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Role: Adult Psychiatry Middle Grade Doctor
Rates: £77.27 to £80.48 per hour (PAYE)
Shifts: TBC
Location: Lothian
Benefits:
Approved supplier on every NHS medical locum framework
Priority access and first sight of large number of jobs across multiple NHS trusts/health boards
Competitive pay rates
Flexibility on jobs/shifts; long term jobs and short ad hoc shifts available
A dedicated point of contact
Free CPD courses and career support with Medacs Academy
Lucrative referral scheme
Revalidation support
24/7/365 service - we are available when you need us
Access to The Support Hub - our support service to help support your mental health and wellbeing and enable you to deliver outstanding care.As Adult Psychiatry Middle Grade Doctor, your skills, knowledge, and experience are critical to the successful provision of psychiatry services at NHS Lothian. Here you have extensive opportunities to develop good collaborative therapeutic alliances with patients and their families.
Working flexible shifts at various hospitals in Lothian, you will enjoy close working relationships with your fellow healthcare professionals. Together, you will seek to establish a common understanding of the problems the patient is experiencing, take a lead role in establishing the patient's strategic management plan, and utilise your therapeutic skills to develop a constructive pathway to recovery.
General key skills
In addition to your qualifications, as an Adult Psychiatry Middle Grade Doctor, you will have:
Quick thinking abilities
Patience and the ability to teach, coach and mentor
Excellent attention to detail
A systematic approach to tasks and delegation
Excellent timekeeping
A pro-active approach to research and academia
Empathy and understanding
A flexible attitude
A dedication to improving and developing knowledge and skills
Active listening skillsMain Duties/Responsibilities
As an Adult Psychiatry Middle Grade Doctor with NHS Lothian you will:
Carry out new referral assessments, deliver therapy, refer to psychology colleagues for relevant interventions, and follow-up patients for medication reviews.
Formulate care and treatment plans, prescribe various types of treatment, and provide guidance on evidence-based treatment and effectiveness.
Actively support patients and their families, communicating clinical information to explain a diagnosis and treatment options using various methods to ensure practical understanding.
Communicate with patients and the wider multidisciplinary team on shared patient decision making.
Work in and where appropriate, lead a multidisciplinary team.
Assess and prioritise patient/client requirements, delegating effectively to others.
Recognise, review, and report a patient's condition and any changes to the patient and the multidisciplinary team.
Performing basic administrative and clerical tasks, such as keeping records of test results, writing prescriptions, providing information to patients, and monitoring treatment plans.
Help teach and train other junior doctors, medical students, and other multidisciplinary team members.Qualifications/Licenses/Certifications
Essential
MBChB (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery) or equivalent.
6 months recent NHS experience within the last 3 years
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