Associate Specialist

Do you want to work in a friendly, committed, and established service where your knowledge, experience and skills will be valued? Join our new Eating Disorder Service in Midhurst in West Sussex as an Associate Specialist where you will provide care for young adults between the ages of 18–25 years in an established and well–run service.

In this role you will provide clinical assessment, review and evaluation to young adults under the care and treatment of the hospital ensuring that all treatment plans are fully adhered to. You will also take a specific focus on physical health, food and fluids and risk management across the ward working closely with the ward manager, consultant and wider MDT.You will be working alongside Consultant Psychiatrists at the Midhurst Service, as well as the wider MDT of which they form an integral part.

Elysium Healthcare brings together a unique approach to the delivery of care where the patient is embedded in the heart of all aspects of hospital life.

Our aim is to deliver, treat and empower each young person to live a safe and independent life and reach their individual potential. We are also committed to making families and friends an active part in each young person's recovery process.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Provide high quality treatment under the direction of a Consultant Psychiatrist
• Assess referrals & undertake mental state examinations of service users
• Providing direct psychiatric services through the comprehensive assessment, diagnosis and care plan and treatment formulation, guidance on evidence–based treatment and effectiveness.
• Participate in weekly ward rounds & attend multidisciplinary meetings.
• Assuring the involvement of families and carers wherever possible with the patients consent in treatment planning.
• Attend Care Programme Approach & Section 117 meetings & mental health review tribunals providing up–to–date clinical information
• Ensure that medical decisions are implemented as planned
• Participate in the on–call rota including one weekend per month.
• Ensuring an adequate handover to colleagues including out of hours when on call.
• Seeking collateral history from other professionals and family.
• Completing discharge letters/reports/s62 forms as required in a timely manner.
• Preparing First–tier Tribunal and Hospital Managers' hearing reports under the supervision of a Consultant.
• Depending on 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.

  As an Associate Specialist, you will have:

• Full GMC registration
• Experience working in psychiatry within multi–disciplinary teams
• To be in good standing with the Royal College of Psychiatrists
• To have had an appraisal/RITA within the last year
• At least 3 years' experience in Psychiatry
• Experience working as a doctor within similar environment (desirable)
• MRCPsych (desirable)
• Section 12 (2) approval (desirable)
• AC status (desirable)
• A minimum of 4 years in the registrar or staff grade and/or specialty doctorgrade and/or in the clinical and/or senior clinical medical officer grades.
• Sound medical skills and knowledge.
• Understanding of the importance of excellent team working relationships and ability to put this into practice.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Committed to continued professional development

What you will get

• Competitive annual salary + Benefits
• Medical indemnity cover
• The equivalent of 30 days of annual leave – plus your birthday off
• Free meals
• Wellbeing support and activities
• Career development and training
• Pension contribution
• Life Assurance
• Enhanced Maternity Package

There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts and special offers, car leasing without a credit check and much more.

About your next employer

You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with 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.

The safety of our service users and colleagues is our priority and as such we encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID–19.

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person's individual responsibility and are committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of service users. Candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure.