International Medical Graduate/Specialty Doctor

Job overview

If you are an international Psychiatrist with a postgraduate degree in Psychiatry and looking for opportunities to enhance your career in UK, we would like to meet you.

This is a two year fixed term, full-time (10PAs) post for international doctors who are aspiring to explore career progression in UK.

The role is created with emphasis on providing clinical placement, pastoral support and training opportunities for international doctors. The post will provide educational and mentoring support to help doctors, gain membership of Royal College, essential competencies like S12 and Approved clinician status to help career progression in UK.

You will have flexibility of rotating within other services to expand your experience and gain competencies within other sub-specialities.

Our offer;

• GMC sponsorship (current approval limited to universities in Pakistan and India)
• Sponsorship for visa applications
• Pastoral support to include relocation, housing, banking, IT and phone contract
• Mentoring and buddy support for wellbeing and career progression.

Qualifications and training

MBBS, Postgraduate degree in Psychiatric Medicine MD India or FCPS Pakistan

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• You will be part of the multi disciplinary team consisting of Consultant Psychiatrist, Psychiatric nurse, Clinical Psychologist, Occupational therapist, Social worker and Support time recovery worker.
• You will be assessing new referrals/admissions to the team, providing support to Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) decision making, prescribing medications and treatments as per Trust and national guidance and supporting teaching and training activities in the team.
• The clinical work will be job specific when rotating within other services I,e Crisis resolution home treatment team, community mental health team , Child and Adolescent mental health services.
• You will participate in Continuing Professional Development, peer supervision, mandatory training and professional competencies including exams to gain membership of Royal College and specialist register in GMC.

Working for our organisation

Working for MPFT

MPFT provides physical and mental health care, learning disability, and adult social care services across Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Shropshire, and Telford & Wrekin. In addition, we provide services on a wider regional and national basis. We serve a population of 1.5 million and employ around 8,500 members of staff.

By joining MPFT you will become part of a diverse and inclusive team who are empowered and supported to deliver care in a way which is consistent with our values:

• putting people at the heart of what we do
• empowering people to improve care and wellbeing
• delivering better health, better care in partnership
  
  

We are embedding values based and inclusive recruitment practices to ensure that all applicants, from any backgrounds, from under-represented groups, such as black, Asian or other ethnic groups, individuals with a disability, or LGBTQ+ individuals. All have an equal chance of success in achieving a role with us

We will support your career development and progression. Membership of the excellent NHS pension scheme, generous maternity, paternity, adoption leave, pay and the option for flexible working. You will receive up to 27 days annual leave (increasing to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional annual leave.

We are also proud to have a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.