International Medical Graduate/Speciality Doctor
Job Description
Job summary
If you are an international Psychiatrist with a postgraduate degree in Psychiatry and looking for opportunities to enhance your career in UK, we would like to meet you.
This is a18 months fixed term, full-time (10PAs) post for international doctors who are aspiring to explore career progression in UK.
The role is created with emphasis on providing clinical placement, pastoral support and training opportunities for international doctors. The post will provide educational and mentoring support to help doctors, gain membership of Royal College, essential competencies like S12 and Approved clinician status to help career progression in UK.
This post will be focused and based within old age psychiatry, however, you will have flexibility of rotating within other services to expand your experience and gain competencies within other sub-specialities.
Our offer;
GMC sponsorship- (current approval limited to universities in Pakistan and India)
Sponsorship for visa applications
Pastoral support to include relocation, housing, banking, IT and phone contract
Mentoring and buddy support for wellbeing and career progression.
Main duties of the job
You will be part of the multi-disciplinary team consisting of Consultant Psychiatrist, Non-Medical Prescribers, Psychiatric Nurse, Clinical Psychologist, Occupational Therapist, and Community Support Workers.
You will be assessing new referrals/admissions to the team, providing support to Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) decision making, prescribing medications and treatments as per Trust and national guidance and supporting teaching and training activities in the team.
The clinical work will be job specific when rotating within other services I,e Crisis resolution home treatment team, community mental health team , Child and Adolescent mental health services.
You will participate in Continuing Professional Development, peer supervision, mandatory training and professional competencies including exams to gain membership of Royal College and specialist register in GMC.
About us
MPFTprovides physical and mental health care, learning disability, and adult social care servicesacross Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Shropshire, and Telford & Wrekin. In addition, we provide services on a wider regional and national basis. We serve a population of 1.5 million and employ around 8,500 members of staff.
By joining MPFT you will become part of a diverse and inclusive team who are empowered and supported to deliver care in a way which is consistent withour values:
putting people at the heart of what we do
empowering people to improve care and wellbeing
delivering better health, better care in partnership
We are embedding values based and inclusive recruitment practices to ensure that all applicants, from any backgrounds, from under-represented groups, such as black, Asian or other ethnic groups, individuals with a disability, or LGBTQ+ individuals. All have an equal chance of success in achieving a role with us
We will support your career development and progression. Membership of the excellent NHS pension scheme, generous maternity, paternity, adoption leave, pay and the option for flexible working. You will receive up to 27 days annual leave (increasing to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional annual leave.
We are also proud to have a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.
Job responsibilities
What we ask from you
Working in a multi-disciplinary team and in partnership with consultant Psychiatrist you will
Provide specialist assessment and care planning in conjunction with service users and carers- via individual assessments and follow up appointments, MDT meetings and sometimes the Care Programme Approach (CPA) review.
Evaluate treatment plans and undertake discharge planning
Provide evidence based and recovery focused care
- Provide cross-cover (emergency and prospective) for other SAS colleagues by mutual agreement
- To communicate with all key partners in an appropriate and timely way including service users, carers and General Practitioners.
- Work within the requirements of service contracts including compliance with nationally agreed quality standards
- Fully utilise Trust IT systems as appropriate to enable fulfilment of clinical duties; including launch of the electronic prescribing system
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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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
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 (Opens in a new tab).
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 (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Hall Court
Telford
TF34NF
