Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry, Salisbury
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Consultant Psychiatrist Opportunity
The Trust is seeking a consultant psychiatrist to join an established Community Mental Health Team providing services for adults of all ages in the community in Wiltshire. The successful applicant will work with Older Adults within the team with an Older Adult colleague and Adult of Working Age Colleagues. The post is an existing post which has become vacant on the previous incumbent retiring.
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- Modern facilities
- Hospital library
- Shop
- New primary care centre
Salisbury Location
Salisbury is a beautiful cathedral city with excellent schools, a vibrant arts culture, easy road access to the New Forest, South Coast, Winchester and Bath, and a direct rail link to London in under 90 minutes.
Work Environment
The post holder will work alongside a friendly and enthusiastic group of colleagues as well as visiting medical students from the University of Southampton. There is an in-house weekly teaching programme. We encourage the development of special interests and involvement in management.
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Responsibilities
The post holder will work within the Sarum Community Mental Health Team, the Memory Service and the Care Home Liaison team for designated surgeries within the Clinical Commissioning Group area.
- Provide consultant medical input to a population of approximately 19,000 older adults registered with GP practices within the South Wiltshire area.
- Supported by 0.7 whole time equivalent of Specialist Doctors time within their CMHT patch.
- Encouraged to be a trainer.
Please refer to the accompanying job description for full details on the roles and responsibilities of this post.
About Us
We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust), a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care. We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset. Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.
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Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Dr Sam May
- Job title: Consultant Psychiatrist, Medical Lead
- Email address: samuel.may@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 01772 2820173
Dr Sam May
Consultant Psychiatrist, Medical Lead
01772 2820173
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