Consultant in Learning Disabilities

1 week ago

Ipswich, United Kingdom Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation Trust Full time

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 3,200 full and part-time practitioners care for our service users in hospitals, in the community and in their own homes, whilst an additional 900+ staff provide non-clinical support, including cleaning, delivering supplies, ward administration, information technology, human resources and financial services.

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

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JOB DESCRIPTION/PERSON SPECIFICATION

YOUR APPLICATION

**Job overview**:
**This role will be supported by a £12,000 relocation allowance.**
- "There is truly a team spirit where every member of staff is supported." _Dr Olukoya, Consultant Psychiatrist

Consultant Learning Disability Psychiatrist with 2.5 protected PA’s for your area of interest.

We have some new and exciting opportunities in our Learning Disability community services across Suffolk as we enter the start of a service redesign and we are looking for Consultant Psychiatrists, ideally with Learning Disability experience, who are interested in joining and be part of the transformation of our service, we are able to shape our services. There are 2 posts available in east Suffolk amounting to 2.6 WTE and can be offered as part/full time.

The Learning Disability and Autism Specialist Service is not only being invested in financially, with a fresh approach to ideas and service delivery being supported by the Trust, we are confident our new model of care is the very best for the people we care for.

**Main duties of the job**:
Who are we looking for?

You will need to be enthusiastic and conscientious and do everything you can to provide the best care to our service users. We are looking for someone who displays compassion, empathy and sensitivity.

What can we offer?

Our primary focus is on collaborative working; placing great emphasis on the assessment/recovery model. Many aspects relating to service user recovery is reflected within the assessment tools the patients and staff use.

Why Ipswich?

This town offers award-winning restaurants, marinas, fantastic shopping, annual festivals, and stunning parks and close to coasts. With excellent transport links to connect you to Cambridge, London and beyond but with lower than the national average house prices.

**Working for our organisation**:
If you are passionate about improving acute care, we have much to offer including:

- Beautiful countryside with easy access to award winning coastal locations.
- Excellent rail links to Cambridge and London
- Affordable housing and reputable college and schools.
- Relocation allowance / removal benefit
- We have a strong education reputation and close ties with both the university of Cambridge and The University of East Anglia
- Local teaching programme
- Access and encouragement to partake in research and a well-established research network within the Trust

**Detailed job description and main responsibilities**:
**The Post**

**Title**: Consultant Psychiatrist
**Specialty**: Learning Disability Psychiatry East Suffolk Community and Inpatients

**Job Summary**
We are seeking a consultant psychiatrist to join our East Suffolk Learning disability and Community Suffolk inpatient service teams.

**Description of the Post**

This post is based in Mariner House, with clinical bases at Haymills in Stowmarket and Walker Close, Ipswich. Clinical work will take place at any of these sites, but may also take place in another Trust location or other community destinations such as at a service user's home. The inpatient service is based at Walker Close, Ipswich.

The service provides secondary care service for adults age 18 upwards residing in the East Suffolk catchment area. The team receives referrals from Coastal, Ipswich Town and Central Suffolk. There is approximately a general population of 387,924 registered with a GP in the area. The team holds a current caseload of 150 and receives an average of 2-3 new referrals a week.

There are two substantive Consultant Psychiatrist posts for this team. The post holder will carry responsibility for inpatients within their community caseload (approximately 1-2 patients) and support them along the community and acute pathway to create the least restricti

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