Associate Specialist

Do you want to work in a friendly, committed and established service where your knowledge, experience and skills will be valued? Join Springwood Lodge as an Associate Specialist where you will provide care for women with personality disorders and mental illness in an established and well-run service. You will focus on assessing, managing and supporting individuals on a specialist setting offering treatment and rehabilitation for women with complex difficulties, with the aim of helping them to return to community living.

You will work alongside an experienced Consultant Psychiatrist and a wider multidisciplinary team. You will have the opportunity to deliver person-centred care, treatment and support to some of the most vulnerable people in society.

For an informal discussion about this role, please contact our Lead recruiter Kiru on [email protected] who will arrange a call with the Medical Director.

Your Responsibilities include:

• Assessments and admissions of new patients to the service.
• Obtaining collateral histories from other professionals and family.
• Formulating a diagnosis in conjunction with the MDT.
• Supporting physical health checks and working closely with GP service who provide a weekly clinic.
• Completing discharge letters and reports
• Support the adequate working of the Care Programme Approach and Care and treatment plans for service users.
• Work closely with our Pharmacist to ensure safe, effective, evidence based prescribing.
• Liaise with external professionals ad work collaboratively with commissioners and external care teams to aid seamless transitions to the community.
• Contributing to the service development by participating in Clinical Governance activities, quality initiatives, audits, research and teaching.
• Under the supervision of the Consultant, provide leadership of the clinical team and preparing First-tier Tribunal and Hospital Managers' hearing reports.

As an Associate Specialist, you will have:

• Full GMC Registration
• Experience in working in psychiatry within multi-disciplinary teams
• To be in good standing with the Royal College of Psychiatrists
• To have had an Appraisal/RITA within the last year
• At least 3 years’ relevant experience in Psychiatry
• Experience working as a doctor within a similar environment
• Section 12(2) approval is desirable

Location: 1 Towngate Close, Guiseley, Leeds, LS20 9PQ

Spring Wood Lodge is located in the outskirts of Leeds at Guiseley and has close links to NHS services with established care pathways. It has excellent transport links to Bradford, Leeds and is within a short distance of Yorkshire Dales National Park.

The service provides inpatient treatment for up to 25 patients, split across three units of rehabilitation, intensive care and high dependency settings, depending on the acuity level. The vacancy has risen due to planned increase in number of beds.

What you will get:

• Competitive Annual salary
• Medical indemnity cover
• The equivalent of 30 days of annual leave – plus your birthday off
• Free meals and parking
• Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance.
• 24 hour GP Service to ensure you are the best you can be
• Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals.
• Pension contribution to secure your future.
• Life Assurance for added peace of mind.
• Enhanced Maternity Package so you can truly enjoy this special time.

You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.