Consultant Old Age Psychiatrist *with a £20K Support Package*

at  Norfolk Suffolk Foundation Trust

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people’s and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.
At any one time, around 23,000 people in Norfolk and Suffolk are receiving care and attention from the Trust. We believe in whole life care - seeing people in the context of their whole lives, understanding the importance of good physical health, friends, family, spirituality, culture, home, work, education and a sense of purpose and achievement to experience good mental health.
Nearly 3,800 full and part-time practitioners care for our service users in hospitals, in the community and in their own homes, whilst an additional 1,400+ staff provide non-clinical support, including cleaning, catering, delivering supplies, ward administration, information technology, human resources and financial services.
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience.
We are committed to delivering quality driven mental health services. Every individual makes a valuable contribution. We are proud of our staff who have been commended for the care they provide. Do you value working positively, respectfully and together? If so, we’d love you to join us!
We will consider flexible working arrangements for our roles, please indicate in your application if this is something you require

JOB DESCRIPTION/PERSON SPECIFICATION

Please read the job description/person specification carefully and ensure your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience needed.

JOB OVERVIEW

• New Starter package of £15,000 spread over 3 years as a retention bonus
• supported by a £12,000 relocation allowance
• roles also attract a loyalty Scheme Bonus of £2,500 over the subsequent 5 years of service
• CPD of £2,000 per annum with the facility accumulate annual funding for up to three years to accommodate accessing higher cost development opportunities
• ‘Holiday of a lifetime scheme’: Consultants and SASG 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 to join the Older Peoples Mental Health Inpatient Services at The Julian Hospital, Bowthorpe Road, Norwich. The vacancy has arisen as a result of expansion and restructuring of the Inpatient Service Provision at the Julian Hospital site.

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

MAIN DUTIES OF THE JOB

Blickling Ward has been newly recommissioned by the Trust in order to increase the functional bed capacity for older adults and those with significant frailty. There is an older people’s intensive support team on site as well, functioning as a home treatment team/crisis team for older people in the community and facilitating earlier discharge from the inpatient wards.

• The post holder will work with their Consultant and management colleagues, service users and stakeholders in the planning, development and management of services.
• The post holder is expected to contribute to improving quality in the service and to work with the clinical team to achieve agreed performance targets.
• As is expected from the holder of a senior public position the post-holder must comply fully with the Nolan Principles and the Standards of Business Conduct.
• Medical Director is the professional manager of all the Doctors in the Trust. Where appropriate this is delegated to the Clinical Director of the service.
• The postholder will support the management and training of junior medical staff.

DETAILED JOB DESCRIPTION AND MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

If you are interested please contact us and we are happy to arrange a discussion or visit to meet with you and share with you what we have to offer.
Please see attached full Job Description for this role
For further details / informal visits contact:
Allen Kharbteng / Naresh Munagapati
allen.kharbteng@nsft.nhs.uk / naresh.munagapati@nsft.nhs.uk