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 back
into our services. We are part of the Specialist Provider Collaboratives in the
East and West Midlands and are a member of the East Midlands Alliance. Our
services in Northampton, set in 150 plus acres of woodland greenery are spread
across 5 Divisions Neuropsychiatry, Medium Secure, Low Secure and Specialist
Rehabilitation, Learning Disability and Autism, and CAMHS. We have a number of
unique specialist national services including our Huntingtons Service, Secure
Brain Injury Service, Deaf Forensic Service, Older Adults Secure Services,
Blended Womens Service (one of 3 National Pilots) and a specialist inpatient
DBT service.
Theres nowhere more
inspiring to transform lives.
Our patients and your colleagues will expect you to live the St Andrews
CARE values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Excellence every single
day.
We include patients in planning their care, valuing and embracing each individuals unique qualities.
Main duties of the job
Why St Andrews?
- Competitive salary
- Separately
remunerated on call duties available
- A tailored
comprehensive induction programme
- Medical
indemnity cover
- Supportive
working environment
- Huge
opportunities for Continuing Professional Development with regular onsite
educational & training events
- Support for
appraisal and revalidation
- Autonomy to make
decisions to improve patient outcomes
- Opportunities
for research with our Research and Innovation Team
- Class leading
analytics and data monitoring with extensive integration with our
Electronic Records
- Electronic
Prescribing on all our wards
As a charity, our purpose
is to embed value based healthcare, allowing us to achieve the best possible
outcomes and experiences of the people in our care. We have a responsibility to
educate the next generation of professionals and to innovate - researching new
treatments, therapies and environments to achieve better outcomes for our
patients
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:
- Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder (EUPD) with co-morbid Disordered Eating
- Mental illness for male/ female adults and older adults
- 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 [email protected]
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
- Completion of at least foundation year 2 training and have some experience working in Psychiatry
Qualifications
Essential
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
St Andrew’s Healthcare
Address
St. Andrews
Billing Road
Northampton
NN1 5DG