Specialty Doctor - General Adult Psychiatry, Bamber Bridge

Specialty Doctor, General Adult Community Psychiatry, (10 PAs) We are excited to advertise this fixed term Specialty Doctor post in General Adult Community Psychiatry to work as part of the South Ribble Community Mental Health Team, based in Bamber Bridge. The post is full time (10 PA) and the contract would be for 12 months.

The main clinical duties are arranged around conducting assessments and reviews for new patients, in addition to follow up reviews. The post holder is expected to show a high degree of flexibility and co-operation with the teams. The specialty doctor will be part of the multi-disciplinary team meetings to review the patient progress and to assist with task managements for his/her patients. This is a full time post of 10 PAs per week, of which 8 PAs would be dedicated to Direct Clinical Care, and the other 2 PAs available for Supporting Professional Activities.

To be eligible to apply for this post, you must possess at least 3 year's 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 are 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 on a regular basis to discuss operational and professional issues to support SAS/Specialty Doctors.