Overview
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We have an exciting opportunity for a General Adult Consultant Psychiatrist to join our West Sussex Care Delivery Service. The post is based at Linwood, Haywards Heath, West Sussex which forms part of our newly formed Mid Sussex Neighbourhood Mental Health team (NMHT).
West Sussex Community services are divided into two main areas: North West Sussex and Coastal Sussex. North West Sussex has three NMHTs located in Crawley, Horsham and Mid Sussex. Each NMHT covers a geographical area aligned with GP surgeries to facilitate liaison with Primary Care colleagues. There are two other consultant posts in Mid Sussex NMHT covering East Grinstead and Burgess Hill. There is also a specialty doctor in Haywards Heath and a specialist doctor at East Grinstead.
Psychiatrists are integral for driving change and influencing service development. As a Trust we welcome positive transformation and using each other's experiences to shape this. The Trust has ambitious aims to continuously improve for the good of our patients and we welcome clinical and non-clinical views in order to achieve this together.
We are a large multi-disciplinary community mental health team, which provides specialist assessments and treatment to patients presenting with a range of complex and unstable mental health and social needs.
Responsibilities
* Provide specialist medical/psychiatric assessment and evidence-based treatment to patients referred to the service.
* Provide clinical supervision to trainees and informal advice and supervision to non-medical members of the team.
* Fulfil the duties of Responsible Clinician for patients subject to Community Treatment Orders including attendance at Managers Hearings and Tribunals.
* Mental Health Act assessments for patients on the team caseload.
* Liaison with inpatient Responsible Clinicians.
* Liaison with the forensic team/drug and alcohol services and risk panel as required.
Benefits
* Recruitment & retention premia of £25,000 subject to role and policy requirements (please liaise with Medical HR for more details).
* Relocation expenses up to £8,000 subject to role and policy requirements.
* Excellent pension contributions of 23.7%.
* Flexible working opportunities.
* Bespoke, flexible job plans.
* 30 days of study leave over a 3-year period with study leave allowance each year.
* Opportunities to become a medical appraiser.
* Opportunities to become a clinical/educational supervisor.
* Monthly Medical Advisory Committees (MACs) offering peer support.
* Responsibility allowances for specific roles and responsibilities.
* A variety of wellbeing support and tools, such as an Employee Assistance Programme, financial wellbeing, Occupational Health, etc.
* 8 staff networks including ethnic minority, LGBTQIA+, neurodivergent, women’s networks, to name a few.
Next steps
Please review the Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the role. You will be part of a friendly and supportive multidisciplinary team that consists of Nurses, Psychologists, Occupational Therapists and more.
Wed love to hear from you! For an informal discussion or to arrange a visit, please see our contact details below.
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