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Job requirements
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Essential
16 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Teaching
Experience of supervising junior medical staff
- Teaching
Teaching and presentation skills
- Attributes
Effective team working
- Attributes
Leadership qualities
- Attributes
Flexibility
- Attributes
Driving license/able to travel independently
- Attributes
Research
- Experience
3 years or equivalent medical experience
- Experience
6 months experience in relevant clinical area
- Experience
Evidence of knowledge of diagnosis, treatment + management of complex mental illess
- Qualifications
Entry on the GMC register with Licence to practise
- Qualifications
Approved Clinician Status
- Qualifications
Section 12(2) Approved under the Mental Health Act
- Qualifications
Specialist Register or within 6 months of CCST
- Clinical Governance
A clear understanding of Clinical Governance
- Clinical Governance
Demonstrate a commitment to open review of practice
Desirable
Not listed in the available specification.
Job overview
- All of our substantive Consultant vacancies attract a ‘New Starter’ package of £15,000 spread over 3 years as a recruitment bonus
- All new starters receive up to £12,000 relocation package
- CPD is being paid at the higher level of £2000 per annum with the facility accumulating annual funding for up to three years to accommodate accessing higher cost development opportunities
- ‘Holiday of a lifetime scheme’: Consultants and Specialty Doctors can bank/accrue annual leave over a period of up to 5 years, to facilitate an extended period of leave. The scheme enables the opportunity for planning a ‘holiday of a lifetime’ or extended paid break
Women's low and medium secure inpatient care.
An opportunity has arisen to appoint an ambitious and innovative individual to the position of Consultant Psychiatrist, working in our women’s secure inpatient service based in Norwich.
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust is the main provider of specialist mental health, psychological therapies, drugs and alcohol and learning disability services for the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk.
Secure and Forensic Services for NSFT are rated as Good by the CQC.
Main duties of the job
Our Forensic Mental Health Services comprises of low and medium secure inpatient services, community forensic services, and criminal justice liaison services for both counties, as well as inpatient low secure services for the residents of Norfolk.
The roles will provide clinical care and leadership for Whitlingham Ward, our women's low and medium secure inpatient ward.
This role has arisen due to the previous post holder leaving. The role offers the opportunity for the successful candidate to provide Consultant Psychiatric input to Whitlingham Ward.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
**For more information about this role, please read the attached Job Description and Person Specification**
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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This advert is for Consultant Forensic Psych (Whitlingham)*Generous Recruitment Package* with Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust in Norwich, England. It is listed as a Consultant Medical doctor Psychiatry role. The advertised salary is £113,565 - £150,569 gross per annum. The contract type is Permanent: Permanant. The application deadline is 21 Sep 2026.
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