MEDICAL WORKFORCE Why LPFT should be your next employer Our vision: To support people to live well in their communities Contents Foreword 3 Welcome 4 About us 5 Our Vision, Values and Behaviours 6 Service Developments 8 Why LPFT? 9 Why work for LPFT? 10 Culture in the medical workforce 11 Our Equality and Diversity Pledge 12 Medical Education 13 Medical School 14 Research and Innovation 15 Accomplishments of the Medical Body 16 LPFT Achievements 17 Why Lincolnshire? 20 2 MEDICAL WORKFORCE – WHY LPFT SHOULD BE YOUR NEXT EMPLOYER FOREWORD: SUPPORTING PEOPLE TO LIVE WELL IN THEIR COMMUNITIES As a high performing and financially sound organisation, we are proud to work in partnership with our staff, patients, carers, governors, commissioners and public to deliver excellent mental health and learning disability services for the people of Lincolnshire. We are particularly proud of the and whilst pending 2020 results, in 2019 achievements of our staff colleagues with we were rated as the second highest scoring this work being recognised nationally, mental health and learning disability trust in regionally and locally with a number of the national staff survey, performing above awards and accreditations. Our services are the national average in nine of ten themes. also often used as examples of best practice by CQC and Health Education England East Pride, Compassion, Integrity, Valuing Midlands and feature several times in their Everybody, Innovation and Collaboration good practice guide. are the values and behaviours at the very heart of LPFT and we would welcome an As we strive for clinical excellence, our application from you if you recognise these commitment to developing our people is values and believe that you can make a evidenced through our continuous learning, difference and share in our ambitions. ongoing development and generous study leave provision. Our training for junior doctors continues to be rated top in the East Midlands in the General Medical Council trainee survey, and with the Lincolnshire Medical School opening its doors in 2019 we move closer to our ambition to achieve university status. Dr Ananta Dave Sarah Connery Medical Director Acting Chief LPFT is a first-class host organisation for Executive Officer National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) studies and offers nationally recognised training. We are known for having a vibrant research culture that offers a wealth of opportunities to support staff colleagues with research aspirations and for building a career pathway. Overall rating Good Well-led Outstanding We are on a continuous improvement journey, supporting staff to make the improvements they want to make for their Now, more than ever patients and carers on the front line. We are we are proud of our Trust proud to report that 72% of our staff would recommend LPFT as a place to work (Staff and our staff ... we are Survey, 2019). absolutely driven by a focus on providing We care about our staff and consistently feature highly nationally on the Staff Survey high quality care. ‘ ’ 3 MAKING A DIFFERENCE WELCOME TO LINCOLNSHIRE PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the principal provider of NHS mental health, learning disability and social care services in Lincolnshire and was one of the first mental health foundation trusts to be established in the country. Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Trust can also enter formal partnerships and (LPFT) is a high performing and financially joint ventures with other organisations outside sound organisation. We are rated in the top the NHS – such as voluntary organisations or two Mental Health Trusts in England (Staff housing provider Survey); ‘Good’ overall and ‘Outstanding’ for LPFT are a partner well-led (CQC); and consistently recognised organisation of NIHR Clinical by our junior doctors as the best place in the Research Network East east midlands for their education, learning and Midlands (CRN EM) and the development (GMC Survey). Lincoln Institute for Health, Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust University of Lincoln. was established on 1 October 2007 under Facts about LPFT the National Health Service Act 2006 – it was the first NHS mental health organisation Rated as “outstanding” for to become a foundation trust in the East well led and overall “good” Midlands. Being a foundation trust means it by CQC 2020 does not report directly to the Department of We have locally based community Health; instead, it reports to the local people mental health teams, specialist, through its Council of Governors and is crisis and home treatment services. regulated by NHS England / Improvement. The most important part of being a We operate from around 50 sites foundation trust is that it brings the 50 providing services in: organisation closer to the people who matter – Lincolnshire to a population most. It wants local people, service users and of 756,000 across an area of carers and those who support and represent 2,646 square miles. them, to have much more influence over – North East Lincolnshire to a how it goes about planning and delivering population of 160,000 across an services. It now has approximately 10,000 area of 74 square miles. members, drawn from the local community and its own staff. LPFT has elected governors We have approx 220 inpatient to act on its behalf and those governors play 220 beds, the majority of which are a crucial role in everything the Trust does, on our main sites in Lincoln, including appointing its Chair and non- Grantham and Boston executive directors. There are also many other benefits of becoming a foundation trust, We employ around 2,500 staff such as greater financial freedom. Foundation trusts are able to invest and borrow funds and can reinvest surpluses too. This allows the Trust to plan better for the future, and to Our annual budget is approx. take decisions about how services are run, £ £110 million. knowing the level of available funding. The 4 MEDICAL WORKFORCE – WHY LPFT SHOULD BE YOUR NEXT EMPLOYER ABOUT US: LINCOLNSHIRE PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST The Trust provides specialist health services for people living in Lincolnshire with mental health problems and/or intellectual disabilities, and provides a range of specialist mental health services to some areas outside the county boundary. Apart from some very specialist services that • More specialist services, including some can only be provided by other organisations social care for adults, children, families outside the area, the Trust provides the full and older people, such as eating disorders spectrum of mental healthcare and wellbeing • Hospital services including low secure, services across Lincolnshire; these include: psychiatric intensive care, acute and • Primary mental healthcare, treating rehabilitation common mental health problems such • Specialist health services for people with as anxiety or depression, in GP practices, intellectual disabilities pharmacies, health centres and other settings within the local community The Trust’s mental health services are • Dementia services divided into four divisions: • Eating disorders • Adult Community Mental Health • Forensic mental health services Services • Intellectual Disabilities community • Adult Inpatient and Urgent Care services Division • Lincolnshire Secure Unit • Older Adults and Frailty Division • Mental health rehabilitation • Specialist Services • Neuro-psychology The Trust provides the full spectrum of • Perinatal mental health services as well as some • Personality disorder niche physical health commissioned • Primary mental health care including services including: steps2change service • Acute inpatient services • Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit • Adult psychology • Psychiatric Clinical Decisions Unit • Assertive outreach (integrated into • Rehabilitation Inpatient Wards Recovery Teams) • Re-enablement Ward • Children’s and Young people’s mental • Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC) health and emotional wellbeing services (community & school based). • Lincoln Personality and Complex Trauma Service • Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ME • Community Rehabilitation services For a full list of LPFT services Our • Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment services: Lincolnshire Partnership Services NHS Trust (lpft.nhs.uk) • Dietetics 5 Our vision Our vision OurTo support vision people to live well in their communities OurTo support vision people to live well in their communities OurItTo startssupport vision people with to liveme... well in their communities OurItTo startssupport vision people with to liveme... well in their communities MAKINGTo A DIFFERENCEsupport people to live well in their communities ItTo startssupportValues people with to liveme... wellBehaviours in their communities It startsValues with me...Behaviours It startsValues with me...Treating people withBehaviours respect, showing empathy and a desire to be helpful. 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