Job summary

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

We are looking to recruit a full time Specialty Doctor to join the Coastal IDT Later Life team.

Main duties of the job

The Suffolk Older Peoples Service will meet the needs of people of all ages with dementias and people with other serious mental health problems who also have complexities associated with aging. Such complexity might revolve around complex and multiple physical healthcare needs, complex prescribing issues or complex social care needs. It is a community service.

Patients who have major functional psychiatric disorders and have been seen in the adult services would not necessarily migrate to this service as they age, unless their needs becomes more complex and are clearly better met by this pathway.

There is a 21-bed Old Age ward (Willows) within the Woodlands Unit based at The Ipswich

Hospital site. The Woodlands Unit also incorporates two adult wards, a PICU, as well as a Dementia Intensive Support Team (DIST - a community team), a Home Treatment Team for adult and Old Age patients. The Old Age ward (Willows) provides the inpatient resource for East Suffolk and has a dedicated 1.0 WTE Consultant Psychiatrist. There are 11 dementia specific beds and 10 functional beds on the ward. Patients are admitted to wards according to needs / vulnerability / safety rather than simply age. There is a 17-bed Old Age ward (Abbeygate) within the Wedgwood Unit based on the West Suffolk Hospital site.

About us

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
• £600 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