We are recruiting for a Specialty Doctor to join our City and North East AMHT based at the Warneford Hospital on a 12 month fixed term contract (or secondment opportunity).
You'll undertake comprehensive psychiatric assessments, deliver evidence-based treatment, and work collaboratively with patients and their families to support recovery. You will manage a varied caseload, providing care for routine, urgent, and emergency referrals, while working closely within a multidisciplinary team under Consultant supervision.
The role offers a diverse clinical experience, including conducting mental state examinations, prescribing in line with NICE guidance, contributing to triage and Mental Health Act assessments, and delivering three clinics per week (new and follow-up patients). You will also liaise with referrers, provide timely clinical documentation, and contribute to service development, clinical governance, audit, and quality improvement initiatives.
This is an excellent opportunity to be part of a supportive team that values teaching, professional development, and innovation in line with national mental health strategies. Section 12 approval (or eligibility) is desirable.
Join us and play a key role in delivering high-quality, patient-centred mental health care in the community.
The Specialty Doctor psychiatrist will be based at Oak Team, Warneford Hospital. The specialty doctor is expected to work closely with other members of the team. Key components of the role include:
- Providing Psychiatric expertise to the MDT
- Contributing to assessments, treatment planning and reviews
- Liaising with other services eg Primary care where appropriate.
- Supporting quality improvement and service developments
As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people’s homes, delivering care as close to home as possible. Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: “Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team”
Our values are: “Caring, safe and excellent”
At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
Excellent opportunities for career progression
Individual and Trust wide learning and development
27 days annual leave per annum pro-rata on appointment to the grade increasing to 32 days after two years in the grade and 35 days after seven years
NHS Discount
Pension scheme
Lease car scheme
Employee Assistance Programme
Mental Health First Aiders
Staff accommodation (waiting lists may apply)
Staff networking and support groups
There are 3 AMHTs across Oxfordshire. They are North and West (bases in Banbury and Witney), Oxford City and North East (bases in Oxford City and Bicester), and South (bases in Abingdon, Didcot, Wantage and Wallingford in Oxfordshire), with satellite clinics based throughout the county in market towns.
AMHTs in the North and West, and the South provide care 7 days per week, 7am to 9pm but the City is Monday to Friday 9am to 5 pm due to additional care available from a Crisis team. Consultants work part time across the week, covering 9 to 5 Monday to Friday and provide senior leadership to the team alongside the Operational Manager and non-medical Clinical Lead of each team. Staff within the AMHTs work around Consultants and catchment areas that correspond as much as possible to specific geographical areas and GP surgeries. This enables maximum familiarity with these patients and better links with the corresponding GPs in their Primary Care Networks (PCN).
The AMHT’s work closely with primary care, from where they receive most of their referrals. Our new Primary Care Hubs receive most routine referrals and AMHTs triage the remainder of referral and allocate patients for assessments, following which, patients may be taken on by members of the AMHT for acute or longer-term treatment or signposted to other services or agencies as appropriate.
