International Fellowship In Older Adult Psychiatry: Sponsorship Available

As an integrated Mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Trust, Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including:

• Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, forensic services including low and medium secure care.
• Specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
• Community physical health and well-being services for children and adults.

The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,000 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health and general nurses, allied health professionals, Psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust supports flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, home/remote working, flexi-time and career breaks.

Job overview

International Fellowship in Older Adult Psychiatry, Barrow in Furness

We are excited to launch the recruitment to this new role that has been developed to support experienced psychiatrists who are seeking GMC specialist registration through the portfolio pathway. This post is in Older Adult Community Psychiatry and will be based at Dane Garth in Barrow in Furness.

The post is fixed term for 3 years and we will be able to provide a Certificate of Sponsorship for those requiring a Skilled Worker Visa to gain Right to Work in the UK.  An annual review would take place to assess your progress towards Specialist Registration.

The posts is also eligible for sponsorship for GMC registration subject to meeting minimum criteria set out in the Person Specification. Please check these criteria first prior to submitting an application, if this is the route you are considering, as the essential criteria will need to be met fully to be considered for this route. This includes but isn’t limited to already having completed IELTs/OET to required standard and practising as a Psychiatrist in at least 3 of the last 5 years, along with other essential criteria.

To access GMC sponsorship requires very specific criteria which must all be met, so please do check the person specification prior to applying.

Main duties of the job

This exciting and varied role in Older Adult psychiatry would give experience working with the Older Adult Community Mental Health Team (CMHT), and other teams aligned to the provision of older adult mental health services in the Bay area.  The role would include assessment of new patients referred to the service, care and treatment and also any referrals to other services in the area.

You would be supported in working towards Section 12 approval, and once this was achieved, there may be the opportunity to join the Out of Hours On Call rota, for which additional remuneration would be paid.

Working for our organisation

The salary for this post would be based on the Specialty Doctor payscale, MC75.  Your starting salary would be determined by your service history in the UK or overseas.

The role is full time and you would be working 10 Programmed Activities (PAs) each week (equivalent to 40 hours per week).  8 PAs would be dedicated to clinical commitments and the other 2 PAs would be for activities that would support your professional development.  We have an excellent reputation for our work supporting international doctors and there are a range of groups that would connect you with other doctors in the Trust who are working towards Specialist Registration.

Our Medical Recruitment and Relationship team will guide you through the recruitment process and be able to provide support if you are relocating to the UK to commence this post.  Please note that the Trust does not have any hospital accommodation, but the Relationship Team will be able to provide advice about other options that are available to you.