Consultant in Complex Care - Falmouth, United Kingdom - Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
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Falmouth, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Consultant in Complex Care & Dementia Psychiatry - Fal Team:


NHS Medical & Dental:

Consultant:

Main area

  • Dementia and older people Mental health Service
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Grade

  • NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
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Contract

  • Permanent: 10 PA/Week
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Hours

  • Full time
  • Part time
  • Job share
10 sessions per week (PA Pro Rata)
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Job ref

  • 201MD23CON0016
    Site
  • Falmouth Hospital
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Town

  • Falmouth
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Salary
- £88,364 - £119,133 PA Pro Rata
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Salary period

  • Yearly
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Closing

  • 17/03/2024 23:59Thank you for your interest in joining us at
    Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.

_ Strategic Themes_

_ Great Care_
- _Care based on what matters to people. _
- _Care provided at home or close to home. _
- _Improvement through learning, research and innovation. _
- _Prevention and alternatives to hospital._


_Great Organisation_
- _Buildings that support health and wellbeing. _
- _Technology enabled care. _
- _Care teams are supported by responsive corporate services. _
- _Safe, efficient, effective and productive._


_Great People_
- _A place people love to work and feel valued. _
- _Living our values with staff (all voices count). _
- _Attract, grow and develop talent. _
- _Leaders with compassion, who continuously learn and listen._


_Great Partner_
- _Encourage and enable effective partnerships. _
- _Joined-up community services. _
- _Work with others to maximise workforce opportunities. _
- _Reduce our impact on the environment._
- _At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a 'home' office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.


_ The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. Unless exempt, we encourage and support staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19._

Job overview:


The Cober CMHT is situated in the West of Cornwall ( Falmouth Area) and provides assessment and treatment for all those over 75 with dementia and mental health disorders as well as for younger Consultant in Old Age Psychiatry needed to join our team of enthusiastic, welcoming psychiatrists in Cornwall.

patients with dementia.

It is a cohesive team and the post holder works closely with another full time consultant based in Penzance to provide cover to the West Cornwall Integrated Care Area.


We are seeking individuals who are open to new ways of working, interested in developing services for the future, or who may be looking to consider research or teaching in addition to a clinical role.

We are open to discussing relocation options with suitably qualified individuals.


Main duties of the job:

The postholder and their consultant colleagues in the Mid Integrated Care Area will provide cross cover for leave arrangements.


The postholder will care for both functional and organic patients in the community as well as providing input to the Memory Assessment Service.

There are memory practitioners and Dementia Liaison Nurses who offer support to targeted care homes who also form part of the multi-disciplinary team.


The home treatment team for the general adult psychiatry service will support people in crisis with functional mental illness with a view to preventing admission.

The post links with the GP surgeries in the Mid Integrated Care Area.


All referrals are deemed to be team referrals and are dealt with by the appropriate team member as determined by the individual circumstances at the time.

Consultants in CFT are not required to act as care coordinator. One team manager covers the Mid Integrated Care Area.


Working for our organisation:

We're an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people's physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

We are a people organisation and people matter to us.

As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.

Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.

We work in people's homes, in community cl
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