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A variety of roles and specialisms

Our large range of services provides varied and excellent opportunities if you are looking to advance your medical career.

We provide high quality and compassionate care through three clinical directorates:

Mental health services
Families, young people and children’s services and learning disabilities and autism services
Community health services, including our community hospitals and outpatient clinics

Partnerships

Our Trust operates in a mixed health economy with the NHS acute and community trusts, local authorities, independent and third sector providers all delivering services. We are an active partner in this integrated care partnership (known as the LLR Health and Wellbeing Partnership) and committed collectively to our goals of: patients will experience quicker diagnosis, care closer to home in improved facilities, higher quality services, earlier intervention in long-term conditions, improved wellbeing, more digital healthcare options where appropriate, and greater integration between healthcare providers so patients have seamless care between organisations.

We also have strong relationships and research partnerships with our local universities, including:

University of Leicester
De Montfort University
University of Northampton
Loughborough University

Research

As a Research Active Trust, we want to promote and support high quality research and attract staff that share our passion.

Find out more about our research offer.

Training

We offer undergraduate and postgraduate training for doctors in foundation, GP and specialist (psychiatric) training programmes working with Health Education East Midlands. We provide a range of posts on rotation to secure core and specialist competences for continuous learning and advancement in training.

We also support our doctors to develop skills and special interests in leadership, management, quality assurance and education.

Other benefits

Our medical staff enjoy the following benefits

Support with appraisal and revalidation
Funding and time off to maintain CPD
Supportive peer groups
Mentoring and buddying relationships
Active postgraduate teaching programme
Journal clubs
Support and facilities for research activities
Enhanced annual leave for Associate Specialist and Specialty Doctors
Extensive health and wellbeing package

Supporting Specialty, Associate Specialist and Specialist (SAS) doctors

At Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, we recognise the vital role that SAS doctors play in delivering exceptional care to our patients and communities. We are committed to ensuring that SAS doctors are valued, supported, and provided with opportunities to thrive in their careers.

In alignment with the SASsix principles, we pledge to:

Work towards ensuring that every early-career SAS doctor has access to an educational supervisor to support their development.
Promote equity in access to professional development opportunities, tailored to the stage of career of each SAS doctor.
Create pathways for specialty doctors who meet the required capabilities to achieve specialist status.
Enable senior SAS doctors to take on educator roles at all levels, equitably alongside consultants, including opportunities as educational supervisors, clinical supervisors, and directors of medical education.
Open leadership and management roles to all substantive medical staff, ensuring that both consultants and suitably experienced SAS doctors are considered.
Ensure that all SAS doctors have equitable access to leadership development opportunities, while encouraging and supporting them to showcase their leadership skills across our clinical teams.
Support locally employed doctors (LEDs) who have been with the Trust for over two years to transition to the appropriate SAS contract, where eligible