# Speciality Doctor (Female Personality Disorders)

**Company**: Cygnet Health Care
**Location**: Ealing
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: £90,000 to £90,000 a year
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated Specialty Doctor to join the medical team at Cygnet Hospital Ealing, working on New Dawn Ward, our specialist 9-bed Tier 4 personality disorder service for women.

The role offers the opportunity to develop specialist experience in the assessment and treatment of complex personality disorder within a psychologically informed and trauma-informed service. You will work closely with an experienced Consultant Psychiatrist and highly skilled multidisciplinary team, while taking meaningful responsibility for the day-to-day psychiatric and medical care of patients.

**Main duties of the job**

- Provide routine medical and psychiatric support including initial clerking and mental state examination of newly admitted patients

- Carry out the assessment, appropriate investigation, diagnosis and treatment under Consultant supervision of inpatients of the unit

- Maintain good communication with ward nursing staff, mental health professionals and other agencies as required

- Participate in weekly ward rounds and other multidisciplinary meetings, including CPA, Tribunal hearings & Section 117 meetings

- Maintenance of full records of medical and psychiatric assessments and interventions

- Preparing discharge summaries in line with company policies and guidelines

- Attending all mandatory training e.g. BLS, ILS, Breakaway training/PMVA training, Moving and Transferring, Infection Control, H&S

- Communicating effectively through regular contact with patients, relatives, staff, directors, and any other concerned bodies; maintaining appropriate reports

- Participating in the On call rota in line with the needs of the region

**Benefits**

- Salary up to £90,000 per year

- Generous annual leave entitlement that increases with length of service

- 5 days study leave, study budget and in-house CPD/ peer group programme

- Company paid Life Assurance scheme covering 3x salary

- Contributory pension scheme

- Research opportunities to include publishing in The Cygnet Journal (Cygnets co-produced peer review journal) and joining the Cygnet Research & Development Group

- Company Funded Cash plan with the ability to claim up to £1000 per annum worth of benefits including free Physiotherapy, Osteopaths, Optical, dental, consultations, scans and free prescriptions

- Gym Discounts across the UK as well as free online fitness classes with ClassPass, Nutritional Programmes and Fitness Consultations

- Discount schemes including Perkbox, NHS Discount and Blue Lights Card

- Free meals, on-site parking and EAP support

- Smart Health Toolkit, including 24 hour GP service with the option of prescription delivery to your local pharmacy

- Electric Car Scheme

**Requirements**

- Fully GMC registered & MBBS (or equivalent) qualified

- Experienced & knowledgeable in General Adult Psychiatry and mental health diagnosis

- Knowledgeable of the Mental Health Act and Code of Practice, along with the Mental Capacity Act 2005 and Code of Capacity

- A first-rate communicator who can interview, assess & treat patients & write clear, comprehensive medical notes

- Committed to continued professional development

- Able to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team

## Skills

### Required
- General Adult Psychiatry
- Mental Health Act
- Mental Capacity Act
- Communication
- Continued Professional Development
- Multi-disciplinary team work

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