We have an exciting opportunity for a Speciality Doctor to join our West Sussex Division. The post is based at Linwood in 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.
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.
Working closely with the Consultants in the Mid Sussex NMHT and other colleagues in the North West Sussex area.
Providing specialist psychiatric assessment, treatment and aftercare services to people aged 18 and above referred to the NMHT.
Providing specialist psychiatric assessment, treatment and aftercare services to people aged 18 and above under the recovery team.
Participating in a weekly multi-disciplinary clinical meeting with the other members of the NMHT at Linwood.
Assessing new referrals, diagnosing and formulating management plans and risk assessments of newly referred patients and offering advice on treatment and risk management of patients who have confirmed diagnosis.
Undertaking urgent assessments of new or current patients in crisis. As part of this role on rare occasions the Speciality Doctor will need to review patients from their caseload who are under the Crisis Resolution and Home treatment team, if medical review cannot wait for the availability of the Crisis team consultant.
Attending professionals’ meetings of complex patients on their caseload.
Participating in planning and developing local Mental Health Services in line with the Division aims and to contribute constructively to improving the standards of mental health care offered by Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
Not only will you be working in a county with areas of outstanding beauty such as the south downs, and the 137 miles of coastline, along with exciting cities such as Brighton & Hove - the Trust also offers:
- Excellent pension contributions of 23.7%
- Flexible working opportunities
- Bespoke, flexible job plans
- 30 days of study leave over a 3-year period supported by a study leave allowance each year
- Opportunities to become a medical appraiser
- Monthly Medical Advisory Committees (MACs) which offer further 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 such as, ethnic minority, LGBTQIA+, neurodivergent, women's network, to name a few
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, Psychologist, Occupational Therapists and more.
We’d love to hear from you! For an informal discussion or to arrange a visit, please see our contact details below.
