Consultant Psychiatrist CRHT *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.

CPD IS BEING PAID AT A HIGHER LEVEL WITH THE FACILITY ACCUMULATE ANNUAL FUNDING FOR UP TO THREE YEARS TO ACCOMMODATE ACCESSING HIGHER COST DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES.

We are delighted to offer the opportunity for a Consultant Psychiatrist to join our Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team for the West of Norfolk.
We are looking for someone who will play a key role in the multi-disciplinary team, supporting the management of people with complex needs, through the provision of clinical leadership and advice and support.
This is a well established post; the vacancy arose due to the current Consultant moving post within the Trust. The post holder will be looking after the working-age patient population.
The people in our care, families and carers are at the centre of all aspects of all we do.

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

This post is for a CRHT Consultant to lead primarily the west of Norfolk and to be based in Kings Lynn but secondarily to flex and provide advice and supervisory support to the crisis pathway in the south (which is a part of the West and South Care Group) and central areas of Norfolk. The latter to the neighbouring team primarily covering those areas. Support is based on crisis services being refashioned into a hub and spoke model to ensure senior supervision always available where needed.
The West CRHT is based at the Chatterton Centre which houses Samphire acute admission ward, the West Norfolk CMHT and assorted office space for outpatient services serving the west and the Care Group leadership.
The West team is co-located with the mixed gender 16 bed Samphire Ward at Chatterton House and works closely with the Mental Health Liaison Services at all acute hospitals county wide but in particular the local Queen Elizabeth Hospital QEH.

DETAILED JOB DESCRIPTION AND MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

For more information about this role, please read the attached Job Description and Person Specification