Specialist Grade Psychiatrist, General Adult Psychiatry, Blackburn

Lancashire Care Foundation Trust; Blackburn; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details about this post.

The Job Description has been submitted to the Royal College of Psychiatrists for approval.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• MBBS or equivalent
• Full GMC registration and Licence to Practise
• Section 12 approval
• AC status or within 6 months

Experience

Essential criteria

• At least 12 years experience as doctor since primary medical degree
• At least 6 years experience at SAS level (or equivalent) in adult psychiatry
• Knowledge, skills and experience relevant to this role

We are looking for you to demonstrate personal experiences of how you meet the essential criteria and as an NHS Employer, we value authenticity and honesty.

Please ensure that you read the person specification attached below as your application will be measured against this document.

Applications from job share partners are welcome and other forms of flexible working will be considered for all posts.

You are advised to consider applying for LSCft vacancies as soon as possible as in some instances vacancies are closed as soon as a sufficient number of applications have been received. If you are not invited to interview within three weeks of the closing date then please assume that on this occasion you have been unsuccessful, as it is not possible to contact all unsuccessful candidates.

LSCft is committed to celebrating difference as an asset and we know that recruiting talent from diverse backgrounds helps to create a more flexible, creative and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from people regardless of age, disability (particularly those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion or belief or sexual orientation. Our goal is for the Trust to be truly representative of the communities we serve so we are particularly keen to receive applications from people in under-represented groups. If there is anything you'd like to discuss in relation to your application then please ask.

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• Job Description and Person Specification (PDF, 896.5KB)
• Trust Information (PDF, 528.6KB)
• Welcome from Network Medical Director (PDF, 572.6KB)
• Welcome from the LSCft Medical Team (PDF, 6.9MB)