Speciality Doctor

We are Forward, the social enterprise that empowers people to break the cycle of crime or addiction to move forward with their lives. For more than 25 years we have been working with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past. We believe that anyone is capable of lasting change. Our services have supported thousands of people to make positive changes and build productive lives with a job, family, friends and a sense of community.

Working at Forward Trust’s Southend on Sea community addictions service, we are looking to recruit a Clinical Lead. The successful applicant should either be on the specialist register of the Royal College of Psychiatrists with an endorsement in substance misuse or a Consultant Addiction Psychiatrist / GP with a special interest / Specialist Addiction Doctor. The post holder will have experience in addiction medicine or be registered as a GP with a special interest in Addiction. Other experience will always be considered.

Working closely with the Southend on Sea Operations Manager, the Clinical Lead will contribute to service development. This will be achieved through working with a multi-disciplinary team, attending meetings and contributing to audits to ensure that service users consistently receive high quality services that adhere to the best practice guidelines and achieve high professional standards. The post holder will be responsible for contributing to the overall performance of the service to support clients moving through their treatment journey and will run clinical sessions across the county.

The successful candidate will be contribute to the continuous improvement of our clinical services and being a role model, will have a recovery-focused approach to treatment.

The Clinical Lead will be able to access a CPD program, receive regular structured supervision and be fully supported in the appraisal and revalidation structure.

Clinical Duties:

• Take overall responsibility and clinical leadership of the medical care of all the patients within the service
• Hold and chair monthly patient review meetings.
• Attend daily morning meetings to address all incidents and safeguarding matters.
• Attend the peer group with other Psychiatrists to meet the RCPsych CPD criteria.
• Attend Clinical Governance, Health and Safety and referrals meetings

Quality / Clinical Leadership:

• Offer a psychiatric and medical perspective to the multidisciplinary team in relation to the assessment, formulation and treatment of patients
• Take clinical responsibility for patients including patient review meetings, risk reviews, strategic reviews and the development of a therapeutic milieu.
• Contribute to in-house training programmes within the services and offer supervision to other members of the multi-disciplinary team, particularly junior staff
• Be the primary, focal role in the case management of the patients in relation to the referring community, learning disability, local authority and commissioning agencies

Clinical Governance / Innovation:

• Contribute to the development and evaluation of services in collaboration with Forward Trust’s senior clinical management team.
• Take part in clinical audits, presenting these to the audit and Clinical Governance meetings
• Developing a job plan in conjunction with the clinical director that suits the needs of the individual and the services

The successful candidate must have:

• MRC Psych or International Equivalent
• GMC Specialist Register Entry with valid Licence to Practice or
• On the GP register with clear experience in substance misuse and
• Attainment of Part 1 and 2 RCGP’s certification in the management of drug misuse.
• MRC Psych or International Equivalent

• Training opportunities and career development
• Flexible working
• Season Ticket Loan Scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• 25 days (rising to 30 with length of service) Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays
• Contributory Pension Scheme – Employer matched contributions of up to 6% in the first two years’ service and up to 9% thereafter
• Death in Service Payment (2x annual salary)
• Critical Illness Insurance (subject to qualifying criteria)

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