Consultant Adult Community

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.**

This is an exciting opportunity for a consultant to get involved in a developing Community Mental Health team. The team delivers care for a broad range of mental health presentations for both brief and complex interventions.

The post holder will work closely with the medical team including an acting Consultant Psychiatrist and NMP working in the Adult Community team. The post holder will also work closely with the Acute Services, General Practitioners and with other community based teams.

The Waveney Recovery Team is an established Community Mental Health Team for working age adults in Lowestoft and the surrounding area

**Main duties of the job**:
Adult community mental health services are concerned with the care of people with a variety of significant mental health problems. Referral to the service is via Primary care and also Acute wards and the Crisis Resolution team.

The multidisciplinary mental health team will hold expert knowledge on the safe operation of the mental health act and provide expertise to mental capacity assessments.

The typical referral rate is approximately 40 per month. The triage and assessments are generally carried out by mental health practitioners in the first instance; afterwards they may seek the views of the consultant or request for a medical review if appropriate. This post is supported by a non-medical prescriber.

**Working for our organisation**:
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.

Why work with us?
- Relocation allowance / removal benefit
- Protected time of 2.5 SPA per week (pro rata)
- 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
- Study leave budget of £600 annually.
- Forward thinking, clinically lead and innovative trust
- Flexibility can be considered for a degree of remote working

**Detailed job description and main responsibilities**:
This post is to provide Consultant Psychiatry input to the Waveney Recovery Team, a Community Mental Health Team based in Great Yarmouth. This is currently a vacant post in a friendly established team.

Full Job Description attached - Pending Royal College Approval.

Full and part time roles considered.

**Person specification**:
**Qualifications**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Entry on the GMC Register
- Approved Clinician Status
- Section 12(2) Approved under the Mental Health Act (MHA)
- Specialist Register or within 6 months of CCST

**Experience**:
**Essential criteria**:

- 3 years or equivalent medical experience
- 6 months experience in relevant clinical area
- Evidence of knowledge of diagnosis, treatment + management of complex mental illness

**Attributes**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Effective team working
- Leadership qualities
- Flexibility
- Driving Licence/able to travel independently
- Research

**Clinical Governance**:
**Essential criteria**:

- A clear understanding of Clinical Governance
- Demonstrate a commitment to open review of practice

**Teaching**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Experience of supervising junior medical staff
- Teaching and presentation skills
- EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES_
- Apart from its legal duties in relation to equality and dive