Job Description

It\'s time for a new challenge with KMPT in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with tremendous quality of life. Within KMPT we have a network of approximately 150 members of medical staff, not including our range of foundation doctors, GP trainees, core trainees and higher trainees.

There are exciting times ahead with the Kent and Medway Medical School now open, a collaboration between Canterbury Christ Church University and the University of Kent with KMPT as one of the NHS partners, inspiring the next generation of medical professionals.

We are also at the forefront of partnership working - an integral part of the Integrated Care System - looking at sustainable health and social care and ensuring the individual is at the centre of everything.

Indulge your passion for research with our internationally known and enthusiastic team, who are involved in a whole host of national and home-grown studies that have the potential to shape future healthcare. You will be very welcome.
Main duties of the job

This is a 10 PA plus 0.5 PA and 3% Category A availability supplement for on-call post. Part time or job-share applications are welcome.

Successful applicants must have MRCP or equivalent and be on, or within six months of inclusion on, the Specialist Register and be fully registered with the GMC, as well as Approved Clinician and S12 approval under the Mental Health Act.

Please note that all interviews will be conducted via video link using Life Size, date to be confirmed.

Please note that you will be required to submit an application form for each post you are interested in applying for.
About us

We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability, substance misuse and specialist services across Kent and Medway, with a population of 1.8million.

The Trust (rated Good overall by the Care Quality Commission regulator and Outstanding for care) has approximately 3,400 staff covering an area of 1,450 square miles.

You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues from 52 nations, rich in their diversity, talents and experience, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.

We have a team of empathetic leaders inspiring their staff in an environment where everyone is valued and plays a vital role in providing an exemplary service.

Across our communities and within inpatient settings, our workforce is enhanced and strengthened by dedicated peer support workers, people with lived experience, a wonderful team of volunteers and a brigade of pets as therapy support dogs.

Job description
Job responsibilities

For detailed information regarding the role, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Please call Catharine Blackman on 01622 724133 or email catharine.blackman@nhs.net to make an appointment to speak to Chief Medical Officer-Dr Afifa Qazi or Interim Deputy Chief Medical Officer (Workforce)-Dr Mohan Bhat

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• MBBS or equivalent medical qualification.

Desirable

• MRCPsych OR a specialist qualification from an EU country that complies with EU directive 2005/36/EU.

Eligibility
Essential

• Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment.

Desirable

• In good standing with GMC with respect to warnings and conditions on practice.
• Approved under S12 OR able to achieve with 6 months of appointment

Transport
Essential

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

Clinical Skills, Knowledge and experience
Essential

• At least 4 years postgraduate experience, including at least 2 years in core psychiatry training programme
• Good knowledge in specialty
• Good clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
• Good oral and written communication skills in English

Desirable

• Postgraduate experience in specialty

Academic skills and life-long learning
Essential

• Participated in continuous professional development
• Able to use and appraise clinical evidence
• Has actively participated in clinical audit.

Desirable

• Able to deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training
• Reflected on purpose of CPD undertaken
• Participated in research or service evaluation

Professional and personal qualities
Essential

• Shows empathy and sensitivity.
• Evidence of annual appraisal and commitment to appraisal and revalidation.

Desirable

• Able to use electronic records and use IT for email, internet and office software
• Manages own time, workload and prioritises work

Leadership
Essential

• Reflects on own performance and behaviour, seeking and acting on feedback.

Desirable

• Shows commitment to quality through knowledge of quality improvement and lean thinking methodology OR able to achieve within one year of appointment
• Able to deputise for consultant psychiatrist.
• Knowledge of structure and management of the NHS and the Trust.

Employer details
Employer name

Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust
Address

MHLD, Highlands House, 10-12 Caverley Park Gardens, Tunbridge Wells TN1 2JN.

MHLD, Highlands House, 10-12 Caverley Park Gardens, Tunbridge Wells TN1 2JN.

Tunbridge Wells

TN12 2JN

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380-MED-23-038-LOCUM

Company

Kent is a great place to live and work\xe2\x80\xa6.We\'ve got the sea right on our doorstep, areas of natural outstanding beauty and many historic towns. There is something for all your needs. As the gateway to Europe we also boast quick links to France and superb road links to airports.

Excellent transport links mean you can commute to work from London. Or you may be someone who has been doing the commute in the other direction and now want to work closer to home.

Location: Kent and Medway

Size: We employ 3,300 people, working in 66 buildings across 33 sites, serving 1.8M people

Core values: Respect. Open. Accountable. Working together. Innovative. Excellence.

Specialties: Psychiatry, Forensics, Older people, Perinatal mental health, Liaison, Research, Learning disability, Disablement services

Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.

We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people across the county.

The Trust (rated Good overall by the CQC and Outstanding for care) has 3,283 staff working in 66 buildings across 33 locations, covering an area of 1,450 square miles.

You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.

The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.
Innovation is one of our core values and that is demonstrated in some of our award-winning teams:

• Trailblazing work in the criminal justice system, a liaison and diversion service designed to support people out of custody for good, underpinned by bespoke technology
• Our mother and baby unit, designed by mums with lived experience, helping to support fellow mums living with mental ill health, their baby and family
• The vocational rehabilitation team, recognising routine and belonging as a way back to wellness, working with employers to offer hope after illness
• Our Open Dialogue service puts the patient at the centre after their first instance of psychosis with meetings involving both family and professionals.

Indulge your research interests with our enthusiastic team, who are involved in a whole host of national and home-grown studies with the potential to shape future healthcare.

There are exciting times ahead in 2020 when the Kent and Medway Medical School is set to open, collaboration between Canterbury Christ Church University and the University of Kent with KMPT one of the NHS partners, inspiring the next generation of medical professionals.

We are also at the forefront of partnership working, an integral part of the Sustainability and Transformation Partnership, looking at the way forward for sustainable health and social care.

Across our communities and within inpatient settings, our workforce is enhanced and strengthened by peer support workers, a brigade of PAT dogs and our wonderful team of volunteers.

As well as a new hire bonus and financial support for relocation, we are supportive of flexible working arrangements; just talk to us.

And what a place to live and work. The transport links to and from London and the continent are fantastic, but, simply put, you won\'t want to leave.

We are a family friendly county with first class state and independent schools and affordable housing. The average house price is here \xc2\xa3360,000, so you get a lot of brick for your buck compared to neighbouring regions.

Whitstable and Deal have been voted two of the best places to live in the country with their vibrant high streets and incredible eateries.

Margate and Folkestone are now world-class uber cool art destinations.

We have the best collection of pubs, a heritage of brewing that is continuing with microbreweries, gin distilleries and vineyards offering gold medal refreshment.

We have breathtaking castles, cathedrals and country houses bursting with history and the mighty Bluewater shopping centre and a plethora of further choices for retail activities.

There are a wealth of activities to keep little ones occupied and then you have the 350 miles of beaches, cliffs and coves; a coastline that is both stunning and stimulating, whatever the weather.

Once you have been wild swimming in Bewl Water, mountain-biked the muddy Bedgebury Pinetum, kite-surfed off Herne Bay or walked the windswept bird sanctuary of Dungeness or the resplendent Kent Downs, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, you might just give up the gym membership for good.

Your health and wellbeing and that of your family is as important to us as that of our service users and those who matter to them.

Meaningful and memorable work with people who will stay with you for the rest of your life.

What are you waiting for?

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