Overview
Contract Type: 0
Salary: £109,725 – £145,478 Plus £149 Fringe Allowance
Partner Org: Surrey and Borders Foundation Trust Partnership
Job overview
This vacancy attracts a Recruitment and Retention payment of £25,000 in addition to £8,000 relocation allowance. The RRP is pro rata for part time employees.
Are you a compassionate and forward-thinking Consultant Psychiatrist looking to make a meaningful impact in the community? Join our dynamic and supportive team where your expertise will help shape the future of mental health care within our trust.
We are looking for a Consultant Psychiatrist to cover the Waverley locality of the Guildford & Waverley Community Mental Health Team for Older People (CMHT-OP). It is an exciting opportunity to join a well-established & high functioning team. The post-holder will be responsible for consultant oversight of patients aged 65 and over referred to the CMHT for OP & registered with the surgeries in the Waverley locality. The 65+ population is currently around 16,430.
Whether you are seeking a fresh start, or the next step in your career, we would love to hear from you!
Main duties of the job
For this role, it is expected that the post-holder will conduct three clinics per week as well as sessions for home visits as needed, & support nurse colleagues with caseload reviews, & participate in the weekly MDT. The CMHT-OP currently performs the function of a general older adult CMHT as well as that of a memory assessment service. Functional and organic cases are accepted.
Duties as an Approved Clinician under the Mental Health Act will occasionally be required. The role includes 2.5PA allocated to SPA, and the post-holder will be encouraged to access the local academic programme on Friday mornings. The Trust supports consultants who wish to develop interests in Education, Medical Management and Research.
Our offer:
- Salary: NHS Consultant Grade £109,725 – £145,478 + £149 fringe
- Relocation allowance: up to £8000 *subject to policy requirements
- Recruitment premia £25,000 *subject to policy requirement
- NHS Pension: employers contribution 23.7% from day one
- Subsidised nursery places
- Car Scheme: tax saving up to £6,000
- Discounted Nuffield Gym Membership
- Generous annual leave
Working for our organisation
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.
We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.
Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.
Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.
For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.
Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.
We look forward to receiving your application!
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job description that clearly states all the requirements needed to carry out this role.
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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- MB BS or equivalent recognised medical qualification.
- Approval under Section 12 of the Mental Health Act(or within 6 to 12 months of the time of interview/assessment) or equivalent.
- Full medical registration with a license to practice.
Desirable criteria
- MRCPsych or equivalent.
- Relevant higher degree, e.g. MD, PhD, MSc or other additional clinical qualifications
- Management qualification or evidence of an interest in developing leadership skills.
Eligibility
Essential criteria
- Included on the GMC Specialist Register OR within six months.
Desirable criteria
- • Approved clinician status OR able to achieve within three months of appointment
Clincical Skills, Knowledge & Experience
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of legislation, Department of Health Guidance and literature and its implications for clinical practice
- Knowledge of NHS strategic vision in the Next Stage Review (High-Quality Care for All)
- Excellent clinical skills using bio-psycho-social perspective and wide medical knowledge
- Ability to meet duties under MHA and MCA
- Knowledge of psychiatric provision
- Experience working with various patient groups presenting with the full range of clinical severity across different care settings, including community, inpatient, and specialist teams.
Desirable criteria
- Peer review or research publications
- Specific training qualification/certificate or attendance on a recognised teaching course.
- Published audit or research projects
Academic Skills & Lifelong Learning
Essential criteria
- Ability to take a clinical leadership role in a multidisciplinary team, ensuring high-quality care.
- Skills and sensitivity in negotiating with patients, relatives, and other professionals where opinions differ.
- A high-level ability to effectively communicate complex and clinically sensitive information to patients, their families, carers, and a wide range of lay and professional people within and outside the NHS at both written and oral levels.
Desirable criteria
- Ability to plan and deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and training relevant to this post
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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