirement is for both direct care and advice/consultancy to members of the team, GPs, and other practitioners.

The setting in which patients are seen reflects their needs. The post holder will be expected to adopt a collaborative multidisciplinary approach to patient care according to the principles of new ways of working.

About us

To be eligible to apply for this post, you must possess at least 3 years' experience in psychiatry and be fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practice. Ideally, you will be Section 12 Approved, or eligible for approval at the time of commencing employment.

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust is proud of our fantastic SAS Development Programme, which is a great source of development for our Doctors. We have an active SAS Forum which meets regularly to discuss operational and professional issues to support SAS/Specialty Doctors.

Job responsibilities

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

Person Specification Qualifications

• MBBS or equivalent
• Full GMC registration and Licence to Practise
• Section 12 approved or within 3 months

Experience

• Knowledge, skills and experience relevant to this role

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.