Specialty Doctor IOW

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Specialty Doctor to join the Mental Health Services on the Isle of Wight. This is a substantive post within a supportive multidisciplinary team, providing high-quality, person-centred mental health care to community and inpatient settings to working age and older age adults on the Isle of Wight.

The successful applicant will hold responsibility for a varied clinical caseload and work closely with other health professionals, with Consultant support available. The role offers opportunities to contribute to service development, clinical governance, and quality improvement within a smaller, well-integrated service.

We are committed to supporting professional development and welcome applications from doctors seeking a rewarding and sustainable career within Mental Health Services.

Main duties of the job

Principal Duties of the Post

This post involves working within both the inpatient and outpatient settings, across the whole range of mental health services within the Trust.

This post involves working closely with a large multi-disciplinary team managing secondary care patients with mental illness.

The post holder provides medical support to the mental health team working under the supervision of a senior psychiatrist.

Practitioners should be prepared to perform duties in occasional emergencies and unforeseen circumstances without additional remuneration but may be granted time off in lieu at the discretion of the Trust.

Commitments arising in such circumstances are, however, exceptional and practitioners should not be required to undertake work of this kind for prolonged periods or on a regular basis.

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence