Specialty Doctor – Acute Care- Bowmere Hospital
Job summary
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership Trust are looking to recruited a Speciality Doctor to work on our Acute Care ward in Bowmere Hospital, Chester. The post is of specialty doctor to work across 2 Acute Care wards in Bowmere Hospital, Chester. The doctor appointed will be working with two consultants who are part of the inpatient team. This post is full time, and the doctor will be part of the multidisciplinary team providing care toacutely unwell and patients presenting with functional mental health problems in different ward settings
Main duties of the job
The post is for full time (1.0 WTE) specialty doctor to work across 2 acute care wards, Beech Ward (adults of working age) and Juniper Ward(ageless functional mental health). The post holder will work as a senior medical member of the team and provide the team adequate medical support. Post holder will independently review the patients and write appropriate treatment plan.
Post holder will be a member of MDT and will attend the meetings as required. Post holder is also expected to write tribunal reports and attend the tribunals and managers hearing. The post holder will exercise a middle grade level of clinical responsibility as delegated by the consultant to whom he/she is responsible.
The specialty doctor will work as part of MDT and provide senior clinician level support to the team under the guidance of the RC. The post holder will participate in the multidisciplinary clinical meetings in the ward settings depending upon the schedule of the team in whichthey are based.
The work will consist of assessments of emergency and crisis, usually hospital based, together with ongoing care under the supervision of theconsultant involving a spectrum of activities such as assessing patients who are newly admitted, documentation of history taking, assessment ofmental states, conducting physical examinations, ongoing note keeping, timely completion of discharge summaries/letters, prescribing andmultidisciplinary working.
About us
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) provides health and care services for a population of over one million people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care, as well as the provision of three GP surgeries in Cheshire. We employ around 4,500 staff across 73 sites and have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton, Liverpool and Stockport.
Our aim is to help improve the lives of everyone in our communities, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We are rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission, with a Good rating overall.
As a Disability Confident Employer, Rainbow Badge Scheme member, Veteran Aware organisation and proud holder of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award, CWP is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible and developing a culture that values differences, and welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.All new starters will commence in post on one fixed start date each month, in line with our Prepare to Care (P2C) induction programme date.
P2C offers up to 3 weeks training to support you to meet the induction / initial training requirements of the role. Whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your existing skills and experience in a new role, you'll find something to suit you at CWP.
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