Job overview

• This role will be supported by a £12,000 relocation allowance
• ‘Holiday of a lifetime scheme’: Consultants and SAS 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

The Trust is seeking a specialty doctor to join a reopening Male Acute In-Patient Psychiatric Care Unit. As such, we are keen to appoint someone to the specialty doctor post who will form part of the newly formed clinical team being created. Whilst the predominant focus of the role is direct clinical provision we would like the post holder to contribute to service developments for the continual improvement of the care we offer. 

This post is for a specialty doctor for a reopening male acute inpatient psychiatric care unit. The ward is based at Hellesdon Hospital in the city of Norwich. There are currently five wards at Hellesdon Hospital, which the reopening male acute inpatient ward would be an addition to. Four wards predominantly serve the demand from Central Norfolk and one ward, the PICU, is countywide.

Main duties of the job

·        The post holder will work with their consultant and management colleagues, service users and stakeholders in the planning, development and management of services

·        The post holder is expected to contribute to improving quality in the service and to work with the clinical team to achieve agreed performance targets

·        As is expected from the holder of a senior public position the post-holder must at all times comply fully with the Nolan Principles and the Standards of Business Conduct.

          Discharge teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required. This might include contributing to postgraduate and continuing education for medical and multi-disciplinary professions.

       Contribute to formal and informal teaching of medical students.

       Support the training of junior medical staff

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.

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