• Job Description

  Req#: C9364-25-0554?language=en&page=950&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  Would you like to be part of leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care? Why not join Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust for the opportunity to flourish and excel in your career and be part of our dedicated medical team.

  EPUT is seeking to appoint two compassionate and dedicated Specialty Doctor in General Adult to join our dynamic mental health team at the Colchester Specialist CMHT based at Herrick house, Colchester. There are two vacancies available to apply. This role offers the opportunity to work closely with experienced consultants in delivering high quality psychiatric care across community in the North East Essex area.

  Main duties of the job

  This Specialist CMHT provides community mental services for patient referred to the secondary mental health by GP surgeries within the Neighbourhood teams in and around Colchester. This team serves approximately 67,000 people in this area. The Colchester team has a total of 4 Consultants who jointly support the team dividing the catchment via GP practices that overlap with PCN footprint. The MDT includes CPNS, Occupational therapists, social workers and psychologists.

  You should be eligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment and hold Section 12 (2) approval under the Mental Health Act 1983. You will also need to provide evidence of achievement of ST1/CT1 competences in psychiatry at time of application and likelihood of achieving CT2 competences in psychiatry by the start date of the post.

  About us

  Our Vision

  "To be the leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care".

  Our Purpose

  "We care for people every day. What we do together, matters".

  Our Values

  We Care

  We Learn

  We Empower

  Our strategic objectives

  We will deliver safe, high quality integrated care services.

  We will enable each other to be the best that we can.

  We will work together with our partners to make our services better.

  We will help our communities to thrive.

  If you share that vision and want to make a difference to the people that use our services, then please contact us to find out more.

  EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Open, Compassionate and Empowering. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;

  • Season Ticket Loan
  • NHS discounts for staff
  • Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
  • Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
  • The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
  • Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work

  Details

  Date posted

  22 May 2025

  Pay scheme

  Hospital medical and dental staff

  Grade

  Specialty Doctor

  Salary

  £59,175 to £95,400 a year per annum

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  364-EPUT689

  Job locations

  Herrick House

  Colchester

  CO4 5JL

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Conduct out-patient assessment and reviews for patients in the patch.

  Attend MDT meeting twice weekly.

  Attend Allocations meeting as required.

  Carry out home visits.

  Attend to urgent clinical issues for patients.

  Administrative work related to these activities.

  Supervise and support Trainee Doctors if appropriate.

  Work closely with primary care nurses (PCN workers).

  Work with Multidisciplinary team.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Conduct out-patient assessment and reviews for patients in the patch.

  Attend MDT meeting twice weekly.

  Attend Allocations meeting as required.

  Carry out home visits.

  Attend to urgent clinical issues for patients.

  Administrative work related to these activities.

  Supervise and support Trainee Doctors if appropriate.

  Work closely with primary care nurses (PCN workers).

  Work with Multidisciplinary team.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
  • At least 3 years experience working in Psychiatry

  Skills

  Essential

  • Clinical judgement: experience in making clinical decisions and managing risk. Knows when to seek help, able to prioritise clinical need.
  • Relevant specialty clinical knowledge: capacity to apply sound clinical knowledge relevant to the job and specialty
  • Practical skills: shows aptitude for practical skills, required in the job.
  • Proven ability to work effectively in different clinical settings required in the job

  Desirable

  • Experience of working within Adult Psychiatry

  Experience

  Essential

  • Evidence of achievement of Foundation competencies by time of appointment in line with GMC standards in Good Medical

  Eligibility

  Essential

  • Eligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment and Section 12 (2) approval under the Mental Health Act 1983.
  • Eligibility to work in the UK.

  Transport

  Essential

  • Holds and will use valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
  • At least 3 years experience working in Psychiatry

  Skills

  Essential

  • Clinical judgement: experience in making clinical decisions and managing risk. Knows when to seek help, able to prioritise clinical need.
  • Relevant specialty clinical knowledge: capacity to apply sound clinical knowledge relevant to the job and specialty
  • Practical skills: shows aptitude for practical skills, required in the job.
  • Proven ability to work effectively in different clinical settings required in the job

  Desirable

  • Experience of working within Adult Psychiatry

  Experience

  Essential

  • Evidence of achievement of Foundation competencies by time of appointment in line with GMC standards in Good Medical

  Eligibility

  Essential

  • Eligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment and Section 12 (2) approval under the Mental Health Act 1983.
  • Eligibility to work in the UK.

  Transport

  Essential

  • Holds and will use valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative.

  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).

  Additional information

  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).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Herrick House

  Colchester

  CO4 5JL

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://eput.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Herrick House

  Colchester

  CO4 5JL

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://eput.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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