Specialty Doctor in Sheffield

At Sheffield Health Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust we provide a range of mental health, learning disability, substance misuse, primary care and other specialist services designed around the needs of people in our city. We have a dedicated and skilful team of people caring in Sheffield, which you could become a part of. Our values are at the heart of everything we do. These are: We work together, We are respectful and Kind, We are inclusive and We keep improving.

The Endcliffe Ward, based at the Longley Centre, is a purpose built psychiatric intensive care unit, which has 10 beds, all of which are individual rooms with en-suites and includes 2 seclusion suites. It offers various therapeutic activities including gym, OT kitchen for cooking facility, a sensory room which can provide low stimulus for people with specific sensory needs or who are struggling with the level of stimulus around them, an internal garden for people to relax and where staff engage in activities like badminton and basketball. Dietary needs of people can be tailored to their specific needs. This is a locked unit providing twenty-four-hour care for people in a mental health crisis who require a safe, controlled environment with high intensity nursing care. It offers a low stimulus environment with high levels of observation if required and high intensity care planning, which outline specific details of treatment and support service users will be offered. It offers person centered care and treatment is tailored to individual patient needs and circumstances. Staff are offered regular support sessions. Specific sessions on patient’s formulation of need is undertaken to tailor safe interventions for patients which is based on Trauma informed care and approach.

Main duties of the job

• Attendance at ward team meetings and chair these meetings when required.
• Medical leadership to the multidisciplinary ward team.
• Medical/psychiatric assessments for care planning and risk assessment.
• Formulation and delivery of appropriate pharmacological and psychological interventions to aid recovery.
• Undertake Seclusion reviews as necessary.
• Attendance at Tribunal hearings for people detained under Mental Health Act.
• Completion of administrative tasks necessary for clinical responsibilities.
• Writing of Mental Health Review Tribunal Reports or reports to other agencies.
• Liaison with members of other teams to transfer patients into and out of inpatient service.
• Attendance at CPA reviews and pre-discharge planning meetings.
• Clinical supervision of junior medical staff.
• Teaching of undergraduate medical students.
• Attendance at weekly CPD sessions.
• Attendance at Monthly Governance meetings and Leadership meeting.
• Will be supported through monthly clinical supervision.

Person specification

• Knowledge & Skills
• Effective leadership skills
• Ability to deliver care in collaboration with service users and their families/carers.
• Ability to supervise junior staff
• Awareness of the funding arrangements in the NHS and recent NHS developments
• Ability to interpret published research and to apply research findings to clinical practice.

• Training & Qualifications
• MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
• Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practice
• Section 12 (2) MHA 1983 approved
• MRCPsych or equivalent

• Experience
• Experience in General Adult Psychiatry having completed at least four years full time post-graduate training (or equivalent)
• Wide range of experience relevant to the post within NHS or comparable service
• Evidence of experience in medical audit and understanding of principles of clinical governance
• Practical experience of Clinical Audit
• Able to use and appraise clinical evidence
• Teaching/presentation experience (e.g. conference presentation, EBM, research experience).

• Other
• Ability to exercise effective leadership in a multi-disciplinary team.
• Understanding of importance of multi-disciplinary service provision and the care programme approach.
• Understanding of and ability to deliver care in collaboration with service users to promote recovery.
• Sensitivity to needs of different ethnic and minority groups.
• Awareness of gender issues in the service provision.
• Highly effective communication skills.

We aim to be an organisation that is diverse and inclusive and to meet this aim we welcome applications from people with a wide range of life experience and whose diversity echoes the diversity of Sheffield, that of the people who use our services, and that of the people who may need to use our services but face barriers to access. Please think about your personal values and how these align with our Values when you are applying.

We are a Disability Confident employer. We offer a guaranteed interview to disabled applicants who meet all of the essential criteria for a role. When you apply you will have the opportunity to let us know if you require adjustments to be made, please contact us if you are not sure or if you require adjustments to the application process itself.

Our six staff network groups welcome new members, these are:

• The Ethnically Diverse Staff Network Group
• The Disability Staff Network Group
• The Lived Experience Staff Network Group
• The Rainbow Staff Network Group
• The Staff Carers Staff Network Group
• The Women’s Staff Network Group

We know how important flexible working can be to applicants and therefore we encourage you to discuss any working arrangements as part of this process. We will always aim to accommodate requests, wherever possible.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding adults and children and as part of our safe recruitment practice the successful applicant(s) will be subject to a check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) if it is deemed appropriate for the role. The cost of the DBS check must be met by the successful applicant(s).

At SHPU, we prioritise the well-being and safety of both our service users and employees. It is our policy and a condition of employment that all employees must join the DBS Update Service. This service carries an annual fee, which employees are responsible for paying up front. However, employees may claim this cost back through the Trust's Employee Expenses Reimbursement Policy.

When applying for this post you will be redirected to complete your application in our preferred applicant management system, Trac. If you are successfully offered a role, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Please note, all communication regarding your application will be made via email, please ensure you check your junk/spam folders as emails are sometimes filtered there.