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If you’re an Associate Specialist looking for a new opportunity to join a friendly multidisciplinary team in an established secure service setting delivering high-quality clinical service to people with complex mental health conditions across the medium and low secure service.

Working part time 18.75 hours a week alongside the unit's multidisciplinary team, including the Consultant, to ensure that service users receive a holistic and person-centric treatment programme based on the recovery model.

Other Responsibilities include:

• Ensuring an adequate handover to colleagues including out of hours
• Reviewing the mental state of patients as per the hospital procedure
• Ensuring that each patient has a full physical health screen upon admission including physical examination, ECG and bloods
• Lead and manage any physical health concerns that emerge during an inpatient stay
• Seeking collateral history from other professionals and family
• Completing discharge letters/reports/s62 forms
• Preparing First-tier Tribunal and Hospital Managers’ hearing reports under the supervision of the Consultant
• Depending on your experience, providing oral evidence at First-tier Tribunal and Hospital Managers’ hearings under the supervision of the Consultant
• Contributing to the service development by participating in Clinical Governance activities by conducting audits, research and teaching.
• Work effectively with colleagues to ensure that patients have access to appropriate medical cover at all times, which will require participation on an on-call rota for the Thornford Park Hospital site

To be successful in this role, you’ll need:

• Full GMC registration
• Experience working in psychiatry within multi-disciplinary teams
• To be in good standing for CPD with the Royal College of Psychiatrists
• To have had an appraisal/RITA within the last year
• At least 3 years experience in Psychiatry (desirable)
• Experience working as a doctor within similar environment

What you will get:

Elysium Health care has over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.