Doctors Assistant - Hove, United Kingdom - Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust

Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust

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Hove, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Are you looking for an exciting new opportunity that will directly impact the quality of care for our service users?

Does a role working in a vital Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service speak to you?

If so, we'd love to hear from you

Due to significant funding, we are looking for a Doctor's Assistant to join our friendly and dynamic CAMHS team in Brighton.

You will be working in collaboration with non-medical members of the clinical team to help relieve workload and ensure smooth functioning of the team.

This is a brand-new position ideal for someone who wants to proactively contribute to improving our service and make a real difference to our service users.

The postholder will be providing high-quality administrative support to the consultants, doctors in training and the wider clinical team.

Your duties would include but are not limited to:

Providing a confidential first point of contact for face to face and telephone enquiries from a broad spectrum of people
Managing the electronic health record and retrieving Care Notes when necessary
Typing up various correspondence and documents
Taking meeting minutes within a multidisciplinary team and checking actions are complete
Dealing with various enquiries on behalf of the Clinical Team by telephone and taking appropriate action
Following up referrals to other teams/specialist opinions sent by medical team e.g. physical health, forensic, solicitors
Providing cover as appropriate for other Doctors Assistants and administrative staff

We are committed to ensuring that mental health care is co-produced wherever possible and delivered in a person-centred, compassionate, and supportive way.

We know that a positive work/life balance brings about huge health-related benefits, which has a positive impact on the care we provide.

Please speak to us about flexible working, for example, homeworking, part time hours, flexible start/finish times. If it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

Your benefits:

Discount schemes including reductions on fuel, high street and online purchases, as well as Blue Light Card advantages
Generous holiday entitlement (starting at 27 days + 8 bank holidays)
Excellent NHS Pension
Discounted gym memberships
Free parking onsite
Access to full psychological support via our internal wellbeing team
Excellent supervision programmes, with ongoing opportunities for training and development

About Brighton:

Travel easily between coast and countryside, with a blend of picturesque villages and seaside towns there's always new experiences to be enjoyed
Great transport links with Brighton train station linking up directly with major cities such as Portsmouth and London, whilst also being a 30minute train ride to Gatwick Airport
The city is also host to lots of cosy pubs and quirky bars for you to visit
There are also plenty of shops for you to browse during your lunch break or after work, with Churchill shopping centre being the main attraction

REQUIREMENTS:

In order to be a successful Doctor's Assistant in our team, you will have:

Education to A-Level standard
A willingness to develop your knowledge and skills and undertake relevant training
The ability to prioritise workload
The ability to communicate to a high standard and establish relationships in a multidisciplinary team
The ability to work on your own initiative
Strong organisational skills

It would be advantageous if you have:

Experience writing reports
Exposure working in mental healthcare or similar

Your work should normally be done during the core hours of 9am and 5pm.

However, to ensure alignment with the Direct Clinical Care time of the clinician's flexibility from the core hours may be required, determined locally.

See attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details.