Specialty Doctor - Acute Care- Bowmere Hospital

The post is for full time (1.0 WTE) specialty doctor to work across 2 acute care wards, Beech Ward (adults of working age) and Juniper Ward (ageless functional mental health).

The post holder will work as a senior medical member of the team and provide the team adequate medical support. Post holder will independently review the patients and write appropriate treatment plan. Post holder will be a member of MDT and will attend the meetings as required. Post holder is also expected to write tribunal reports and attend the tribunals and managers hearing. The post holder will exercise a middle grade level of clinical responsibility as delegated by the consultant to whom he/she is responsible. The specialty doctor will work as part of MDT and provide senior clinician level support to the team under the guidance of the RC.

The post holder will participate in the multidisciplinary clinical meetings in the ward settings depending upon the schedule of the team in which they are based.

The work will consist of assessments of emergency and crisis, usually hospital based, together with ongoing care under the supervision of the consultant involving a spectrum of activities such as assessing patients who are newly admitted, documentation of history taking, assessment of mental states, conducting physical examinations, ongoing note keeping, timely completion of discharge summaries/letters, prescribing and multidisciplinary working.

CWP provides health and care services for local people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care - including the provision of three GP surgeries.

Our aim is to help people to be the best they can be, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We were recently rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission with a Good rating overall.

We offer a variety of roles at all levels, so whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your skills and experience in a new role, CWP is the right employer for you.

CWP are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences.

To support this, we offer up to three weeks induction, dependent on role, with our Prepare to Care programme for all new starters. This aims to give you all the knowledge and guidance to help you grow and flourish with CWP.

We welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.