Locally Employed Doctors Oldham (LED)

We have several Locally Employed Doctors posts available and applications are invited for the 6 month fixed term post at Cherrywood Outpatient Unit and Aspen/Oak inpatient unit Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust, Greater Manchester; starting as soon as possible. This post would ideally suit those who have previous experience of Psychiatry, or those without but who want to try out Psychiatry prior to CT1/ST application. The Trust will help appointees with their application for Speciality Training. The Education Programmes are mandatory throughout the Trust. This post offers an excellent introduction to Psychiatry.

The Consultant body has a variety of special interests and there are many opportunities for the trainees to look into and further expand their knowledge and experience with discussion with their consultant. Areas of special interest include, amongst other: Forensic and Rehabilitation, Liaison, Community Psychiatry, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry including Inpatient CAMHS Services (Regional), New Ways of Working, Information Technology and Service Redesign. For those considering application, a visit to one of the departments is encouraged.

The pay band will be £32,389 to 49,923 depending on the levels of experience

• The bulk of clinical work will be within a Consultant Led team based at your designated hospital site. Joint assessments with the Community Mental Health Team, & the Crisis Resolution Team where appropriate, may take place at the patients home address, as well as hospital departments such as A&E.
• On-call covers the adult in-patient wards as well as Young Person’s Unit (16-17 year olds) if appropriate, and Older Age Wards (>65’s), & any Specialty Units (Rehabilitation Units etc) as well as working with the Crisis Team in A&E. All these are in the main hospital site.
• The LED post holder will be expected to accumulate their own out-patient load from new referrals & help out with known patients in out-patients, & pick up ongoing patient management through the community teams as appropriate.
• The LED is expected to contribute to the bio psychosocial model of care with the other members of the multi-disciplinary team. This includes history taking, mental state examination of all patients & the physical examination of outpatients where appropriate. The treatments may be physical, pharmacological psychological & social as appropriate. There is a strong emphasis on the recovery model, & as such the trainee will be encouraged to formulate management plans accordingly.
• On-call rota is full shift 1:9, 1:11, 1:18 dependant on the borough. There are consultants on-call for general psychiatry & old age psychiatry, & CAMHS

We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.

Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We’re really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we’re a great place to work.

All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr Ganeshkumar Gadekar Job title: Clinical Director Email address: ***email_hidden*** Telephone number: 01617162122