Associate Specialist

Are you ready to deliver exceptional psychiatric care in a clinical setting? Join our dedicated team at St Neots as the Associate Specialist Doctor and play a key role in providing high-quality care to service users with complex mental health needs. Working under the direction and supervision of the Consultant Psychiatrist, you will undertake psychiatric and external assessments for service users referred to the unit, ensuring the appropriate level of care is provided. You will collaborate closely with the multidisciplinary team to deliver comprehensive Care Programmes tailored to individual needs. Your responsibilities will include preparing discharge summaries, reports and documentation for CPA meetings, as well as First-tier Tribunal and Hospital Managers hearings. You will arrange and review clinical tests and investigations, take responsibility for chasing results and act promptly on findings. Supporting physical health care is a vital part of the role, including sharing responsibility for bloods and ECGs with the site phlebotomist, and ensuring ward staff carry out physical observations in line with medical instructions.

As an Associate Specialist Doctor, you will undertake psychiatric and external assessments for clients referred to the unit to determine the appropriate level of care to be provided, under the direction and supervision of the Consultant Psychiatrist, and work with the MDT to ensure delivery of the Care Programme. Prepare discharge summaries, reports, and other associated documentation as necessary for CPA meetings, as directed and supervised by the Consultant Psychiatrist. You will participate in learning activities and supervision. Participate in Clinical Governance activities and account for contracted hours used in research, Continuing Professional Development, and other non-clinical duties as necessary in a timely manner. Collaborate with colleagues to ensure that clients have access to appropriate medical cover at all times, which will require participation in an on-call rota for the site. The post holder will be expected to support the GP in delivering physical health care and emergency treatment to patients in complex care. Arrange appropriate clinical tests and investigations and take responsibility for chasing up results and acting on them in a timely manner.