Job summary The Trust is seeking a Consultant Psychiatrist to join the Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment (CRHT), Eastbourne. This vacancy has arisen due to a voluntary resignation and the Trust regards this as an opportune moment to develop the functioning of the team. This post is one example of the commitment of the Trust to develop better provision and capacity for service name and the families and carers using the service in challenging times. This post completes the medical establishment of the team providing a minimum of 1 whole time equivalent Consultant Psychiatrists for the CDS or locality area. To provide intensive and responsive crisis resolution and home treatment to adults aged 18 and over with a functional mental health problem, ensuing individuals are treated in the least restrictive fashion which is consistent with their clinical and safety needs. Main duties of the job The post holder is required to: Manage the CRHT referrals, team meetings, supervision of team members. Management of complex cases. Clinical leadership of team. Role in assessment of referrals/admissions. Care plan and treatment formulation, guidance on evidence-based treatment and effectiveness. Liaison and collaborative working with other services/agencies. Mental Health Act implementation. Multi-disciplinary, multi-agency and partnership working. Other clinical duties, e.g. any other specialities covered. About us Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is a large NHS organisation that offers clinical and social care services to children, young people, adults and older adults, with emotional and mental health problems or learning disabilities. Services are provided to the people of Brighton and Hove, East Sussex and West Sussex with Children & Young People's Services provided across Sussex and Hampshire. The Trust operates as part of a wider network of health and social care and works in partnership with both statutory and non-statutory agencies. The Trust benefits from a thriving Sussex-wide psychiatry training scheme where Health Education Kent, Surrey and Sussex provide foundation, GP, core and higher trainees. We work closely with Brighton and Sussex Medical School; a partnership between the Universities of Brighton and Sussex. In 2015 we became a member of the Association of UK University Hospitals, the representative body for university hospitals with major teaching and research interests across the UK and internationally. Our vision is to improve the quality of life for the communities we serve. The clinical strategy and organisational strategy we have developed underpin this by providing frameworks to enable sustained improvements in the quality of care we provide.

Date posted 17 March 2023 Pay scheme Hospital medical and dental staff Grade Consultant Salary £88,364 to £119,133 a year per annum Contract Permanent Working pattern Full-time Reference number 354-AE-20764-B Job locations Department of Psychiatry, EDGH King's Drive Eastbourne

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