Consultant Psychiatrist Adult Comm City1*Generous Recruitment Package*

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.

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.