# Consultant Psychiatrist Adult Comm City1*Generous Recruitment Package* > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-psychiatrist-adult-comm-city1generous-recruitment-package/8e7d2e2f-7779-46ba-81a0-7e5c5afb321a - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-psychiatrist-adult-comm-city1generous-recruitment-package/8e7d2e2f-7779-46ba-81a0-7e5c5afb321a.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Norwich - **Region:** East of England - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Psychiatry - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** £113,565 - £150,569 gross per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 10 sessions per week - **Closing date:** 2026-08-03T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-06T10:01:05.361Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Norfolk/Norwich/Norfolk_Suffolk_NHS_Foundation_Trust/General_Adult/General_Adult-v8113346 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8113346?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.nsft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### 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 may be eligible to 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 The Trust is seeking  a Consultant Psychiatrist in General Psychiatry to join the Norwich City Community Service for working age adults City 1 Team. The post has become vacant due to the current post holder moving jobs. The Norwich City teams are committed to developing effective and safe services and are proud of initiatives developed to improve services.  The Norwich City teams have no wait list for patients for medical reviews. They are also part of the pilot project as part of the Personality Disorder pathways which has successfully trained colleagues within the teams on Dialectical Behaviour approaches and are currently in the process of identifying the service users best suited for inclusion in this project. ### Main duties of the job There are 2 community mental health teams covering the City of Norwich.  This post is part of the team aligns to the East Norwich and North Norwich Primary Care Networks.  These networks are comprised  of 11 different GP practices supporting a total population of 114,233 patients.  The population covered live primarily in moderately affluent communities but with some areas of deprivation and includes  offering support to 3 community residential care and supported living providers at Kemps Place, Klair House and Treeview Court. Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust delivers its core services to adults and older people within Care Groups that are co-terminus with the newly formed primary care networks. The posts sit within the Norwich and North Norfolk Care Group which covers the Primary Care Networks within Norwich and North Norfolk. Within the Norwich and North Norfolk Care Group you will be part of a group of consultant colleagues in disciplines ranging from old age, general adult to rehab. psychiatrists. The City community teams see people between the ages of 25 – 70. Whether someone aged 70 – 75yrs is seen by the working age adult or older persons service is determined by the needs of the person. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust looks forward to welcoming you. Please contact Medical Director Dr Dan Dalton for further details. Full Job Description attached Full and part time roles considered. ## Person Specification ### Transport **Essential** - Holds and will use valid UK driving licence OR provides evidence of proposed alternative ### Eligibility **Essential** - Fully registered with the GMC with a licence to practise at the time of appointment - Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months - Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within 3 months of appointment - Approved under S12 OR able to achieve with 3 months of appointment **Desirable** - In good standing with GMC with respect to warning and conditions on practice ### Qualifications **Essential** - MB BS or equivalent medical qualification **Desirable** - Qualification or higher degree in medical education, clinical research or management - MRCPsych - Additional clinical qualifications ### Clinical Governance **Essential** - A clear understanding of Clinical Governance - Demonstrate a commitment to open review of practice ### Academic Skills & Lifelong Learning **Essential** - Able to deliver undergraduate or postgraduate teaching and training - Ability to work in and lead team - Demonstrate commitment to shared leadership & collaborative working to deliver improvement - Participated in continuous professional development - Participated in research or service evaluation - Able to use and appraise clinical evidence - Has actively participated in clinical audit and quality improvement programmes **Desirable** - Able to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post - Reflected on purpose of CPD undertaken - Experienced in clinical research and / or service evaluation - Evidence of achievement in education, research, audit and service improvement: awards, prizes, presentations and publications - Has led clinical audits leading to service change or improved outcomes to patients ### Clinical Skills, Knowledge & Experience **Essential** - Excellent knowledge in specialty - Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge - Excellent oral and written communication skills in English - Able to manage clinical complexity and uncertainty - Makes decisions based on evidence and experience including the contribution of others - Able to meet duties under MHA and MCA **Desirable** - Wide range of specialist and sub-specialist experience relevant to post within NHS or comparable service - Experience working with Eating Disorders - Three years’ supervised training in an appropriate training programme or equivalent - Skills in psychological or social therapies - Experience of implementing service change to enhance the quality of patient care Experience of leadership and management ## Documents - [reasonable adjustments - nsft (pdf, 197.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2863) - [values based recruitment – candidates guide (pdf, 360.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1028) - [jd consultant adult comm city 1 (pending rc approval) (pdf, 693.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10408666) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.