Locum Consultant Psychiatrist Intellectual Disability-Little Plumstead
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Norfolk
Salary
£109,725 – £145,478
Training post
No
Trust type
Teaching
Posted
3 weeks ago
About the role
The successful applicant for this post will be the North Norfolk Locum Consultant Psychiatrist in Intellectual Disability. There will be support for the post from a Specialty Doctor. North Norfolk has a population of about 105,000. The current patient caseload for the Psychiatry team is 109. In the last year, there were a total of 52 new referrals for psychiatry opinion or treatment. In the 18 months since January 2023, 4 patients from the sector were admitted to the NHS in-patient assessment and treatment unit (Astley Court, Norwich) and none were admitted out of area. There may be 2-3 patients who are either conditionally discharged or on a community treatment order at any time. The consultant psychiatrist will be part of a well-established medical department in Norfolk as set out below. In addition, there may be doctors working as core trainees in psychiatry and specialty registrars doing special interests in neurodevelopmental disorders. The whole medical team is based at Little Plumstead Hospital, Norwich.