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At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. Unless exempt, we encourage and support staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.
This full-time specialty doctor post provides an opportunity to join a dynamic and friendly team with ambitions to achieve excellence in their work on the Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), Harvest Ward situated on the Bodmin Hospital site in Cornwall.
The unit is an 8 bedded mixed sex unit. Harvest Ward as a ‘PICU’ provides intensive, secure short-term care for patients detained under the Mental Health Act who present in the acute phase with serious mental health conditions featuring disturbed behaviour and risks to themselves or others which has rendered them unsuitable for management on an ‘open’ general adult psychiatric ward. The unit covers the whole of the County.
The PICU consultant has responsibility for patients in Harvest Ward and their leave cover is provided by other senior medical staff based on the Bodmin Hospital site. Leave cover for this post is provided by the on-site Bodmin Hospital Specialist Trainee on-call.
Our patients come from a variety of referral agencies including inpatient and community General Adult settings, other PICUs and Prison. The team is multidisciplinary, comprising at its core a full-time consultant psychiatrist, a further specialty doctor psychiatrist (this post), a psychologist, nursing staff, health care assistants, an occupational therapist and administrative support. The ward also enjoys excellent support from our hospital pharmacy team.
The post holder will be expected to assess new admissions arriving on their work days and to contribute to the review of existing patients gathering history and examining mental states. They will also be expected to have a mind to patients’ physical health issues carrying out physical examinations and liaising with primary care and other health agencies where appropriate to ensure quality and consistent care.
The post holder will attend weekly multidisciplinary team meetings where they will be asked to keep medical notes and where their clinical contributions will be welcomed and encouraged.
As time and experience allows, there will be the opportunity to prepare tribunal reports and occasionally other medical reports and to attend related hearings. From time to time there may be opportunity to our assessment team visiting regional prisons to contribute to the assessment of referrals to Harvest Ward from within the prison system.
There are no designated outpatient clinics as this post is ward based. The post holder will not carry a personal case load.
Cornwall is a rural and maritime county in the Southwest region of England. It has a distinctive peninsular form with a long, indented coastline often featuring rugged cliffs and sandy beaches. The sea forms the northern, southern and western boundaries, with the River Tamar forming the eastern border with Devon.
The County has a population of 570,300 (2021 census). The population of the County changes significantly during the summer months with more than 4 million tourists visiting Cornwall each year so that at peak-season in August, the total population is increased by more than 50%.
Cornwall County consists of a new unitary authority for Cornwall & the Isles of Scilly. NHS Kernow CCG is the clinical commissioning group for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (CFT) is the principal provider of mental health, learning disability and universal children’s services to people living in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
The Trust is one of the largest local employers in Cornwall. The Trust was formed as a specialist provider in April 2002 following reorganisation of local NHS Trusts. It was licensed as a Foundation Trust in March 2010 and acquired community children’s services in April 2011 and Tier 4 inpatient CAMHS services in 2019.
Harvest Ward is an 8 bedded mixed sex unit providing intensive, secure short-term care for patients with serious mental disorders who are presenting as acutely disturbed and who are detained under the Mental Health Act on account of risks posed to themselves or others.
The patients come from a variety of referral agencies including inpatient and community General Adult setting, other PICUs and Prison. The team is multidisciplinary, comprising at its core a full time consultant psychiatrist, a further specialty doctor psychiatrist (this post), nursing staff, health care assistants, an occupational therapist, administrative support also including psychologist and pharmacist time. There is support for the consideration of complimentary therapies where appropriate.
The PICU consultant has responsibility for patients in Harvest Ward. Leave cover for the PICU consultant is shared by the consultant and associate specialist based on the Low Secure Unit which is situated on the same site. The unit covers the whole of the County.
At Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust we are proud to prioritise the development of our people. To support this, the following opportunities are available:
- Career conversations and individual development plans for succession planning and talent management
- Protected CPD time for registered staff
- Access to a dedicated central development fund supporting CPD for all staff
- Leadership and Management development programmes
- Coaching and mentoring opportunities
- A full clinical induction programme for operational skills
- Access to a care certificate programme for our band 1-4 clinical staff
- A bespoke and robust preceptorship programme to support newly qualified staff
- Individual professional development programmes
Being part of a successful NHS Foundation Trust brings a portfolio of rewards and benefits for our staff. These include:
- Suite of health and wellbeing initiatives to support our colleagues physical and mental health
- Free access to individual HARP portfolios to support revalidation for nursing staff
- Free DBS checks where required
- Discounts available from retailers, UK hotels and main attractions
- NHS Pension Scheme
- Salary sacrifice car scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- The Trust reimburses all application costs for staff eligible to apply for EU settlement status.
The Trust reserves the right to close this advert once a sufficient number of applications have been submitted. It is encouraged that you complete the application at your earliest convenience to avoid disappointment.
If you are successful at the shortlisting stage of the recruitment process you will be contacted via TRAC.jobs email regarding interview details.
We are committed to diversity and equality of employment including the employment of current and former service users.
If you are successful, you agree to Occupational Health accessing your health records from your current or previous employer to check the status of your inoculations and screening tests. Appointments are subject to full three year satisfactory references therefore please ensure you include correct contact details for your nominated referees including email addresses.
Any general recruitment queries, please contact our recruitment team on 01208 834644