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Specialty Doctor - Older Adult Community -S Wilts DementiaAvon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust • Warminster, United Kingdom
Specialty Doctor - Older Adult Community -S Wilts Dementia

Specialty Doctor - Older Adult Community -S Wilts Dementia

Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust • Warminster, United Kingdom
4 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
  • Part-time
  • Permanent
  • Temporary
Job description
Job summary
The Trust is seeking a Specialty Doctor to join the friendly and experienced South Wiltshire Dementia Service. This is an established post which has become vacant due to the current incumbent leaving. It is a great opportunity to gain a great deal of experience and knowledge working within an established multi-disciplinary team. Working with a team who believe in collaborative work and have the patient at the centre of their practise. The service provides a secondary assessment facility and a monitoring service for those who require maintenance prescribing on memory enhancers that cannot be prescribed within primary care. This post will provide support and clinical assistance to the Consultant Psychiatrist concerning the care of patients. Salisbury has a weekly Academic programme. In addition, there is a monthly PDP group and Peer Supervision. CPD activities are supported. The post offers study leave arrangements as well as good research, service development and leadership opportunities. The post-holder will be well supported by Consultant Psychiatrist, Team Manager and Community Services Manager.

Please refer to the accompanying job description for full details on the roles and responsibilities of this post.

Main duties of the job
The prime responsibility of the post-holder is to provide support and clinical assistance to the Consultant Psychiatrist concerning the care of patients.
  • To assess and treat service users in the community and in a clinic.
  • The Specialty Doctor will support the Consultant Psychiatrists in complex case management.
  • To arrange and participate in CPA meetings for service users.
  • Undertake urgent and routine psychiatric assessments when necessary
  • Write up all their notes using the Trusts Electronic Record system RIO which also records time and date of entry. The post holder is personally responsible for entering their notes onto the system themselves.
  • Ensure effective and timely documentation and communication of clinical decision making and management plans
  • To liaise with GPs regarding a service users medical monitoring results
  • To liaise with other parts of the service and GPs and non NHS organisations wherever applicable; to provide advice and consultation to members of the multi-disciplinary teams and regularly attend weekly MDT meetings

About us
We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust) a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care. We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset. Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.

Please note that Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust is not currently a sponsor under the GMC Sponsorship Scheme.

As a result, we regret to inform you that we are unable to consider applications from individuals who require GMC sponsorship

Details
Date posted: 06 August 2026
Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade: Specialty Doctor
Salary: £63,696 to £102,689 a year per annum pro rata
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 342-SD314-BSW-AL
Job locations: 7FD/Shearwater Lodge, Warminster, BA12 9AB, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
Please refer to the accompanying job description for full details on the roles and responsibilities of this post.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
  • Basic Medical Qualification (MBBS or equivalent)
Desirable
  • Membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
  • Section 12 Approval

Eligibility
Essential
  • Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practice, or eligible for full registration with the GMC at the time of confirmation of appointment
  • Completed at least four years' full-time postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained on a part-time or flexible basis) at least two of which will be in a specialty training programme in Psychiatry or as a fixed term specialty trainee in Psychiatry; or shall have equivalent experience and competencies.

Skills
Essential
  • Ability to manage own time and workload and prioritise clinical work
  • Ability to appraise own performance
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills
Desirable
  • Evidence of specific achievements that demonstrate leadership skills

Research and Audit
Essential
  • Ability to critically appraise published research.
  • Experience of carrying out an audit project
Desirable
  • Experience in involvement in a research project and publication.
  • Interest in research

Knowledge
Essential
  • Up to date knowledge of issues in Mental Health Service for this specialty.

Teaching
Essential
  • Commitment to teaching other members of the multi-disciplinary team.
Desirable
  • Teaching of undergraduate students
  • PGCME or equivalent/aspiration to attain a postgraduate teaching qualification

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).

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.

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).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
Address: 7FD/Shearwater Lodge, Warminster, BA12 9AB, United Kingdom
Employer's website: http://www.awp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Consultant
Angelika Luehrs
angelika.luehrs@nhs.net
01174146642
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