International Medical Graduate/Specialty Doctor

at  Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

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 a 18 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.
You will have flexibility of rotating within other services to expand your experience and gain competencies within other sub-specialities.

Our offer;

• GMC sponsorship
• Sponsorship for visa applications
• Pastoral support to include relocation, housing, banking, IT and phone contract
• Mentoring and buddy support for wellbeing and career progression.
• You will be part of the multi disciplinary team consisting of Consultant Psychiatrist, Psychiatric nurse, Clinical Psychologist, Occupational therapist, Social worker and Support time recovery worker.
• 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.

Working for MPFT
MPFT provides physical and mental health care, learning disability, and adult social care services across 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 with our 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.
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
Qualifications and training
MBBS, Postgraduate degree in Psychiatric Medicine MD
Experience
Minimum of 3 years’ experience which should be part of structured training programme leading to postgraduate degree.
Knowledge
Good communication skills, knowledge of Psychiatry including theoretical knowledge, history taking, psychiatric assessment and management of service users.
MRCPsych OR evidence of progress towards gaining membership of Royal college of Psychiatry
For further information on the Job Description, main responsibilities and Person Specification to ensure you have the relevant skills for the post, please see the attached documents below

Please refer the Job description for details