Job Description

We are seeking a SAS Doctor to join our Eastbourne and Lewes Neighbourhood Mental Health Teams (NMHTs) in East Sussex. You will be joining mutually supportive, friendly and enthusiastic teams with a real passion for what we do.



You are joining at an exciting time when East Sussex Community Mental Health Services are transforming in line with community transformation. We are developing 5 Neighbourhood teams across East Sussex and this post will support the Lewes and Eastbourne NMHTs.



We are also fortunate to have a large array of third sector organisations in East Sussex whom we have developed strong links with.



Psychiatrists are integral for driving change and influencing service development. As a Trust we welcome positive transformation and using each other's experiences to shape this. The Trust has ambitious aims to continuously improve for the good of our patients and we welcome clinical and non-clinical views in order to achieve this together.



We are a teaching Trust with strong links with Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS). Every cluster has a trainee, including F2, GP trainees, core or higher trainees. We also provide training for medical students and Physician Associate students from BSMS.



To ensure that junior medical staff working with the post holder operate within the parameters of the New Deal and are Working Time Directive compliant. To undertake the administrative duties associated with the care of patients. To record clinical activity accurately and comprehensively, and submit this promptly to the Information Department. To participate in service and business planning activity for the locality and, as appropriate, for the whole mental health service. To participate in annual appraisal for doctors. To attend and participate in the academic programme of the Trust, including lectures and seminars as part of the internal CPD programme. To maintain professional registration with the General Medical Council and to abide by professional codes of conduct.

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Sussex Partnership provides mental health and learning disability care for all age groups across Sussex and for children and young people in Hampshire.

Our values are to be compassionate, accountable and optimistic. The Trust has built our future focus 2025-2030 which outlines our vision, purpose, ambitions and objectives which incorporates these values and behaviours. Our strategy can be viewed here.



East Sussex is situated in the south east of England between the sea and the South Downs with a population of around 549,000. The county offers good access to London and is in close proximity to Gatwick Airport. East Sussex is diverse and inclusive, and this is reflected in the staff mix employed by SPFT, and by the ethos of the Trust.There is only so much we can say in an advertisement, and we would welcome the opportunity to have a conversation with you and even arrange a visit! Please contact Service Manager Alex Bogdanovic



There is only so much we can say in an advertisement, and we would welcome the opportunity to have a conversation with you and arrange a visit!



Please contact Aleksandra Bogdanovic Service Manager , aleksandra.bogdanovic@nhs.net , Simon Hellyer Service Manager simon.hellyer@nhs.net or Dr Stavros Bekas Professional Lead Psychiatrist s.bekas@nhs.net for East Sussex.



The post holder would have interactions with other local mental health teams. They would be expected to form a working relationship with the acute ward consultants and other ATS teams as well as relevant third sector organisations, including local drug and alcohol and homeless support services.

The post holder will be part of a Trust wide SAS doctor network. The post holder will be able to access peer support from colleagues in the local ATS team.

The post holder will be community-based working 10 PAs in the ATSes Eastbourne and Lewes (Seaford) and will provide reciprocal leave cover for other doctors within service.

This post is a Monday to Friday 9AM-5PM post. All job plans will be subject to review as part of service development and career progression.



The post holder is expected to fully embrace New Ways of Working in their clinical practice. Team members are able to carry out comprehensive initial assessments, and are able to formulate initial treatment plans with Consultant input when necessary. There will be an expectation that the post holder will work closely with senior managers.

The post holder will have direct clinical care:

9 PAs and 1 SPAs

The service has significant numbers of referrals each month. Referrals are managed by the teams. There are waiting time targets for referrals. The post holder will support referral management through receiving delegated work according to clinical need and allocation at team meetings. The post holder will be expected to see referrals requiring medical review, for example patients requiring assessment and diagnosis or medication review.

The role of the post holder will be too expected to see new assessments, providing detailed assessments, formulation and risk assessments, to develop management plans and review these if the patient remains on the case load. The post holder will be expected to review patients already known to the ATS as required. The post holder will direct these patients treatment. The post holder will liaise with local primary care services and provide advice and guidance. They will provide supervision of junior medical staff and provide advice to other

members of the team. They will provide senior clinical leadership to the ATS, with fellow doctors.