Consultant Learning Disability Community Psychiatrist

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Consultant Psychiatrist - Learning Disability -Mendip, Highbridge and Burnham

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust are exciting to invite applications for a Consultant Psychiatrist in Learning Disability Community Psychiatry. This is a new post within the service due to the reconfiguration of Learning Disability Services within Somerset.

You will be based at Shepton Mallet Hospital, with a secondary base at Glanville House in Bridgwater. You will cover a total population of approximately 155,000, working alongside the two community teams and the rapid intervention team in Somerset.

The local learning disability services provide community mental health, memory assessment clinics and epilepsy clinics. There is also a 24 hour, seven day per week Rapid Intervention Team who are able to support people experiencing an episode of mental ill health when this is needed.

You will be asked to join the senior out-of-hours on-call rota subject to availability. There is currently a 1 in 11 rota.

This 10 PA post will have a 1.5 Core SPA, further SPA allocation is available for additional activities/ roles as defined in the Trusts job planning policy. Special interests can be developed through discussion and agreement in job plan review meetings.

Requirements

• MB BS or equivalent medical qualification
• Mental Health Act Approved Clinician / Section 12 approval
• Entry on GMC Specialist Register; eligible for entry on Register or within 6 months of receipt of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) at time of interview or CESR.
• MRCPsych passed
  

The Area

We also offer you the chance to experience life in the West Country, offering you the chance to live near some of the UK’s most desirable location; from the beaches in North Devon and Cornwall, to the cosmopolitan centres of Bristol, Bath and Exeter, whilst also being less than 2 hours from London. Somerset also offers some of the best school in the country from Public Institutions such as Millfield, Queens College, Taunton School, Kings College, Wellington School and Blundell’s, to award winning state school such as the Richard Huish College.

To find out more about this role, or to discuss the application process please contact Jordan Pollard, Medical Recruitment Consultant on 07765898212 or Jordan.Pollard@somersetft.nhs.uk

Please note: If you are successful for interview, you will be required to bring the following with you: Proof of any essential qualifications stated on the Job Description, proof of NHS payslip if coming from another NHS Organisation and all ID to prove your identity and Right to Work (More details will follow for successful applicants invited to interview)

Our values are simple: Outstanding Care, Working Together, Listening and Leading.

Benefits

With this in mind, we offer a range of staff benefits including

We recognise that our staff are our most valuable resource, we are proud of the excellent levels of service our Trust provides to our service users and the dedication and conscientious of our staff.

Excellent annual leave entitlement

Relocation package – up to £8,000 (Subject to eligibility)

Enhanced rates of pay

NHS Pension Scheme

Free parking on most of our sites

NHS discounts

Training and development

Flexible working

Paid registration fees for the 1st year for newly qualified staff

For more information please contact the recruitment team via email: SomersetNHSJobs@SomersetFT.nhs.uk

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