Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Consultant Psychiatrist Falmer Ward Brighton & Hove £45kRRP applicable
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Consultant Psychiatrist Opportunity at Mill View Hospital
Sussex Partnership have an exciting opportunity for a Consultant Psychiatrist to join our acute services at Mill View Hospital in Hove (in the Brighton and Hove Division). This post has become available due to an internal move.
The Consultant will work with working age patients on Falmer Ward (10 PA's), a 20 bed acute adult mental health ward. The Consultant will work with a 0.9 WTE Specialist (SAS) grade doctor. Falmer Ward is situated in Mill View Hospital where there are 4 other acute wards with their own fully established medical teams. The Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team is located within the hospital and accept referrals from acute wards to facilitate supportive discharges. Mill View Hospital is also the base for some of the Brighton and Hove Community Mental Health Teams.
Responsibilities
The Consultant will work closely with the well-established and supportive multi-disciplinary Team, which also includes an SAS Doctor and resident doctors (as per rotational training scheme) to deliver a person-centred mental health care. You will be supported by our wonderful substantive nursing staff, occupational therapists and psychologists to support, formulate and implement treatment plans. We regularly support medical students on placement from Brighton and Sussex Medical School.
The Consultant Psychiatrist will provide assessment and treatment for voluntary and detained patients with a range of acute mental health conditions. You will work closely with the nursing team, allied health professionals, families and carers. There is also a clinical psychologist for the wards and reflective practice groups and bite-size training sessions also take place on a weekly basis, facilitated by a psychologist.
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The Consultant Psychiatrist will provide senior medical leadership to the ward and take the lead in managing complex cases, as well as providing clinical advice and liaison as required to colleagues in primary care, community services and acute specialties. You will provide specialist medical advice and consultation to a range of health and social care staff to promote effective delivery of person-centred mental health care.
You will work closely with the well-established and supportive Multi-Disciplinary Team to contribute towards local service development. You will also be part of a Trust wide consultant network, where there are opportunities to liaise with colleagues in other posts throughout the Trust and develop peer networks. You will also see consultant peers weekly at the local academic programme, at regular meetings in the locality, and at clinical governance meetings.
Compensation
This job attracts a Recruitment and Retention payment of £45,000, in addition to (up to) £8000 relocation allowance. The RRP payment is paid in the following instalments:
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- £15,000 payable upon successful recruitment
- £10,000 payable at 12 months’ service
- £10,000 payable at 24 months’ service
- £10,000 payable at 36 months’ service
The Recruitment and Retention payment is pro rata for part time employees.
If you would like further information, or to know the full terms of the Recruitment and Retention Payment and/or the Relocation Allowance, then please do not hesitate to contact our Medical HR Team - spft.medicalhr@nhs.net
Flexible Working
At Sussex Partnership we are committed to providing opportunities for flexible working. If you would like to work differently or different hours to those advertised, please get in touch to discuss this in more detail.
Location
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Contact
To find out more about what we offer please take a look at our careers portal: https://careers.sussexpartnership.nhs.uk/
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Dr Swaraj Thancanamootoo
- Job title: Lead Psychiatrist - Brighton & Hove - Inpatient
- Email address: s.thancanamootoo@nhs.net
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