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NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

Specialty Doctor Old Age Inpatient Before you apply -Turn on alerts for jobs like this!

£82400

NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK NHS FOUNDATION TRUST, Ipswich

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Remote working

Posted 2 weeks ago, 18 May | Get your application in now before you miss out!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 53a0d4e8d24d42588c97181c92d2782f

Full Job Description

  • 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 full time Specialty Doctor to join Willows Ward.

    Qualifications
    Essential
  • Entry on the GMC Register


    • Desirable
  • MRCPsych

  • S12 Approval, 3 years as a doctor post registration

  • 2 years in Psychiatry at SHO/ST level or more senior

  • 6 months in relevant specialism, Effective team working

  • Flexibility

  • Research

  • Driving Licence/Able to travel independently

  • Leadership qualities


    • Teaching
    Essential
  • Teaching and Presentation Skills


    • Clinical Governance
    Essential
  • A clear understanding of Clinical Governance

  • Demonstrate a commitment to open review of practice


    • 246-MESU6302305

    Woodlands is a purpose-built psychiatric unit opened in July 2011 on the Ipswich General Hospital site, catering for the acutely unwell for whom community treatment is not currently appropriate.

    Willows Ward is the Old Age Psychiatry ward within Woodlands and manages older/frail patients with both organic and functional illnesses.

    There are also two 21 bed acute adult wards within Woodlands, together with a 10 bed Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), a Section 136 suite, and a Home Treatment Team. The Home Treatment Team treats all patients from age 18 and over, including elderly patients.

    Patients are admitted to wards according to needs, vulnerability and safety, rather than simply age and proximity and all manage patients of both sexes. The wards work collaboratively with the community teams, in particular the Home Treatment Team, to provide comprehensive acute treatment., 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

  • £2000 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