Specialty Doctor CRHT
Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust
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Job summary
This role will be supported by a £12,000 relocation allowance.
This is an exciting opportunity for a Specialty Doctor to get involved in developing an enhanced Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team (CRHT). This new post was created after the number of inpatient beds in Great Yarmouth Acute Services was increased from fifteen to twenty.
The post holder will work in the Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team to offer an enhanced service to meet the needs of service users who are in crisis or in danger of going into crisis. The post holder will work closely with the fulltime consultant working in the inpatient service and Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team. The post holder will also work closely with the community teams, general practitioners and with the liaison staff at the James Paget University Hospital.
The CRHT has a caseload of up to 30. The typical referral rate is between 30 and 40 per week. The assessments are generally carried out by Mental Health Practitioners in the first instance; afterwards they will seek the views of the Specialty Doctor or Consultant or request for a medical review if appropriate. The average length of stay is 20 days
Main duties of the job
- To provide professional expertise and clinical leadership to the CRHT.
- To promote excellent in service delivery and enable others within the clinical team to provide care of the highest standard.
- To work with the team to manage risk for those patients with complex disorders and risky behaviours.
- To ensure that the principle of shared decision-making with patient and carers underpins all the care provided.
- To conduct him or herself in such a manner as to be demonstrable helping the Trust to deliver its strategy and business objectives and to act as an ambassador at the interface with external partners and stakeholders.
- As is expected from the holder of a senior public position, the post holder must at all times comply with the Nolan principals and the standards business conduct.
- To comply with the Trust's agreed policies and procedures. To practice in line with the Royal College of Psychiatrist publication 'Good Psychiatric Practice' 2001 and the General Medical Council's good medical practice '2000' and subsequent revisions of these publications.
- The post holder will work as a mental health expert consulting with professionals in the local community, primary care, local authorities, the third sector, patient/carer groups and employers to improve mental health care.
About us
The post relates to the Great Yarmouth and Waveney area, which is coterminous with Health East CCG. The total registered population as of 1st January 2016 was 236,779 people.
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust was founded in January 2012 coming together from Norfolk and Waveney Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust and Suffolk Mental Health Partnership.
The Trust provides mental health, drug and alcohol and learning disability services across Norfolk and Suffolk. The Trust believes in Whole Life Care and understands the importance of good physical health, maintaining relationships and achieving a balance between treatment and continuing active life.
The Trust has inpatient facilities across both counties with smaller bases in rural locations. Many of the Trust services are offered in the community enabling service users to receive the support they need in an environment familiar to them
Date posted
13 June 2022
Pay scheme
Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade
Specialty Doctor
Salary
£50,373 to £78,759 a year gross per annum / pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time
Reference number
246-MGYW4200154-A
Job locations
Northgate Hospital
Great Yarmouth
NR301BU
Employer details
Employer name
Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust
Address
Northgate Hospital
Great Yarmouth
NR301BU
Employer's website
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