Specialty Doctor Old Age Psychiatry

Job summary

• This role will be supported by a £12,000 relocation allowance
• '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

We are looking to recruit a part time Specialty Doctor to join the Later Life Peoples Community Mental Health Team in Bury St Edmunds.

Main duties of the job

This is a 0.6 WTE Specialty Doctor post working across Bury North and Bury South Old Age Psychiatry teams based in G Block, Hospital Road, Bury St Edmunds.

The post relates to West Suffolk Services. The post is in the Suffolk Older Peoples Service Pathway. There is also 1.0WTE Consultant Old Age Psychiatrist working in Bury North Older Peoples Community Mental Health Team and 1.0 WTE Consultant Old Age Psychiatrist working in Bury South Older Peoples Community Mental Health Team.

The Suffolk Older Peoples Service will meet the needs of people of all ages with dementias and people with other serious mental health problems who also have complexities associated with aging. Such complexity might revolve around complex and multiple physical healthcare needs, complex prescribing issues or complex social care needs. It is a community service.

There is a separate Memory Assessment Service in West Suffolk, MATs.

Patients who have major functional psychiatric disorders and have been seen in the adult services would not necessarily migrate to this service as they age, unless their needs become more complex and are clearly better met by this pathway.

About us

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.

We are also offering:

• Up to £12k relocation expenses
• Dedicated SPA time of up to 25% of working hours
• £600 annual paid study leave (on application and approval) in addition to CPD
• NHS benefits package including contributory pension, redundancy. Including paid annual leave, sick leave and maternity leave.
• Appraisals and revalidation completed by the Trust
• Friendly Colleagues
• Encouragement and support for areas of special interest
• Subsidised gyms and free physio service
• We have a strong education reputation and close ties with both The University of Cambridge and The University of East Anglia
• Well established county wide teaching program
• Access and encouragement to partake in research and a well-established research network within the Trust
• Support for Quality Improvement, Audit and Service development
• Forward thinking, clinically lead and innovative trust
• Flexibility can be considered for a degree of remote working

Employer details

Employer name

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Address

G Block

Hospital Road

Bury St Edmunds

IP33 3NR

Employer's website

https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Address

G Block

Hospital Road

Bury St Edmunds

IP33 3NR

Employer's website

https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

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